Installing and configuring Docker on Ubuntu 16.04

Useful reference for installing and configuring Docker for Ubuntu.

Install and configure Openvpn on Ubuntu 16.04

Useful Resource for setting up Openvpn using OpenSSl on Ubuntu

Common email providers and server addresses / ports:

List of common email services providers together with their associated IMAP server addresses.

Google Mail

imap.gmail.com:993
smtp.gmail.com:465 (SSL)
outgoing server requires authentication

alternatively
imap.gmail.com:993
smtp.gmail.com:587 (TLS)
outgoing server requires authentication

Yahoo Mail

imap.mail.yahoo.com:993
smtp.mail.yahoo.com:465
outgoing server requires authentication

How to rename, sort and organise files, based on filename using PowerShell.

The following PowerShell script takes a list of files in a given folder, creates a new folder based on the given filename, and moves the given file, into that fold.

foreach($file in (Get-ChildItem 'x:\vol\movies\renew' | Where {(-not $_.PSIsContainer) -and  (-not $_.PSIsContainer)})) 

{New-Item -Path (Split-Path $file.fullname) -Name (Split-Path $file.fullname -Leaf).ToString().Replace(".avi","") -ItemType Directory

Move-Item -Path $file.fullname -Destination "$(Split-Path $file.fullname)\$((Split-Path $file.fullname -Leaf).ToString().Replace('.avi',''))"}

How to Change Network Profiles with PowerShell?

 

Change Network Profile Using PowerShell

The three network profiles in Windows 10 are:

• Private: Computers on a private network can belong to a home group. Network discovery is turned on for private networks, which allows you to see other computers and devices on the network.
• Public: Designed to keep your computer from being visible to other computers around you and to help protect your computer from any malicious software from the Internet.
• Domain: It belongs to enterprise network. It’s controlled by network admin and can’t be selected and changed locally.

Change network profile using PowerShell in Windows 10.

1. Open PowerShell and run it as administrator. Then type “Get-NetAdapter” and press enter to see all network adapters.

Windows 10 Network Adapters

2. To fine the network adapter profiles, type “Get-NetConnectionProfile” and press enter. You can specify the network connection with “-InterfaceAlias” parameter. It show only the exact network connection information.

Public Network Profile

The network category is public, so try to change to private network with “Set-NetConnectionProfile” cmdlet.

Note: It’s not possible to change the network adapter category to domain when there is no domain available. It’s only change Private network to public and public to private network using PowerShell. 
3. To change Public network to Private network, simply type “Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -NetworkCategory Private” and press enter.

Change Network Profile Using PowerShell

4. To see the result, type “Get-NetConnectionProfile” or specify the network adapter name with “-InterfaceAlias” parameter.

Change Public Network to Private Network with PowerShell

Good, the public network has been changed to private network successfully. You can do the same to change private network to public.

How to configure network connection using Powershell

Add a new IP Address
New-NetIPAddress –InterfaceAlias “Wired Ethernet Connection” –IPAddress “192.168.0.1” –PrefixLength 24 -DefaultGateway 192.168.0.254


PS C:\> New-NetIPAddress –InterfaceIndex 12 –IPAddress 192.168.0.1

PS C:\> Remove-NetIPAddress –IPAddress 192.168.0.1

PS C:\> Get-NetIPAddress –IPAddress 192.168.0.1 | Remove-NetIPAddress

PS C:\> Remove-NetIPAddress –PrefixOrigin Manual

Clone Vmware Guest (Template)

Use the following syntax to clone a snapshot of a VMware guest:

vmkfstools -i source_path destination_path -d disk_format -a adapter_type

Example Syntax

vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/local_ssd_vmfs5_disk0/GoldWin10Ent64/GoldWin10Ent64-000001.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/nfs_ssd_vmfs5_disk1/Win10ws01.domain.com/Win10ws01.domain.com.vmdk -d thin