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MongoDB 3.6 on #Windows 2016 Server Password protected and ready for connections. This Mongodb installation is password protected and open to internet Connections. MongoDB 3.6 is a free and open-source cross-platform document-oriented database program. Classified as a NoSQL database program, MongoDB uses JSON-like documents with schemas. Best of all is on Windows. The default installation …
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RoundCube with Mail Server on Windows is a simple solution for your organization’s Email needs Switch from Gsuite to Charming Full Email Server HmailServer with WebMail Why would you want to switch from Gsuite, Yahoo mail, Office 365, etc. to your own cloud host using a Pre-configured HmailServer with Roundcube? Gsuite is difficult to administer. …
I would love to do this serverless, But still here is a way to use AWS S3 to receive email on behalf of your domain. One could setup the domain in SES and receive for any number of users, but still an EC2 Server would be required. A possible advantage is that Spammers can’t get …
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There are several short steps that you need to follow to enlarge your EBS volume on a Windows EC2 instance. After expanding the EBS Volume from the EC2 console, Windows needs to know whether you want it as the same Drive letter or to exapand the existing one. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/ebs-modify-volume.html Modifying an EBS Volume from …
I launched a new Windows Server 2016 on AWS. When packaging up an EC2 to pass on to clients or to the AWS Marketplace I am not sure what the issues were. I have switched back and forth to between SVR 2012 and 2016. I don’t do fancy stuff, just resetting the password I copied …
I know that it is more secure to allow only signed scripts to run, but this sript from Micrososft allows you to write your own PowerShell scripts and actually run them with ISI. Script needs to run as System user <# ================================================================================ ========= Introduction to Change-ExecutionPolicy.ps1 ======================================= ================================================================================ Name: Change-ExecutionPolicy Purpose: Allow User/Administrator a …
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User-agent: YandexBot Disallow: / User-agent: YandexDirect Disallow: / User-agent: YandexDirectDyn Disallow: / User-agent: YandexImages Disallow: / User-agent: YaDirectFetcher Disallow: / User-agent: YandexBlogs Disallow: / User-agent: YandexNews Disallow: / User-agent: YandexPagechecker Disallow: / User-agent: YandexMetrika Disallow: / User-agent: YandexCalendar Disallow: / Also see: https://charmingwebdesign.com/blocking-ip-addresses-of-any-country-with-iptables/ ‘YandexBot’ — the main indexing robot ‘YandexDirect’ — downloads information about …
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Register a domain with Route 53 Many people get stuck setting up an EC2 Instance as a mail server. Did you send a test message to your new instance and never receive the email ? To set up a mail server you first need the MX record to be properly setup in Route 53 or …
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F you do not have the means to setup a catchall: In app/bundles/EmailBundle/Helper/MailHelper.php: Change: public function generateBounceEmail($idHash = null) { $monitoredEmail = false; if ($settings = $this->isMontoringEnabled(‘EmailBundle’, ‘bounces’)) { // Append the bounce notation list($email, $domain) = explode(‘@’, $settings[‘address’]); $email .= ‘+bounce’; if ($idHash) { $email .= ‘_’.$this->idHash; } $monitoredEmail = $email.’@’.$domain; } return $monitoredEmail; …
I found this script on GitHub. I have been writing a similar one, with less functionality and flexibility, but that’s OK it is for Databases with volumes. #!/bin/bash Size=3 if [ -z “${DOCKER_MACHINE_DRIVER}” ]; then DOCKER_MACHINE_DRIVER=virtualbox fi # REGISTRY_MIRROR_OPTS=”–engine-registry-mirror https://jxus37ac.mirror.aliyuncs.com” # INSECURE_OPTS=”–engine-insecure-registry 192.168.99.0/24″ STORAGE_OPTS=”–engine-storage-driver overlay2″ MACHINE_OPTS=”${STORAGE_OPTS} ${INSECURE_OPTS} ${REGISTRY_MIRROR_OPTS}” function create_nodes() { for i in $(seq …
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Declaring the Ref s and Mapping Findinmap in CloudFormation which can be used in userdata on your EC2 server (maybe others too) Almost 20 hours of learning and making mistakes I have been working on making a Multi Region Replicated MongoDB Replica Set with Oneclick installation via AWS Marketplace. I got the script working. Now …
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For 29 cents you can find nasty stuff on your Images. Using the marketplace scanner, everything from Trojans to forgotten keys, and Vulnerabilities were found. I can’t wait to try this. I don’t know if I know the folks from this biz, but pray for their success. Aqua’s On Demand Vulnerability Scanner – How it Works: …
HmailServer is mostly for receiving email to @yourdomain . SES is for sending email. Over the last year or so SES added the ability to receive emails but this is very complicated and confusing which is why I install Hmailserver to receive the email.Beware: In the SES panel there are DNS settings that AWS give …