SHIFT-WIKI - Sjoerd Hooft's InFormation Technology
This WIKI is my personal documentation blog. Please enjoy it and feel free to reach out through blue sky if you have a question, remark, improvement or observation. See below for the latest additions, or use the search or tags to browse for content.
Cheatsheet PowerCLI
Summary: A cheatsheet to use powerCLI, a set of powershell modules that lets you automate all aspects of vSphere management, including network, storage, VM, guest OS and more.
Date: 3 January 2025
Note that most of the snippets and code here was tested on a vSphere 5.1 environment, and also do not compy with any powershell best practices as I was simply not aware of any at the time I was working on this.
Cheatsheet Node.js
Summary: Nodejs hints, tips, oneliners and best practices.
Date: 8 December 2024
Cheatsheet Networking
Summary: A cheatsheet to collect various information regarding networking.
Date: 3 January 2025
Active Directory 2008 R2 Basic Installation
Summary: How to install a Windows Server 2008 server as a domain controller.
Date: Around 2009
Refactor: 20 February 2025: Checked links and formatting.
This is an installation report of a basic installation of Microsoft's Active Directory through the tool dcpromo. The settings are based on a small AD domain design and should be set to your own settings when installing in a production environment.
This page is created for a 2008 R2 AD, if you need an explanation for 2003, look here.