Networking

Connect to an Ubuntu server as a root using WinSCP

Linux Juan Mulford - July 15, 2022

Using WinSCP is one of the most popular ways to transfer files to a remote Linux server. In this post, we will see how to connect to an Ubuntu server as a root, using WinSCP. The “root” user is not directly accessible with a login operation on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.

VDI-LAB-2018 – Part 5 – Configuring a Domain Controller server with AD, DNS and DHCP services

VDI Juan Mulford - September 30, 2018

Summary: In this part, we are going to deploy a new VM from a Windows server 2016 template, then install and configure the active directory,...

VDI-LAB-2018 - Part 2 - Pfsense vRouter configuration

VDI Juan Mulford - September 7, 2018

Summary: In this part, we are going to download and install pfSense vRouter. We are going to create the first VM of the environment, then...

VDI-LAB-2018 - Part 1 - Network design and configuration

VDI Juan Mulford - September 1, 2018

In this part, we are going to overview the ESXi installation and, draft and design the ESXi network for a VDI deployment. We will add and configure vSwitches, VMkernel adapters, and port groups, for the VM network and Storage network.

Unable to ping PCs in the domain

Windows Server Juan Mulford - January 20, 2018

Problem: You have a domain controller in your network, and the PC/servers joined to that domain are not reachable by "ping", however, is possible to...

There are no free physical adapters to attach to this virtual switch

VMware Juan Mulford - January 8, 2018

Problem: Trying to add a physical adapter to a virtual switch shows the following error: There are no free physical adapters to attach to this...

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Raspberry Pi OS in a Virtual Machine with VMware

Juan Mulford - November 13, 2020 4

Although the Raspberry Pi OS is designed and optimized for the Raspberry Pi module, it is possible to test and use it without its hardware, with VMware. This solution can be useful if you are a developer (or just a curious guy) and don't have a Raspberry Pi module with you

Unable to delete an "inaccessible" datastore

Juan Mulford - March 8, 2019 7

I was switching my storage array, so I migrated the VMs from that old datastore/storage to a new datastore/storage. The old datastore was shared by 3 ESXi hosts, no cluster. After migrating the VMs and unmount/delete the datastore, it was still presented in two of the ESXi hosts and was marked as inaccessible.

This is not a valid source path / URL - SourceTree and Gitlab

Juan Mulford - February 29, 2020 1

I have been working on a project with a friend who set up a repository in Gitlab but even though I was able to view all projects on it, I couldn’t really join the repository. I was using SourceTree and Gitlab.

How to export a Virtual Machine using the VMware OVF Tool

Juan Mulford - April 5, 2020 9

The VMware OVF Tool is implemented by VMware for easily importing and exporting virtual machines in Open Virtualization Format (OVF) standard format. Here, I want to show you how to download and install it, and then how to use it from a Windows machine.

Couldn't load private key - Putty key format too new

Juan Mulford - December 1, 2021 5

couldn't load private key - Putty key format too new.” This issue happens when you use PuTTygen to generate or convert to a ppk key. Here is how to fix it.