Sharing notes from my ongoing learning journey — what I build, break and understand along the way.
Building an Enterprise Root Certificate Authority with AD CS In this lab, I installed Active Directory Certificate Services on Server2 in my GFNLAB.Test domain environment and configured it as an Enterprise Root Certification Authority. I had already prepared the domain…
Part 3: Deploying a Shared Printer with Group Policy Preferences 1. Introduction In this part of the Active Directory and Group Policy lab series, I will deploy a shared printer to a user by using Group Policy Preferences. In the…
Part 2: Department-Based Network Drive Mapping with Group Policy 1. Introduction In this part of the Active Directory and Group Policy lab series, I will configure department-based network drive mapping by using Group Policy Preferences. In Part 1, I configured…
My First User-Based Group Policy Configuration in an Active Directory Environment In this post, I want to share my first basic Group Policy configuration in my lab environment. Instead of going into advanced settings, my goal was to apply a…
Mastering Archiving, Compression, and Data Processing in Linux As part of my Linux Essentials studies, today I focused on one of the most powerful aspects of the command line: data management. In particular, topics such as archiving files, compressing data,…
Understanding File Systems and Core File Operations in Linux As part of my Linux Essentials preparation, I focused today on file systems and directory management. These topics form one of the fundamental building blocks of Linux and play a critical…
My First Day of Linux Essentials Preparation: Understanding the Linux Ecosystem Today I officially began my Linux Essentials exam preparation journey. As I reviewed the notes from the first day, I realized once again that Linux is not just an…
The GitOps Revolution: Achieving Zero Downtime with ArgoCD Welcome! In the first article of our series, I explained step-by-step how we spun up a 3-node Kubernetes (K3s) cluster from scratch on Hyper-V using Terraform, and how we injected our enterprise…
Building a One-Click Enterprise Kubernetes Infrastructure for Disaster Recovery Welcome! Today, I will be sharing the behind-the-scenes of our “One-Click Infrastructure & App Deployment” project—a project that didn’t just remain a theoretical concept, but one where we truly got our…
Mastering Storage Redundancy: A Deep Dive into RAID Configuration via Hyper-V Technical Note: The environment used for this guide was configured with German (Deutsch) as the system language. Consequently, all screenshots feature German UI terminology. To ensure clarity for English-speaking…