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• Active Directory
• Domain Controller

References

1. http://www.tech-faq.com/active-directory.html
2. http://www.tech-faq.com/active-directory-terminology-and-concepts.html

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;; disable temporary files
;; https://stackoverflow.com/a/2680682/682912
(setq make-backup-files nil)

;; Add Melpa Sources for installing Packages.
;; https://melpa.org/#/getting-started
(require 'package)
(let* ((no-ssl (and (memq system-type '(windows-nt ms-dos))
                    (not (gnutls-available-p))))
       (proto (if no-ssl "http" "https")))

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Mounting Azure Cloud Drive on Linux machines

This is especially useful if you want to develop locally and run it from Cloud Shell.

References

1. this
2. Mounting CIFS drives as a specific user and group

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#!/bin/bash
set -e
# This script reads Vault password from user prompt, and loads Azure Environment Variables.
# 
# For this first you need to create an Ansible Vaulted .sh script of the format
# export AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID=my_sub_id
# export AZURE_CLIENT_ID=my_serviceprincipal_client_id
# export AZURE_TENANT=my_serviceprincipal_tenant_id
# export AZURE_SECRET=my_serviceprincipal_secret_key
#

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Error during vagrant up with Virtualbox - VT-x is not available

Problem

1. Your laptop supports VT-x
2. VT-x is enabled in the BIOS

However, vagrant up on a Virtualbox machine throws this inexplicable error.

Cause

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How to run

1. Open Powershell as Administrator
2. Run

iwr -useb https://gist.githubusercontent.com/savishy/5ea55e7258422b7455b6476609979d21/raw/provisionWindows.ps1 | iex;

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Delete a VM Extension (is faster from command-line)

Useful if you are troubleshooting or debugging VM Extensions.

az vm extension delete --vm-name VMName -g RGName --name ExtensionName

Resize a VM while its running

Ansible 2.5 azure_rm_virtualmachine module will not resize a running VM if you simply change its size. :(

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Enable Debug Logging if you want to see verbose logs.

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2014/10/16/use-powershell-and-dsc-to-enable-logging/ You can also enable Debug and Analytic logs in Windows Event Logging. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2014/01/03/using-event-logs-to-diagnose-errors-in-desired-state-configuration/

How do I kill a running DSC process?

E.g. if you want to reapply a DSC resource

rm C:\windows\system32\Configuration\*.mof*

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DevOps Automation Task - Ansible + Azure + Windows

Objectives

1. This assignment requires you to automate creation of an entire application environment on Azure.
2. The environment consists of two VMs, details of which are enclosed below.
3. All VMs are Windows VMs.
4. Each VM needs to have specific disks attached to it, in addition to the C: D: E: drives.

Time Limit

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S3

VPC

Subnets

• Public Subnets can send traffic directly to internet