• Optimizing Performance with Ceph Tuning

    Optimizing Performance with Ceph Tuning

    Tuning Ceph performance is crucial to ensure that your Ceph storage cluster operates efficiently and meets the specific requirements of your workload. As Ceph installations, both in software and hardware, are upgraded or as your workload changes, the default tunables that were optimal at one time may now be obsolete or counterproductive. This article assumes…

  • Step-by-Step Guide on Inserting Offline .MSU Updates into Windows .WIM Images

    Before deployment, Microsoft ISO’s install .wim or custom images should be updated. With the DISM module in PowerShell, you can add .msu updates, apps, and drivers to a Windows image offline without the need to boot it up. In principle, you can roll out outdated WIM archives because Windows Update subsequently downloads the patches to…

  • Step-by-Step Guide to Linking an Azure Function or Web App to a Key Vault using PowerShell

    Azure Functions often require access to sensitive information. It is a security risk to store credentials in code or configuration files. Thus, protecting sensitive information like connection strings, API keys, or passwords is crucial. This is where Azure Key Vault comes in, offering secure and centralized storage for all your secrets. In this article, I…

  • Troubleshooting Tips: How to Fix the Action Center Not Opening Issue on Windows 10 and 11

    The Action Center in Windows 10 and 11 delivers various notifications from both system and user apps. Plus, it offers quick buttons for enabling or disabling many Windows features like Wi-Fi, mobile hotspot, Bluetooth, and more. At times, its icon disappears from the tray, making it impossible to access the Action Center on Windows. This…

  • Step-by-Step Guide on Recalling a Sent Email in Outlook for Exchange and Microsoft 365 Users

    Step-by-Step Guide on Recalling a Sent Email in Outlook for Exchange and Microsoft 365 Users

    In Exchange Server or Microsoft 365-based email organizations, you can recall (or replace) a sent email from a recipient’s inbox in Outlook if it has not been read. For example, you forgot to attach a file to a message, specified the wrong recipient, or the information in the email is no longer up-to-date. In all…

  • Exploring LM Studio: Running Local AI on Your Desktop or Server

    Exploring LM Studio: Running Local AI on Your Desktop or Server

    LM Studio is a cost-free tool that enables you to operate an AI on your computer using open-source Large Language Models (LLMs) that are installed locally. It comes with a browser for searching and downloading LLMs from Hugging Face, a built-in Chat UI, and a local server runtime that is compatible with the OpenAI API.…

  • Revolutionizing Xbox: The Impact of Hotpatching on Windows Server

    Revolutionizing Xbox: The Impact of Hotpatching on Windows Server

    Explore how Xbox drives efficiency using Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure Want to avoid spending your weekends patching servers? The new Hotpatch feature in Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition addresses this issue—it can reduce many IT headaches including reboot failures and coordinating multitier workloads. It boosts productivity and end-user uptime and can…

  • Mastering Debugging with Docker in Visual Studio Code

    Mastering Debugging with Docker in Visual Studio Code

    This post will guide you in debugging containerized apps running in Docker using Visual Studio (VS) Code. Prerequisites The following things are required to follow along with this post: Visual Studio Code Docker Debugging a PHP app Visual Studio Code has built-in support for debugging Node.js apps, but for setting up debugging for a PHP…

  • Pulumi Tutorial: How to Deploy an EC2 Instance

    Pulumi Tutorial: How to Deploy an EC2 Instance

    Pulumi is an infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solution similar to Terraform. One advantage of Pulumi is that it allows DevOps engineers to use familiar programming languages to define, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure. This post demonstrates how to deploy an EC2 instance with Pulumi. Pulumi supports several programming languages, such as Python, TypeScript, C#, and Go, enabling…

  • How to Stop VS Code from Causing High CPU Usage on a Remote Server

    How to Stop VS Code from Causing High CPU Usage on a Remote Server

    Sometimes, the remote extensions that are installed by Microsoft Visual Code (VS Code) on remote systems can consume high amounts of CPU usage, making it difficult to use the server efficiently. However, my script can help limit the CPU usage of VS Code on a remote server. When dealing with Microsoft software, one often encounters…