Azure: Storage-Account
Create a Storage-Account retrieve connection string Retrieve the Storage_key create a file-share:Read More →
Azure CLI: Default-Values for config-Session
In most cases, at least some parameters for a set of CLI-Commands remain the same. Setting those as „default“ saves time and reduces human error. For example, specify your location and ressource-group exactly one time and never repeat it:Read More →
Create Cosmos-DB and retrieve Connection-String
Retrieve the Conection-String of the Endpoint:Read More →
vSphere vCenter – PowerShell: reliable Connection
From time to time the first try to connect to a vCenter-Server fails, building a simple loop to allow a limited number of retries fixes this possible issue.Read More →
Azure Storage Explorer
The Azure Cosmos DB integration with Storage Explorer has been deprecated. You should use the Azure Portal, Azure Portal desktop app or the standalone Azure Cosmos explorer instead.Read More →
Firefox: „Certificate Viewer“ – How to disable
Firefox 70 added a new „Certificate Viewer“ feature which moves the „Window“-based GUI to a „Web-Page“-View. different look no new features missing features Export Certificate So this is no „new feature“ but a „modification of an existing feature“ – with less features. Reenable the former full featuresetRead More →
Firefox: Don’t ignore the Windows Enterprise-CA Store
Not a new Feature for Windows, to use an enterprise CA to create server certificates. And Firefox added the possibility to trust those certificates ages ago – but still you’ll get an TLS-error-message (in German „Kein Verbindungsversuch unternommen: Mögliches Sicherheitsproblem“). This is no Security-Problem, it’s just a problem of using stupid defaults causing people to waste their time and providing no little level of security, since a CA operated on my own is much more trustworthy than public CAs which firefox trusts blindly. Solution Open about:config and changeRead More →
New Windows 2019 Jump-Host
Until everything in my lab runs on Terraform, PowerShell will be a valid solution for automation purposes. Install PowerShell 7 https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-core-on-windows?view=powershell-7.1 https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/tag/v7.0.4 Allow Execution of PowerShell-Scripts Install Power-CLI Allow Self-Signed Certs [Lab Environment]Read More →