For some weird reason, I can not get my OpenVPN server to come up at boot time using systemd on an Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS server. I have tried a few settings but failed so far. So I twitted about it: Here is my /lib/systemd/system/openvpn.service file: …
How to setup a Linux server on Amazon AWS AWS (Amazon Web Services) is one of the leading cloud server providers worldwide. You can setup a server within a minute using the AWS platform. On AWS, you can fine tune many techncal details of your server …
How often do we think of NULL values while concatenating NULLs with string values? String concentration with NULL values can give us some unexpected results if we are not aware of CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL database SET options. CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL options control whether concatenation results shall be treated as …
To learn the basics of SQL Server, you must have an understanding of how an SQL Server query engine executes an SQL query. T-SQL involves both logical and physical query processing. Physical query processing is about how a database engine processes a query. Logical query …
In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll look at the key differences between Distributed File System Replication (DFS-R) and Storage Replica (SR), and why you might want to upgrade to Storage Replica if you’re using DFS for server-to-server replication. Storage Replica is a new feature in …
In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll look at two new audit events in Windows Server 2016 that can help identify malicious activity, as well as other general auditing improvements. Windows 10 included some improvements to auditing and new events. Those changes are naturally now available …
Rainbow Six Siege has been praised by many as a hardcore first-person shooter, so to dedicated community members, performance is all about stats. Believe it or not, however, Ubisoft quietly disabled all tracking features over the past few weeks despite previously denying the act. Increased server …
If you are looking for an ultimate guide to Windows Server 2016, then you don’t need to search on the internet or buy any book. Microsoft has recently published two highly useful guides to Windows Server 2016, which will help you understand even the smallest …
Rainbow Six Siege update 2.1.1 was assumed for release soon, but it appears the small patch won’t debut until next week. A tweet from the game’s official account confirmed the news Wednesday morning. The message reads “2.1.1 will happen next week, we’ll keep you updated with …
In this tutorial, we are going to provide you with step by step instructions on how to set up nginx server blocks on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS and on a CentOS 7 VPS. Nginx server blocks are often used to run multiple websites on a …
