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Distributing SSL Certificates to All Browsers in an Active Directory Environment

I've generated a single self-signed SSL certificate (that expires in 5000 years). The purpose of the cert is to simply encrypt the https traffic of a trusted deno application that is accessed by a ...
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Is it Debian really more stable for servers than Ubuntu LTS? [closed]

I am looking for a pertinent answer regarding Ubuntu versus Debian for servers when it comes to stability and security, not personal preferences. I am inclined to like Ubuntu because it is more ...
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How do people package internal software to their production servers?

We build .deb packages and host them in a local Debian APT Repository, which we then use Puppet to manage installs from. However, there is surprisingly little written about building or managing an ...
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Prevent user "click-expansion" of Exchange distribution group?

I am a Unix guy who recently picked up powershell to help my Exchange admin coworkers implement a challenging project in Exchange 2010. (The requirements we've been given are challenging if not ...
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Using GlusterFS for simple replication

newbie question. I need to build this: /shared folder ~500GB of files, ~1MB each one. Two boxes (server1 and server2) connected by a 1Gbs LAN Every box needs to get r/w access to the files, so their ...
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Is there a standard for running audio/video over CAT5/CAT5e UTP?

I want to use CAT5e UTP cabling to carry audio and video over distances of maybe 150 feet or so. I plan to use the CAT5e cable as follows: one wire pair for a composite video signal one wire pair ...
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Low-maintenance Linux distro for "info screen"?

What Linux distribution would you recommend for a host with sole function of displaying an informational WWW page to the public with minimum maintenance? The hardware is a rather simple PC with LAN ...
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Configure SCCM so that files with a plus symbol (+) in the filename can be downloaded from the distribution point

We are using Microsoft SCCM 2007 to deploy program packages in our network environment. One of the packages (MathType, in case anyone's curious) has a lot of file names with a plus symbol + in them. ...
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Visual Studio 2015 full completely offline distributive [closed]

I'm wondering is there a way to download all external components of VS 2015 (Apache Cordova, Android SDK, Python tools, lots of JS libs etc) to create a complete and offline installer? Preferably I ...
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Certificate distribution and management

I am planning to setup PKI for our organization as we're fed up with all of these security warnings when using self-signed certs. I want an offline root CA and two issuing CAs and I want to set that ...
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Is Macports as good or as bad as I get the impression? [closed]

Among Linuxes, keeping up-to-date with MacPorts struck me as being most like Gentoo (arguably the least Mac-like entry on the shortlist of major Linux distributions). But after further experience it ...
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Get the distro and version of servers [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I find out what version of Linux is running? What is the best way to get the flavor of linux installed on any server? For example if the server is RedHat or CentOS, I ...
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How to prepare a custom installation of Windows 7 for cloning to a dozen machines with various hardware configurations?

I would like the image to detect and install storage controller and video drivers for a limited but varying set of machines, known ahead of time. Windows 7 x64 and Windows Server 2008 R2. I would ...
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How do I automate complex software distribution?

Our customer has solution that includes several products that cooperate with each other. When we update any part of the solution we have to provide administrator’s guide for every operating system (XP,...
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/etc/*release files examples

Where can I find a list of different /etc/*release files of various Linux/Unix/MacOS distributions and versions? Same goes to uname -a command outputs.
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Simple method to distribute binary application to Linux/Debian users

I need to distribute a small binary application to a limited number (around 20) of known users. The installation process needs to be as simple & user friendly as possible. Ideally it is a single ...
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Centralized distribution/syncing sets of large files through local network

Even though I am fully aware that versions of this question have been asked googol number of times, I'll try not to repeat them. I have many sets of many files (some files are small, but some are ...
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Adding security groups to distribution groups (exchange2010)

I'm trying to add our current AD security groups as distribution lists. For example the i would like IT to get forwarded those that are members of the IT security groups. These are all nested under ...
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Tools recommendations to perform software distribution [closed]

I write software for a company with global distribution sites. The software runs on various Windows (server 2003) servers located throughout the world. Users run the software by accessing it from ...
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How to distribute a custom WinPE disk

I'm looking into creating a WinPE disk that runs a custom cleanup utility that can be distributed to clients. I'm hoping to get some clarity on how companies legally distribute custom WinPE disks ...
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Distributed mysql synching

I'm running a server which is connected to an SQL host. I have an another server and I decided to run it as an SQL backup. So, I have 3 of them. Srv A is the SQL host, srv B is the backup. I know ...
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Distribute application as virtual machine but require external storage

I'd like to distribute a Web application as a VM image in order to make distribution, installation and maintenance as easy as possible for customers (virtual appliance). This image should include ...
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What does sign a distribution point mean?

I am looking at some guides on Microsoft Configuration Manager Console, and see that you need to sign a distribution point on packages etc. Can someone explain this a bit further?
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SQL Server 2005: Sharing processors accross multiple distributed instances

I have two instances of SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition running on two separate dedicated servers (let's call them DB1 and DB2). At the moment DB1 is very busy and DB2 is mostly idle. Is it possible ...
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Haproxy routing to single backup server from multiple nodes

I have several small server and one big server that contain mirror of that several small server. Let's call it Server A, Server B, Server C and Server D for group of small server, and the big server ...
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Distributing server application under Linux

We have a server-side app running Linux Debian. We plan to distribute the app as VM images (e.g. ovf images that can be later imported to VMware ESX servers) Our major concern is how to organize ...
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Why Hadoop TeraSort not using all cluster nodes

Question Regarding the TeraSort demo in hadoop, please suggest if the symptom is as expected or the workload should be distributed. Symptom Started Hadoop (3 nodes in a cluster) and run the ...
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SCCM 2012 Manual Copy osd file to remote distribution point

In our organization we have 1 site with 3 servers. Server A is the main server containing all roles. Server B and C are distribution points. These 3 servers are connected over wan, this works fine ...
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SQL 2008 R2 3rd Party Peer-to-Peer Replication, Global Site Distribution

We are looking at hosting 3 globally distributed SQL Server installations at different data centers. The intent is that Site A will serve web traffic and data for a specific region, same with Site B ...
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CloudFront distribution can't access S3 bucket for website static assets

The problem I'm trying to deploy an S3 bucket hosting my static website asset and a cloudfront distribution to access it, but the distribution still return a bare xml file for an 'access denied' error:...
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Good enterprise-capacity, platform-nuetral file and program distribution systems?

In an organization with hundreds of Windows and UNIX boxes what options exist to manage and distribute files and programs to the enterprise? I have looked at Microsoft's SMS with some UNIX ...
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what is the easiest way to build a custom distro with specific installs? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Easiest way to create a custom linux distribution I did see this post: https://serverfault.com/questions/215628/easiest-way-to-create-a-custom-linux-distribution And wanted ...
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File system benchmark that generates I/O from distribution of file sizes [closed]

I am looking for a file system benchmarking tool to test CephFS. This benchmarking tool has to: Generate a set of files (call it fileset) following a particular distribution, e.g., gamma, empirical, ...
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OS Distro benchmarks website?

Im looking for website which contains OS distro benchmarks (comparing in 32 & 64 bit, comparing PHP execution on the distro, etc.)
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How to setup a server for Mac App distribution?

I would like to independently setup a server or find a third party who can host my applications for the Mac. I would like to use this method to distribute my applications. For someone with zero ...
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Overlaying a new library distribution in a Subversion repository

I have a Subversion repository with a series of third party libraries and sources. As new distributions of these libraries become available I want to completely replace the old version with the new. ...
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How can I distribute end users certificates in an Enterprise

We us our own mechanism to create a signed certificate for each and every end user of an Enterprise. However, we'd like to use the Enterprise mechanisms (like AD) to distribute each user its ...
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Preferred location for registry backups

I'm planning on implementing a enterprise-wide solution in accordance with a workaround provided by Microsoft (CVE-2015-2423) and I would like to backup existing registry keys for each users machine ...
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External recipients in internal distribution groups

Just some backgroud, we have several users that are contracted to highly secure 3rd party locations they are not able to access webmail! Instead they are given temp user accounts and email address to ...
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Domain controller replication and distribution

What is the proper way to distribute work from the pdc to a bdc for authentication. If the bdc handles authentication, when it increments the bad password count, how is that relayed to the pdc? Does ...
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Special Linux distribution for storing in web server? [closed]

I know this question is weird. I would like to build / find a Linux distribution that is stored in a web server. The reason for me to build / find such Linux is that I would like to save the cost to ...
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Run multiple virtual machines on a virtual server [duplicate]

Is it possible to run multiple virtual machines on a virtual server? I am on a project and I want to run an Intrusion Detection System as distributed using many ubuntu virtual machines. Is it possible ...
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