Collaborate Disseminate
In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to install and configure Active Directory using Puppet.
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Google Cloud Platform™ (GCP) is coming on strong, and they need to because they are sitting in the number three spot with AWS® and Azure® competing for first and second place. As IT admins think about GCP, a common question we hear is, … Continue reading Future of Managing Google Cloud Servers
In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to manage Puppet, Windows Installer, and Chocolatey.
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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to manage local users and groups using Puppet.
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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to use the file resource and manage permissions on files and folders.
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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you to install modules on your Puppet master and how to open and edit the main site manifest using Secure Shell.
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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to log in to Puppet master using Secure Shell, accept the certificate from the Windows Server node, and how to test connectivity between agent and master.
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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to set up Puppet Enterprise Master in Azure and provision Windows Server so that it bootstraps with the Puppet agent installed.
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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith discusses why Puppet and DSC together is often the best configuration management solution in mixed Windows/Linux environments.
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[David0429] has made a very scary Raspberry Pi controlled puppet. Scary that is if you’ve seen the Saw movies where a serial killer uses one like it, called Billy, to communicate with his victims. If you haven’t, then it’s a pretty neat remote-controlled puppet-on-a-tricycle hack.
A stepper motor hidden under the front fender moves the trike by rotating the front wheel. It does this using a small 3D printed wheel that’s attached to the motor’s shaft and that presses against the trike’s wheel. Steering is done using a 3D printed gear mounted above the fender and attached to the steering …read more
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