https://rosenvold.tech/series/networking/ Recent content in Networking on Rosenvold Technologies Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://rosenvold.tech/posts/2023/09/a-beginners-guide-to-ansible/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://rosenvold.tech/posts/2023/09/a-beginners-guide-to-ansible/ This guide is a work in progress, and will be written more to in the future. Table of Contents Table of Contents Installation of Ansible Windows Linux Ubuntu macOS Installation of Ansible Windows To get started with Ansible on Windows start by following my guide on installing WSL2 on Windows since, there’s no official support to running Ansible from a Windows machine. Installation of WSL2 https://rosenvold.tech/posts/2023/08/factory-reset-cisco-equipment/ Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://rosenvold.tech/posts/2023/08/factory-reset-cisco-equipment/ Table of Contents Table of Contents Routers Cisco 4221 Cisco 2901 Switches Catalyst 3560 & 2960 This guide was written in the assumption, that you have some preknowledge about Cisco Networking. Explanations: config-register 0x2102 – boot normally (default configuration register setting) config-register 0x2120 – boot into ROM Monitor (ROMMON) config-register 0x2142 – ignore contents of NVRAM (startup-configuration) Routers Cisco 4221 Ensure the router is off and connected to power. https://rosenvold.tech/posts/2023/08/how-to-firmware-update-cisco-ios-over-usb/ Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://rosenvold.tech/posts/2023/08/how-to-firmware-update-cisco-ios-over-usb/ Required Equipment Downloaded firmware files. An empty USB drive formatted as FAT32. Let’s get started Place your IOS files at the root of the USB drive. If the router is not already turned on, power it on. Connect to the equipment using a console connection. Next, check the router’s version by running the following command: show version Copy the IOS version from the USB drive to the router: https://rosenvold.tech/posts/2023/04/how-to-domain-join-a-ubuntu-22.04-lts-server-to-active-directory/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://rosenvold.tech/posts/2023/04/how-to-domain-join-a-ubuntu-22.04-lts-server-to-active-directory/ Connecting a Linux Server to Windows Active Directory This guide will show you how to join an Ubuntu 22.04 LTS server to an existing Windows Active Directory domain. Prerequisites A functional Active Directory on the same network. Active Directory server added as DNS server. Install WinBind sudo apt -y install winbind libpam-winbind libnss-winbind krb5-config samba-dsdb-modules samba-vfs-modules Configure Winbind Edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file: sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf On line 29, change the workgroup to the name of your Active Directory domain and add the following lines: