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Kubernetes Stuck at Starting

March 25, 2021ronaldsantoDocker, Kubernetes

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Microservice and containerization is the next future, at least when this article is written. Playing with docker is quite fun, deploying microservices as a container is also fun. After success creating .NETCore container (another topic, another day perhaps), it’s time to level up the game to use orchestrator.

First one I choose to play with is Kubernetes (K8) since it’s included in Docker Desktop for Windows (or MacOS). The setup was quite easy, just a few ticks on settings as shown.

Convert VMWare to Hyper-V

February 24, 2021ronaldsantoHyper-V, VMWare

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My daily task requires me to do research on certain new things, different platform, testing software, or running multiple version of IDE (eg. Visual Studio). One crazy idea is to install my IDE inside VM and do all my research inside VM so the host machine will still in it’s peak performance due to less ~~install~~ garbage.

But now we’re not going to talk about the VM it self (it might be used as another topic another day), due to the availability of Hyper-V virtualization when you purchase Windows workstation license since Windows 8 made me want to migrate all my VM from VMWare Workstation to Hyper-V. Here’s how i make it happen

How to Change SID on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008R2

January 10, 2016ronaldsanto7, 8, Microsoft, Server 2008R2, Windows

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Sometimes when your are working with virtualization, the easiest way to create a new virtual machine is by copying the “template” virtual machine as new virtual machine. But this method can be a problem, especially on an environment which uses Active Directory (LDAP).

Access BIOS in VMWare Virtual Machine

January 10, 2016ronaldsantoESXi, vCenter, VMWare, vSphere

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In case you need to access BIOS / Safe mode for your virtual machine inside VMWare. You could use these following tricks:

How to Remove Kaspersky Password

July 3, 2014ronaldsantoKaspersky, KES10, Windows15 Comments

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In case you forgets the password that you set for your Kaspersky product (Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10), which can prevent you from changing settings. You can remove the password using these following instructions:

DHCP Service Failed to Start

June 1, 2014ronaldsantoDHCP, Microsoft, Network, Windows

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Symptom: On a DHCP enabled network, workstation cannot obtain IP from DHCP server but DHCP server are working fine.

Cause: Windows DHCP Service failed to start

MSSQL Express Network Access

May 31, 2014ronaldsantoExpress, Microsoft, MSSQL, SQL

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Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition is a good product to use when you’re developing an application. But when it comes to connectivity from from other workstation, SQL Server Express doesn’t come with enough settings with firewall configuration nor the SQL port (Default port: 1433)