Using Ansible to update Linux distributions
Very simple play to do updates to RPM and DEB based systems.
Ansible reboot Debian/Ubuntu systems in sequence (update 08/18/2018)
Ever need to reboot a group of hosts in a controlled fashion? Automatically? Here is how to do that via Ansible.
Ansible v2.0 vs Windows Update
Ansible 2.0 was recently released and came with many updates dealing with the Windows module. What better way to start using it then to create a playbook to do Windows updates and automated reboots!
Configure Syslog for VMware ESXi via vMA
Simple VMware bourne shell script to update ESXi hosts in vCenter to configure centralized syslog configuration.
Fortigate to Sumo Logic How-To
I received a question via Twitter today on how to configure the Fortigate firewall to send data into Sumo Logic.
Sumo Logic + Fortigate + Web Classification (update!)
Updated query replacing an empty category with UNRATED for a more useful display.
vSphere 6 nested in vCloud Director
vSphere 6, nested, in vCloud Director? Yes! I just wanted to play..
Sumo Logic + Fortigate + Web Classification
Website classification can be used for content filtering. This post has Sumo Logic searches from Fortigate logs to look at utilization by category as well as an example of a scheduled search to create a daily report, perhaps of just the adult content categories.
Fortigate – how to turn on web classification
Categorize web traffic flowing through a Fortigate firewall for later analysis using tools like Sumo Logic (shown in a later post).