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Recently, we installed and made basic configuration on our pfsense router, an open source unified treat management appliance for the home and enterprise network using this guide, https://topnetworkguide.com/pfsense-installation-and-configuration-step-by-step/

We were also able to manually block some websites using their ip addresses, https://topnetworkguide.com/how-to-block-websites-using-pfsense-firewall-feature/

In this guide, DynamicDNS Configuration on PFSense, we are going to use a DynamicDns service called no-ip to map a free hostname to our dynamic ip address provided by our isp.

We are proceeding in our Opsi server: how to guide, having successfully installed opsi server on ubuntu 16.04. In this recipe, we will integrate windows client to opsi server and do some hardware and software inventory on the client to show how fairly easy it is to use opsi. It is definitely a tool every system and network administrator who is interested in getting successful in his or her chosen career should try.

Adding clients to opsi server can be achieved in any of two ways.

Opsi? Many of you may wonder. What the hell is opsi? And above all, what are we trying to accomplish with this “how to: opsi server installation on Ubuntu server 16.04” guide.

To be fair, there are tons of applications out there that the average IT guy may never use throughout his/her career. However, there are some tools that make the operation of a system admin or an IT support person fail proof.

The opsi package is one on these tools.

Earlier, we learnt how to manage and monitor our squid proxy using the cache manager build into squid proxy server. In this guide we will explore further options in monitoring our log files using calamaris- an external logfile analyzer for squid proxies.

Calamaris is a perl based logfile analyzer and statistic generator script kind of application.
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Openfire  is an open source real time collaboration  server that uses the XMPP(jabber) protocol for instant messenging. Openfire is cross platform and according to their website, it is easy to install and maintain. In my opinion, this claim is exactly true and that is why i favour it to other XMPP server applications.

 
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Installing Hyper-V

I’m sampling with server 2008 R2

When the Server Manager launches, right-click on roles and select Add Roles from the context menu.