This for those who have installed CentOS recently and either on VMware workstation or Oracle's VirtualBox and having connectivity issues. In this short blog post wills show you how to quickly fix that.Make sure that your VM is running, and then head to settings , access the network tab and make sure the Bridge Adapter is selected under your main ne

Here in this blog post I will show you how to install Ansible on an AWS EC2 instance. Bellow are the pre requisites Have an AWS accountSpin and EC2 instance and connect to it via ssh or directly from your aws console . For the purpose of this post I created an aws ubuntu instance. After connecting to your instance run the commands bellow. This will

You have installed your brand-new Ubuntu VM and would like to check the IP address? Well, there are few ways to get that done, just follow the instructions bellow., it will just take a couple of minutes, As always make sure that you VMs are up to date by running:  sudo apt update After that, make sure that you have the net-tools install sudo a

Here in this blog post I will be covering the different type of storage offered by AWS (EBS, EFS ,S3 )along with the following key features: EBS or Elastic Block Storage | BLOCK EBS is the block storage offered by AWS. It is a simple to use, scalable and high-performance block storage that is easy to set up and run. Just like in traditional block s

File and block storage are probably being overlooked by the new and shining storage solution that are currently on the market but they are still being used by millions of those who can't afford to break the bank. Storing the right data at the right place is critical and here I will briefly go over the difference between file and block storage and w

 Here in few steps, I will show you how to install MongoDB and use it in HyperTerminal.  Link to download  https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community  And download the MSI (that is important) and proceed to the installation by finding the install find in your designated download location  Here in few steps, I will show

 You are in the dev directory and the realizes "npm run dev "won't work and you scratching your head. I have been there as well. I even tried to force it hoping to get it through. Follow the steps bellow 1-Create file in your dev environment in your dev folder as in the screenshot bellow 2-I called the file .env and then enter the following li

After scratching my head for few days, I was finally able to fix an error that was preventing me from accessing my vCenter Serve GUI.   So, I checked also on the vCenter Server Management and found that the VMware vCenter server has stopped.I tried to restart it and failed to do so. The system was throwing out some error and referred me to che

 For those who are running VMware vSphere 6.7 version, you may have run into the following error: HPE SimpliVity Plug-in cannot complete the task because it cannot contact the Virtual Controller. This due to the fact that the Simplivity Plug-in that allows us to manage the Nodes in vSphere has lost communication with the Omnistack virtual cont

 RAID acronym for Redundant Array of Independ Disks. It is a well-known data storage technology that uses stripping, mirroring or parity to store data on a set of drives or disks. A RAID is implemented when two or more disks or drives are combined together in a logical unit to increase the performance, or redundancy or both. The term was coine

If you have been around servers or has worked with  enterprise grade servers before, it can be confusing to see all the all the part numbers and spare part numbers that that HPE uses to guide sales engineers and technicians properly identify and order the right replacement part.  But no worries,  in this short blog post, I

 On a network by default, IP addresses are assigned automatically via DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Any device that are attached to be network, be it a printer of a computer get a random IP address assigned to it. but when it comes to finding out what IP are available, it can be a frustrating task. This process helps us to avoid

Have you ever bought a used server with the Ilo already set with a password and wondering how to reset it to factory default? Here is how to get it done.Process valid for HPE GEN 8/9/10 Servers Configure iLO settings privilege. Procedure 1.Optional: If user access the server remotely, start an iLO remote console session. 2.Restart or power on the s

Some of you must have encountered an image file with the. heic and wondering what the heck is this? HEIC is an extension of HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format.HEIC files contain several images saved under the HEIF. In general, HEIF most of the time are used to store photos on Apple's iOS devices and contains images generated by an Apple hardware ca

What the AWS Community Builders Program and how to get in. The AWS Community Builders Program is an initiative undertaken by Amazon to offer not only technical resources but mentorship and networking opportunities to technical enthusiast interested in getting into cloud computing or looking connect with peers in the cloud computing realm. Below are

If you have been dealing with hardware storage configuration, you may have heard the work JBOD along with RAID. JBOD stands for Just a Bunch of Disks or Just a Bunch of Drives. Either way it is a multilevel configuration of disks, be it HDD or SSD. JBOD is a collection of disks so when assembled are regarded as one logical volume. It is still a for