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Self host Bitwarden in AWS

Homelab Tech Soup

I’ve used a number of different password managers over the years.  I was a LastPass user for a long time, but recently felt compelled to take a look at other options...

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by Rick Gouin | on Feb 24th 2021 | No Comments

Run a Windows 10 Instance in AWS EC2

AWS Tech Soup Virtualization

You want a Microsoft Windows 10 instance in your EC2 environment.  Maybe its for a jump box, maybe its for direct access to some RDS instances or other services.  Whatever...

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by Rick Gouin | on Jan 20th 2021 | No Comments

Make Your Own METAR Weather Map

Datacenter

This is kind of like COVID sourdough bread for pilots.  Seems like many of us undertook this fun project to keep us busy during COVID.  As usual, I was a little behind the...

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by Rick Gouin | on Jan 8th 2021 | No Comments
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Move an Existing VM into AWS EC2

AWS Datacenter Disaster Recovery Homelab

You want to move a VM into AWS EC2 with as little knowledge as possible, right?  You don’t care to become an expert in AWS, you just want enough to get the job done. ...

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by Rick Gouin | on Jan 5th 2021 | No Comments

New PowerStore in the Lab!

Datacenter Storage

As I mentioned here, we were beta testers for the Dell PowerStore all-flash storage array.  We tested everything from initial imaging of the array as either a Model T or...

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by Rick Gouin | on Aug 11th 2020 | No Comments

Dell PowerStore Part 2!

Datacenter Storage

In the last segment, we went over PowerStore hardware. This time, we are going to dig into some more of the features, functionality, and capabilities of this newest...

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by Rick Gouin | on May 5th 2020 | 1 Comment

Dell PowerStore Released!

Datacenter Hyperconverged Storage

Dell officially announces, releases, and launches their new midrange storage product today. You may have heard rumors about this platform under its code name midrange.next....

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by Rick Gouin | on May 5th 2020 | 4 Comments
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Link Personal AWS Certs to Company APN account

Datacenter

To be an Amazon Web Services (AWS) partner, there are requirements for people at your company to have various certifications. The higher the level of partnership, the more...

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by Rick Gouin | on Jan 22nd 2020 | 11 Comments
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Dell EMC SC Series Veeam Plugin Now Available!

Datacenter Disaster Recovery Storage

This has to be one of the most commonly requested integrations for SC. It seems like every time I talk about SC with a customer, they ask about Veeam integration. After...

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by Rick Gouin | on Sep 30th 2019 | No Comments

Why Upgrade?

Datacenter Tech Soup

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” – IT Manager, Fortune 500 manufacturing firm “Once servers are deployed in our environment, we never...

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by Rick Gouin | on Jan 2nd 2019 | No Comments
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RickGouinRick Gouin@RickGouin·
24 Feb

Whats your password manager of choice these days?

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RickGouinRick Gouin@RickGouin·
19 Feb

Took the Professional Scrum Master I #PSMI exam from http://scrum.org. I can see applications for this framework in all sorts of projects, not just software development. Enjoyed learning more!

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RickGouinRick Gouin@RickGouin·
25 Jan

Did you know that Windows 10 isn't a built-in AMI choice in AWS EC2? Here is how you create a Windows 10 instance over there: https://www.rickgouin.com/run-a-windows-10-instance-in-aws-ec2/

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