A provider named “” could not be found in the Terraform Registry.
After installing Terraform and GO. I want to talk with my Hyper-v server for deploying some VMs. I used this provider: https://github.com/taliesins/terraform-provider-hyperv.git How to Install the...
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How to install terraform on Windows
Download TerraformUnzip Terraform to c:\TerraformAdd terraform to your environment variables: set PATH=%PATH%;C:\terraform Test your installation typing terraform in CMD.Your output should look like...
View ArticleHP ILO not Available and Reboot HP ILO With SSH
Sometimes you face the situation that your HP ILO is unresponsive. This mostly occurs when you need the ILO interface for a disaster (or something). Now our good old friend SSH can help us, because...
View ArticleHow to use credentials in a PowerShell script?
A nightmare for many security auditors are the plain tekst Passwords in PowerShell scripts. Offcourse this is not nessecary, we can encrypt this in local files.But there is a difference how to encrypt...
View ArticleHow to check the SFP state on a Physical Windows Host
In the past we have had an issue with a bad batch of SFP’s in our Windows servers. The issue occurs randomly after a couple months in production. The answer from HP about the bad SFP’s:“The problem is...
View ArticleInvoke-VMScript: An error occurred while sending the request
After upgrading the PowerShell module to the latest version now available (11.3.0.13964823), my invoke-vmscript goes wrong. The following exception occurs: Invoke-VMScript : Invoke-VMScript An error...
View ArticleInstall git with PowerShell on Windows
With the following PowerShell function you can download and install git using PowerShell. It downloads the latest “stable” git release to the given temp directory and installs it with default...
View ArticleHow to move MSSQL Database to another drive
– Check which database is using the old drive. This can be done with the following query. SELECT name, physical_name AS CurrentLocation FROM sys.master_files – Write down the output and check which DBs...
View ArticleKill a stopping service in Windows
Sometimes if you restart or stop a Windows service it wont stop. The Windows Service is stuck in the “stopping” state. If you cannot reboot your server or workstation for whatever reason you can kill...
View ArticleThe trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed
There are multiple reasons for getting this event. It mostly happen when you restore a domain joined server or workstation.Event details: EventID: 5719Source: NETLOGON This computer was not able to set...
View ArticleRemove SCOM Management packs with PowerShell
After importing a newer version of SQL Management pack, in our case (7.0.15.0). The older SQL Management packs are no longer needed, because the new one is version-agnostic. As described in the release...
View ArticleCreate Windows user using SALTstack
The first thing i did using salt stack was creating a local windows user. Creating users on different OS builds are fully supported by using the built-in salt functions. First create a mapping in your...
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Minion did not return. [No response]
There are multiple reasons why your minion did not return. Hereby a couple checks you can do for troubleshooting your Salt – minion configuration. First, check if your minion is running. On unix:...
View ArticleAuthentication failed because the remote party has closed the transport stream
This error can occurs when your client is setting up a secure transport stream using TLSv1.1 or TLSv1.2 to a webservice/API for example. In my case it was the PowerCli module installed on Windows...
View ArticlePowerShell: Execution of scripts is disabled on this system.
This error occur when the default PowerShell execution policy is active on the system, the default policy is restricted on fresh Windows Installations. Windows Execution policy is a security mechanism...
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New-VM Value cannot be null. Parameter name: source
The following error: “parameter name source cannot be null” is just an exception in the VMWare.VimAutomation.Core module. With this error its hard to find the actual issue. The version i’ve running: PS...
View ArticleAutomatic way of making a lot of folders
There are multiple reasons why you need a lot of pre-created folders. Making the folders by hand would be a very boring time intensive job. So make use of the available script languages in your...
View Articlefatal: Authentication failed git on Windows
If you change your password, or the git repository password is changed you can get the following error. In this situation you cannot make any changes or if it is a private repository even make a clone...
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How to get your Windows Release Version and Build number?
It’s very simple to get your Windows Build number, like “Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363”. You need to seek a little bit longer to find your Windows Version number. In this short blog I will tell you...
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Git Cheat sheet – Collection of most used Git commands
In a DevOps way of working GIT is a powerful tool for each team member must know. GIT is used for sharing, versioning, tracking changes and most of all for making code together. If you know the git...
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