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  1. New Relic APM Spring Clean

    Having a spring clean of New Relic APM might be a little tedious but luckily New Relic provide a feature rich API which makes this job a breeze. …

    • on newrelic

  2. Common Issue Pulling Docker Images On Windows (Antivirus)

    Running the Docker engine natively on Windows operating systems, as well as orchestrating containers running Windows Server 2016 is still fairly new and shiny, and with that comes new issues; some documented more than others. One such issue which isn’t documented very well except for GitHub issues that beginners are facing is failures when pulling images from their Docker registry - most commonly the Docker Hub registry. …

    • on docker

  3. Check Metrics.NET Health Checks Using PowerShell

    This is a simple post detailing how you can use PowerShell to quickly check the health of an application that uses Metrics.NET. For anyone who doesn’t know, Metrics.Net is a library that provides a way of instrumenting applications with custom metrics (timers, histograms, counters, etc) that can be reported in various ways and can provide insights on what is happening inside a running application. …

    • on powershell

  4. Controlling LoadBalancer.Org Appliances From PowerShell

    First I’d like to say that I’m not being paid or asked to write any of this, but I do love LoadBalancer.Org appliances. They’re a cost-effective load balancing solution which combines the best of industry-grade open source technologies, together with a WUI (web user interface) for manageability as well as an easy to use CLI (command line interface). …

    • on loadbalancerorg, powershell

  5. What Is DevOps?

    DevOps is an interesting subject and one that’s close to my heart, so I’ve decided to write a short series over the next few months called Decoding DevOps. This series will include my interpretations of the current state of the DevOps movement. So without delay, let’s crack on with the first post in the series. …

    • on questions, decodingdevopsseries

  6. Another Tesco (Bank) Security Fail!

    Tesco doesn’t have a great track record with security as Troy Hunt has pointed out in the past with such articles as The Tesco hack – here’s how it (probably) happened and Lessons in website security anti-patterns by Tesco. I was still surprised though when I attempted to log into my online account at Tesco Bank with only my username (that turned out to be incorrect), only to be greeted with a page informing me that my username didn’t exist. Hang on a minute, what just happened there?! …

    • on wtf, rant

  7. Vlog: Brief Introduction to SQLMap

    For months now I’ve wanted to giving video blogging a go but have always shied away from it mainly from being too self conscious. While this completely hasn’t gone away, I have managed to pluck up the courage and record my first ever video blog which your about to see below. …

    • on hacking, sql-server, speaking

  8. Introducing SSL Notifications (Beta)

    When dealing with HTTPS endpoints that I managed, I often found myself turning to online scan providers including SSL Labs to manually carry out testing of these endpoints. This required me to A), Remember to periodically scan those endpoints and B), Have the free time required to scan all the endpoints. …

    • on ssl

  9. PowerShell Just Enough Admin

    With everyone being on the PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) hype including myself, it’s been easy to let items like Just Enough Admin (JEA) pass us by without notice. That’s why I decided to watch a session on JEA from TechEd North America 2014 and create this post from my own experiences as well. …

    • on powershell

  10. Why Can't I Use Import-DscResource In Powershell?

    So you’ve been playing about with Powershell for a while and decided to take the plunge with trying out Desired State Configuration (DSC) yet you’ve hit a snag with Import-DscResource. You’ve of course read my previous article titled “Where is Import-DSCResource In Powershell DSC?” but still can’t seem to get Import-DscResource to be recognised by Windows Powershell. You next move was likely to try running something like ’Get-Help DscResource‘ yet your still left sitting there scratching your head, as while some results were returned by Get-Help, no import method was listed for DSC resources. Nice try though! …

    • on powershell, dsc