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How-to : Introduction to Laravel : Publish Laravel Framework project on Apache 2.4

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In previous article “How-to : Introduction to Laravel : Create a Laravel Framework project on openSUSE Leap 42.1” we’ve created Laravel project called demo-project.

However, this project is not available on web server, so we can’t open it in web browser and see it’s content.

Let’s configure Apache server to serve our demo-project.

In this article we will:

  • Place project files in appropriate folder
  • Adjust files ownership for proper publishing
  • Create configuration for Apache, so our content will be available

Let’s get to work…

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How-to : Introduction to Laravel : Create a Laravel Framework project on openSUSE Leap 42.1

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It’s a simple step-by-step tutorial, how to setup Laravel project on openSUSE 42.1.

First some requirements to be able to proceed with all steps:

  • openSUSE server (I have it as virtual machine with openSUSE LEap 42.1)
  • Apache web server install on openSUSE (# zypper install apache2)
  • PHP >= 5.5.9 (# zypper install php5)
  • OpenSSL PHP Extension (# zypper install php5-openssl)
  • PDO PHP Extension (# zypper install php5-pdo)
  • Mbstring PHP Extension (# zypper install php5 mbstring)
  • Tokenizer PHP Extension (# zypper install php5-tokenizer)
  • Phar PHP Extension (# zypper install php5-phar)

Once all above are installed we can install composer.phar and then Laravel Framework

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How-to : Create DAG on Exchange 2010

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Set of screenshots from old archives. It shows how to setup DAG on Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

If there will be interest in that subject I will put some description around that, just request that in comments.

Otherwise, enjoy step-by-step screenshot guide for DAG on Exchange 2010

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Code snippets : Windows : Importing Event Logs to Database

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Code snippet from old archives. It shows how to import Windows event log entries to database. Important is to setup database and table accordingly, so it contains apropriate columns.

Set objConn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set objRS = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
objConn.Open "DSN=EventLogs;"
objRS.CursorLocation = 3
objRS.Open "SELECT * FROM tblEventLog" , objConn, 3, 3
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colRetrievedEvents = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select Category, CategoryString, ComputerName, Data, EventCode, _
EventIdentifier, EventType, LogFile, Message, RecordNumber, SourceName, _
TimeGenerated, TimeWritten, Type, User from Win32_NTLogEvent")
For Each objEvent in colRetrievedEvents
objRS.AddNew
objRS("el_Category") = objEvent.Category
objRS("el_CategoryString") = objEvent.CategoryString
objRS("el_ComputerName") = objEvent.ComputerName
objRS("el_Data") = objEvent.Data
objRS("el_EventCode") = objEvent.EventCode
objRS("el_EventIdentifier") = objEvent.EventIdentifier
objRS("el_EventType") = objEvent.EventType
objRS("el_LogFile") = objEvent.LogFile
objRS("el_Message") = objEvent.Message
objRS("el_RecordNumber") = objEvent.RecordNumber
objRS("el_SourceName") = objEvent.SourceName
objRS("el_TimeGenerated") = objEvent.TimeGenerated
objRS("el_TimeWritten") = objEvent.TimeWritten
objRS("el_Type") = objEvent.Type
objRS("el_User") = objEvent.User
objRS.Update
Next
objRS.Close
objConn.Close
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How-to : Integrate Cisco Easy VPN authentication with Microsoft NPS RADIUS on Windows Server 2008 R2

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In this article will go through configuration of Cisco Easy VPN along with Microsoft NPS RADIUS on Windows Server 2008 R2.

Article covers:

  1. Basic information about Cisco Easy VPN
  2. Cisco IOS router configuration for Easy VPN
  3. Windows Server 2008 R2 NPS and RADIUS configuration

Let’s go…

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Config snippets : useful Netdom command

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Quick side note, not to forget for future.

Rename computer

Netdom renamecomputer %computername% /newname:Test-Server

Join computer to domain

Netdom join %computername% /domain:domain.com /UserD:Administrator /PasswordD:*
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Tips & Tricks : Windows 8.1 as wireless hotspot

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When you need to use your computer as wireless hotspot, you can easily enable that functionality with PowerShell:

Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

PS C:\windows\system32> netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Windows-Wireless-Hotspot key=password123
The hosted network mode has been set to allow.
The SSID of the hosted network has been successfully changed.
The user key passphrase of the hosted network has been successfully changed.

PS C:\windows\system32> netsh wlan start hostednetwork
The hosted network started.

PS C:\windows\system32>
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Tips & Tricks : Remove Event Log Source

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To remove Event Log Source use this:

Remove-EventLog -Source "Desktop Window Manager"
Replace Desktop Window Manager with Event Log Source you want to remove.
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Tips & Tricks : List Event Logs and associated sources

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To list all Event Logs and sources associated with them use:

Get-EventLog -LogName * |ForEach-Object {$LogName = $_.Log;Get-EventLog -LogName $LogName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |Select-Object @{Name= "Log Name";Expression = {$LogName}}, Source -Unique}
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How-to : Recover Nokia Lumia 820 when OS fails to load

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When I tried to install Technical Preview of Windows 10 on my Nokia Lumia 820, I ended up with phone which went into infinite loop of updating.

As a result of that phone became unusable and there was no way to bring it back to life without any additional intervention.

To get phone back to life I used fostware available for free from Microsoft:

…and here is how that went…

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