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Introduction NSClient++ is a monitoring agent/daemon for Windows systems that works with Nagios. This service allows Nagios to gather the performance metrics Prerequisites Implementation Step 1: Download NSClient from the below link on the Windows server https://sourceforge.net/projects/nscplus/ Step 2: Start the installation process. Click on next Step 3: Click on the… Continue Reading How to install and configure NSClient to monitor the Windows server on Nagios

Introduction MSSQL is an open-source, relational database management system (RDBMS) based on structured query language (SQL). MSSQL is available on all major operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Solaris. It is free to use for individuals and non-production environments under the GNU General Public License; however, if used commercially, a… Continue Reading How to reset the ‘sa’ user password of a Microsoft SQL Server instance on a Windows server with Plesk

Mounting Amazon S3 Cloud Storage in Windows: Open Windows PowerShell as Administrator. Create the directory to download and store rclone files: mkdir c:\rclone Go to the created directory: cd c:\rclone Download rclone by using the direct link mentioned above: Invoke-WebRequest -Uri “https://downloads.rclone.org/v1.51.0/rclone-v1.51.0-windows-amd64.zip” -OutFile “c:\rclone\rclone.zip” Extract files from the downloaded archive: Expand-Archive -path ‘c:\rclone\rclone.zip’ -destinationpath… Continue Reading How to Mount Amazon S3 bucket as a Drive 

How to Enable Hardware Virtualisation on Windows 10 machine Date: 19-06-2021 Step 1: Reboot your computer and login to BIOS mode. Normally, BIOS settings can be accessed using the function keys (F1, F2, F3, F10, or F12) during boot. Some computers are using ESC or Delete key to login BIOS… Continue Reading How to Enable Hardware Virtualization on Windows 10 machine

Download the latest Windows ACME Simple (WACS) ZIP file from the Github releases page, https://github.com/PKISharp/win-acme/releases. 2. Next extract the zip file to a folder of your choice. I am placing it in C:\inetpub\letsencrypt folder. 3. Right click on wacs.exe and select Run as Administrator to start the Windows ACME Simple… Continue Reading How to install a Let’s Encrypt SSL cert on Microsoft IIS

Step 1: Verify that the EC2Config service is running Before you attempt to reset the administrator password, verify that the EC2Config service is installed and running. You use the EC2Config service to reset the administrator password later in this section. To verify that the EC2Config service is running Open the… Continue Reading Resetting the Windows administrator password using EC2Config

How to make MSSQL to Listen on Port(1433) on MSSQL Server Date Posted: 29-09-2017 After installing MSSQL, it was not listening to default port 1433. In this post, we will explain on how to make mssql to listen on default port 1433. Resolution: Open Sql Configuration Manager. Click on Sql Server Management… Continue Reading How to make MSSQL to Listen on Port(1433) on MSSQL Server

How to install mylittleadmin on plesk windows Date Posted: 29-09-2017 Mylittleadmin is used to manage MSSQL database in a hosting environment. In this post, we will explain on how to install mylittleadmin on plesk windows server. Assumption: RDP Access to the server Plesk panel access Implementation: Login to the server… Continue Reading How to install mylittleadmin on plesk windows

Install Python, PIP and Boto on Windows server 2016 Date Posted:15-04-2017 Python is a famous scripting language and we will explain on how to install python, pip and boto library on windows server. In this post, we will cover on installing python 3 and pip python installer. Additionally, this post… Continue Reading Install Python, PIP and Boto on Windows server

Using For Loop to Rename All Files in a Folder This is the batch script for windows to rename all files in a folder on windows. This works well perfectly. This was useful for me. It may help others to do the same. I was worried to change the files name… Continue Reading Using For Loop to Rename All Files in a Folder