I wanted to move away from Azure for my ScreenConnect install for a while now. Azure is free with my MS Partner Network subscription but being free didn't justify the level of sucking from hosting that VM on Azure. So this morning I decided - bye bye Azure.

I didn't realize how easy the process was. I used something called Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer that allowed me to simply connect to Azure, find my blob storage and download the VHD locally. After that, change DNS records, update virtual host file and boom, ScreenConnect is online on the colo server.

Very cool utility for anyone looking to do this.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/features/storage-explorer/

I have another web server instance still running on Azure that I'll likely be moving off there soon once I find the time.

Wonder if this will be better than my Apache Guacamole install for RDP.

@aaronstuder said in Pi Hole:

Here is the direct link: https://mangolassi.it/topic/15008/pihole-for-friends-and-family/21

Yes, I remember this thread. This assumes they have a DDNS client running and registered a DDNS domain.

@coliver said in Pi Hole:

I have mine running on the 2.50$ server.

Have you locked it down to only your IP address or is it open to the internet? What have you done to secure the server?

I realize I'm necro posting here but, is anyone actually running their Pi-Hole on Vultr? I have family that would love to use this for ad blocking but aren't technical enough to setup a Pi at home.

Any special consideration? Risks about having this open to the public? The obviously have dynamic IPs so not like I can restrict their IPs. Would Vultr's smallest instance be enough?

@jaredbusch said in Rewriting A Single Resource URL On A Webpage:

@nashbrydges said in Rewriting A Single Resource URL On A Webpage:

Currently (which breaks proper tracking because the script is blocked by most browsers):
<script src="http://sub.domain.com/mtc.js" async data-source="mautic"></script>

A location should handle this.

in your :80 server block add a location

location /mtc.jc {
    rewrtie ^ https://sub.domain.com/mtc.js;
}

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

A client is using a marketing automation tool called Mautic. His website has the proper SSL certs via a Nginx proxy and Let's Encrypt. The marketing automation tool creates a landing page for his to have a double opt-in email. Problem is that, when presenting the landing page after someone clicks on the link to confirm their email address, there is one single resource that remains HTTP vs HTTPS. It's available via HTTPS (I've tested it) but for some reason, this tool is only adding the HTTP link for the javascript during webpage presentation.

Is there a way to use Nginx to force a rewrite of this single resource link? It is the only one that refuses to play. Here is what it looks like...

Currently (which breaks proper tracking because the script is blocked by most browsers):
<script src="http://sub.domain.com/mtc.js" async data-source="mautic"></script>

What I want:
<script src="https://sub.domain.com/mtc.js" async data-source="mautic"></script>

Is there a way I can rewrite that single resource URL? The Nginx config file already includes this return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri; line which I thought would take care of it but there must be something happening during page render that is preventing the rewrite (unless I'm misunderstanding how this works).

If that can't happen, will setting up his DNS via Cloudflare handle this?

@brrabill said in Windows 10 Refuses To Update:

Did you get that after upgrading to 1709?

We are seeing that after upgrading to 1709, but then it goes away after manually running WU once.

That PC had been on 1709 for many months. Just out of the blue.

@jaredbusch said in Windows 10 Refuses To Update:

Yes, we've encountered this.

Go download the current Cumulative update and install it manually.

Thanks, that did the trick!

It's running build 1709. Downloading the cumulative update and will give that a try.

I have a client's workgroup Windows 10 PC that is refusing to check for updates.

• The PC has been restarted numerous times.
• The "view installed update history" is blank even though there are updates installed as recently as March 15
• Have tried the troubleshooter to no avail
• Turned off AV and still won't check for updates
• The Windows license is properly activated (has been for over a year)
• No new software has been installed in months

I'm tapped out for answers and Google search results have yielded nothing that has worked. Anyone encounter this?

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Or another way of looking at it.... from a personal ethics perspective. Would you fine it morally reprehensible to be a cop yourself (in the US, outside the US the systems are unrelated.)? My personal ethics would not allow me to accept pay as a cop, I think it is morally wrong within the context of how cops operate today. But that means, every cop was willing to cross that ethical line that I'm not willing to cross, and most people I know would not. So that's a very different way to think about it.

How would a cop and their families live on no pay?

By getting a different job. How do drug cartel workers live with no pay? They get ethical jobs doing something else. No one is "born a cop" just like no one is "born a drug lord". Those are choices people make based on what they want to do.

No one was born to be what they currently are now, they were born to live. WHat is an ethical job for you? Classifying all police work, army jobs and other institution jobs as unethical is not way compared to a drug cartel...

How is it different? Many people in a drug cartel are "good" people. Accountants, farmers, truck drivers... cartels pay for many good things like hospitals, town infrastructures, etc.

These are, from what I can tell, as close an analogy as you can get. They are extremely similar.

Comparing police officers to drug cartels is as assinine an answer as I've ever seen you give. Lol. Painting everyone with a different color is still broad brush and absolutism. I find that people who answer in absolutes aren't credible anymore.

My comment above was about this specific incident. I personally know police officers who I would trust with my life. Not all cops are bad. Most likely do good, even though there are a number of bad apples who gain most of the attention in the media when they're caught. When was the last time you saw a news story about a cop saving a life? Pretty rare from what I've seen. But an officer shooting someone, that's hot news.

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Houston police shoots man in chest and kills him for having his pants too low and standing in traffic.

Just f'ing wow! What is this tendency to use deadly force at the least perceived provocation? That's a frightening thought that this could be anyone. Clearly I don't have all of the information to form a solid opinion but damn that seems extreme.

Mark Z. initial stance on privacy at Facebook is a comical viewing.

Youtube Video

Considering his about-face about a year later (starts at 2:30 into this one)

Youtube Video

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Talk about being publicly outed. Ouch!

@scottalanmiller said in UniFi Home Lab vs Campus:

@flaxking said in UniFi Home Lab vs Campus:

@scottalanmiller said in UniFi Home Lab vs Campus:

@flaxking said in UniFi Home Lab vs Campus:

Idk, for $10, and a little bit of time, my Meraki AP running OpenWRT was quite the bargain for a home AP

Except you can't get the unit for $10.

The UART adapter was the $10, and I didn't even have to do the free webinar, it was a colleague that did it.

I've done the webinar and they send nothing, it was a scam. They just didn't respond afterward. But it's only the AP that's free. You are getting the AP to act as a router?

I did the webinar AND got the AP. Nice to have a freebie that worked for the free license duration but now it's a paperweight. Even if it had been the same price as the UBNT, I still wouldn't have bought the Meraki AP.

@mlnews Ugh! I'm going back to my abacus.

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Getting tested for sleep apnea this week. First an at home test and then a sleep study. My doctor seems to think I may have it due to my energy levels after blood tests, etc came back good.

Good luck. I ended up with a CPAP, best thing ever.

I can only upvote this once damit! Also...a CPAP device could save your life! Sleep apnea is a strong contributor to heart arrhythmias (I know this one personally).

Orpahned data maybe is what you're looking for.

@black3dynamite Already maxed out at 4 SSIDs lol. At least, for now. In a couple months, I will be able to free one up and use it for those devices.