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IT Administration
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Using SCEP Certificates with Okta and SureMDM for Zero Trust Security
For businesses embracing zero-trust principles, secure certificate-based authentication isn’t just nice to have—it’s a necessity. With Okta as your Identity Provider (IdP) and SureMDM as your unified endpoint management solution, you can now seamlessly distribute and manage device certificates using Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP). This blog will guide you through: Why Use SCEP with […]

Setup minio storage in Ubuntu with Nginx
Minio Storage : Minio is an open source object storage server that stores unstructured data such as photos, videos, log files, backups, and container/VM images. It is a lightweight, reliable, and secure alternative to hosting large amounts of data on distributed network drives or in the cloud. Minio is a cloud storage service that offers […]

Enable remote and set authentication to MongoDB
Remote access to MongoDB: MongoDB’s remote capabilities are extremely helpful for businesses and organizations that have multiple locations. With remote access, users can access their databases from anywhere in the world and manage data without having to be physically present in the same location. This can be especially helpful for businesses that need to access […]
Celebrating Christmas – 42Gears Way
One fun activity that everyone, from children to adults, loves to do is set up a Christmas tree – decorated with lights and ornaments. Every year, we love setting up a Christmas tree with decorative lights in our office. We, however, like to add a touch of our own technology to this experience. This year […]

How to move machine images in Google Cloud Platform from one project to another?
In GCP (Google Cloud Platform), there are various kinds of resources like images, snapshots, vm instances, etc. Sometimes there is a need to move the private images of one project to another project, to create a similar machine. So here are the steps which you can follow to move it from one project to another […]

Viewing System Logs On Mac Devices
Introduction : Your Mac keeps system logs, which can help diagnose and troubleshoot problems with macOS and your installed applications. On your Mac’s system, these logs are stored as plain-text log files and macOS also includes an app for viewing them. View System Logs: 1. Launch the Console app to view Mac system logs. Console […]

How To WhiteList URL in Linux?
Whitelisting is useful for systems that aren't open to the public. Why do we need a whitelist URL in Linux?

Next Big Thing in Cloud Security
Cloud security refers to the method of securing cloud computing environments, applications, and data.

How to setup and save windows performance monitor (part – 2)
As we saw in [part 1] for setup metrics for resources to visualize in performance monitoring. Now we are continuing to save the same customized metrics. To get rid from daily open and selecting multiple metrics. Firstly, Launch the Microsoft Management Console (mmc.exe) and on the top left corner select the File option. And in […]

How to setup and save windows performance monitor (part – 1)
In general, to see resources utilization we use task manager in the windows operating system. But when it comes to detailed monitoring, performance is a good option. Here we are going to see how to monitor performance of an application using a performance monitor. To access it, in the windows button and just write performance […]

How does cross-account migration of encrypted snapshots happen?
Encrypted snapshots are used to keep the sensitive data secure and away from hackers.

Microsoft SQL Server and its RAM consumption
Troubleshoot SQL Server memory and performance issues

Creating a Simple Automation Script Using PowerShell and Windows Task Scheduler
Powershell is used as a scripting tool. Major benefit of using PowerShell is its ability to remotely connect to another system. %

How to compress/zip files older than x days and delete the original files post compression using power shell script.
If your application is generating huge log files everyday or you have a big database backup which needs to be stored somewhere then definitely storage space is one of the big concerns here. By compressing the files you can save a lot of storage space. But compressing files manually on a daily basis is one […]

Create a Linux Swap Using a File in 5 minutes
What is Swap Memory in Linux? Linux systems use swap space instead of RAM to process the inactive pages (process requests to CPU) in the physical memory. If the amount of physical memory (RAM) is full when the system needs more memory resources, then inactive pages in the RAM will be moved to the swap […]

How to fetch Windows Event logs Remotely
How to connect to Remote Machine via Event Viewer. Troubleshoot Event Viewer remote connectivity issues.

Backup files and folders in Windows 10
Do you want to backup your complete partition or windows drive to an external storage? The easiest way to do so is using robocopy. Backup using Windows Explorer GUI While copying using Windows Explorer, you may get several confirmation prompts that you need to address. This becomes frustrating when you are copying a large number […]

Introduction to Cloud Automation
Cloud Automation is referred to as the tools and processes that an organization uses to overcome the manual efforts for managing cloud computing services and workloads.
