Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves

A Journey Through Discovery

  • MyLab: Smart Card Authentication

    I use a YubiKey 5 Series security key (from Yubico) in my lab. This allows me to use strong authentication and test out security scenarios that I usually find myself in while on the job. I did use the reference material from Yubico to get this working, but am going to transcribe and document this…

  • MyLab: Workspace ONE Access (post v2)

    Preparing to Deploy the VMware Workspace ONE Access Appliance Preparation tasks include the following:

  • MyLab: VMware Horizon True SSO

    An Enterprise Certificate Authority needs to be accessible. Certificates are a big part of True SSO. There are going to be short term certificates that will be issued. True SSO will require the following servers and services: Familiarity with the command line is helpful, but not necessary as well.

  • MyLab: Windows Server Failover Clustering

    Overview Sometimes we need to load balance Windows Servers and don’t have access to an enterprise grade load balancer, or just don’t need all the bells and whistles (and expense) that comes along with it. For this post, we are going to install and configure the Windows Server Failover Clustering feature.

  • How to Add NordVPN to Firewalla Gold

    Overview For this tutorial, I am going to use an iPhone 13 Pro, running iOS 16.5.1 (c) and using Firewalla Box version 1.9760 (a5437352). This tutorial will assume that you have a Firewalla Gold with the App connected and already have a subscription to NordVPN.

  • Removing Advanced vCenter Server Settings

    The other day I was working on a vCenter and had to evacuate the vCLS virtual machines from a failed cluster I was working on. If you are unfamiliar with this, here is the kb that explains how to do it. The short version is that you navigate to the cluster, capture the cluster id…

This is how it all started…

I started this site with the intent to aggregate as much information as possible in one place. I use this to record lessons learned or frustrating configurations I have experienced on the job or just tinkering (learning) and just couldn’t find a better resource available. I have tried to be as thorough and accurate as possible, but technology is rapidly evolving and every environment is different. I may miss things along the way and my setup most likely differs compared to yours.

I hope you find this site has some value to you.

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Aaron Rombaut

Writer & Technologist