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KDC reply did not match expectations while getting initial credential

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KDC reply did not match expectations while getting initial credential

In this article, we shall discuss the fix to “KDC reply did not match expectations while getting initial credential”. Kerberos is a network authentication protocol used to authenticate users or services in a secure way. Please see how to Set Up and Use ChatGPT in Linux Terminal, how to configure Kerberos for Ansible Authentication, and…

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How to install Cygwin packages from the command line

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How to install Cygwin packages from the command line

One of the greatest challenges in utilizing Cygwin is using the setup GUI program to view, install or uninstall packages. The syntax “apt-cyg”, can helps in installing and removing Cygwin packages. Here is how to install Cygwin packages from the command line using “apt-cyg”. Note: Before proceeding with these steps, test if you can run…

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How to install additional packages via Cygwin

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How to install additional packages via Cygwin

In this article, we shall discuss How to install additional packages via Cygwin. Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows, providing a large collection of GNU and open-source tools that provide functionality similar to a Linux distribution. It also includes a DLL (Cygwin1.dll) that provides substantial POSIX API functionality. Please see…

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How to install Ansible on Windows with Cygwin

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How to install Ansible on Windows with Cygwin

Ansible is an open-source software provisioning, configuration management, and application-deployment tool enabling infrastructure as code. It runs on many Unix-like systems and can configure both Unix-like systems as well as Microsoft Windows. Installing Ansible generally is pretty straight forward but on windows, it is a little bit complicated. Ansible uses the pywinrm package to communicate with…

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Concept of Ansible on Windows using Cygwin

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Concept of Ansible on Windows using Cygwin

This is one of the famous configuration management (Orchestration) tools in existence today. Ansible is agentless, powerful automation that enables you to deliver configurations and deployment across your IT environment. In this article, you will learn the “Concept of Ansible on Windows using Cygwin”. Please see How to determine the Cygwin version in Windows, How…

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Chef – Node Bootstrapping

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Chef – Node Bootstrapping

The Chef-Client agent runs Chef recipes on both physical and virtual servers, often called nodes or instances. Associating nodes with the Chef ensures the chef server installs the chef-client software on the nodes. Note: The minimum supported version of chef-client on nodes associated with OpsWorks for ChefAutomate Server is 12.16.42. We recommend running chef-client 13.6.4. Chef – Node Bootstrapping…

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