Category: AWS/Azure/OpenShift

This category describes the major cloud platforms such as AWS/Azure/Google Cloud/OpenShift

The password has expired: Update your password and try again

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The password has expired: Update your password and try again

Azure AD Connect is an on-premises Microsoft application that’s designed to meet and accomplish your hybrid identity goals. The following error will be prompted if you wish to perform an on-premise synchronisation to the Azure Active Directory environment. In this guide, we shall discuss “The password has expired: Update your password and try again”. Please see…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift

Add or delete users and set permissions in Azure AD

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Add or delete users and set permissions in Azure AD

In Azure Active Directory, user accounts are granted a set of default permissions. A user account in Azure depends on one or all of the following, type of user, role assignments, and their ownership of individual objects. See this guide for reasons to deploy AAD and how to set up an Azure AD Tenant. There are different…

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How to add and verify a custom domain name to Azure Active Directory

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How to add and verify a custom domain name to Azure Active Directory

After you create your directory, you can add your custom domain name. Every new AAD tenant comes with an initial domain name, <domainname>.onmicrosoft.com. You can’t change or delete the initial domain name, but you can add your organization’s names. Adding custom domain names helps you to create user names that are familiar to your users, such…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift

Microsoft Azure Active Directory: How to setup Azure AD Tenant

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Microsoft Azure Active Directory: How to setup Azure AD Tenant

Azure tenant is a dedicated and trusted instance of Azure Active Directory (AD) that’s automatically created when your organization signs up for a Microsoft cloud service subscription, such as Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Intune, or Office 365. Please see how To Configure VM Update Management on Azure Stack Hub, and How to increase the Windows PIN complexity…

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Configure Windows Server using EC2 Launch

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Configure Windows Server using EC2 Launch

EC2Launch is a set of Windows PowerShell scripts that replaces the EC2Config service on Windows Server 2016 and later AMIs. On how to launch an EC2 instance on Windows Server 2016, see the following link for more information. Please refer to these articles on Driver Management on AWS, Windows clients, and servers. “how to remove a…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift

Lifecycle rules: Transition to Glacier still appears in s3

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Lifecycle rules: Transition to Glacier still appears in s3

Amazon S3 Glacier and S3 Glacier Deep Archive are secure, durable, and extremely low-cost Amazon S3 cloud storage classes for data archiving and long-term backup. They are designed to deliver 99.999999999% durability and provide comprehensive security and compliance capabilities that can help meet even the most stringent regulatory requirements. Please see how to create a…

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How to create an AMI from the Command line

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How to create an AMI from the Command line

In this article, we will discuss how to create an AMI from the Command line. Amazon Machine Images (AMI) provides the information required to launch an instance, which is a virtual server in the cloud. You must specify a source AMI when you launch an instance. Please see how to Import Virtual Machines to AWS…

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Why am I unable to ping the Public IP Address of an EC2 instance

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Why am I unable to ping the Public IP Address of an EC2 instance

Ping is a network administration utility that tests the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol network. In this article, we will explain “Why am I unable to ping the Public IP Address of an EC2 instance”. This command helps troubleshoot device accessibility between two endpoints. Here are some related articles: Ping request could…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift

What to note before assigning Multiple IPs’ to an Instance

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What to note before assigning Multiple IPs’ to an Instance

You can specify multiple private IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for your instances. The number of network interfaces and private IPv4 and IPv6 addresses that you can specify for an instance depends on the instance type. In this article, we will discuss “What to note before assigning Multiple IPs’ to an Instance”. Please see Add or…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift, Network | Monitoring

How to install and Update Azure PowerShell on your Windows PC

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How to install and Update Azure PowerShell on your Windows PC

Here are the steps to install the Azure PowerShell module on Windows.– Install the Azure PowerShell modules using PowerShellGet (best method).– By installing (importing) windows module for PowerShell– By installing Azure PowerShell modules with the MSI Note: Azure PowerShell is also available in Azure Cloud Shell and is now preinstalled in Docker images. Example 1:…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift

How to scale up and scale out on Azure

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How to scale up and scale out on Azure

In this article, we will learn How to scale up and scale out on Azure. The following terms “scaling up” and “scaling out” are usually used in cloud environments. The cover image of this blog post clearly differentiates both terms as well. Please see How to deploy WordPress on Azure App Service, How to Add and Format…

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Azure Active Directory integration with on-premise AD using PTA

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Azure Active Directory integration with on-premise AD using PTA

In this guide, you shall learn how Pass-Through Authentication works: Azure Active Directory integration with on-premise AD using PTA. Azure Active Directory (AAD) is a Microsoft cloud-based multi-tenant directory that provides identity and access management capabilities in the cloud. It provides MFA to help protect users from 99.9% of cybersecurity attacks. Please, see Unicode Manipulation:…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift

Guide on federating ADFS with Azure Active Directory

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Guide on federating ADFS with Azure Active Directory

Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) is a Single Sign-On solution developed by Microsoft and provides users with authenticated access to applications that are not capable of using Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) through Active Directory (AD). Take a look at this article to see various options that are possible for Integrating Azure Active Directory with on-Premise…

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