Daniel Nachtrub

Kind of likes computers. Linux foundation certified: LFCS / CKA / CKAD / CKS. Microsoft certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert & Azure Solutions Architect Expert.

Terraform - transform values of a map Members Public

If you're developer, you might wonder about control structures in terraforms declarative language. Some things need to think about the corner, some things are more straight forward than expected. Second applies to using for loops to map values.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Cloud

Migrating zabbix from mysql to timescaledb - database setup Members Public

This part continues our mysql to timescaleDB migration. We prepare our target database and add some helpers on the source to create a resumable process.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Database

pfsense - CRL has expired in openvpn server Members Public

A few days ago we ran into an issue where pfsense appliances started to refuse openvpn connections by showing "CRL has expired" error messages. As it shows the reason is an overflow a date.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Linux

Service accounts in kubernetes 1.24 Members Public

Kubernetes 1.24 changed the way serviceaccounttokens are presented by default on the cluster itself. If you need to retrieve the token, you mostly use a secret for this. This guide shows how to do this in kubernetes >= 1.24.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Container

Rocketchat fails after upgrade with index error Members Public

Upgrading rocketchat to version 5.0 resulted in some minor issues that prevented the system from starting - both are related to the database and can easily be fixed.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Container

Replace tls cert using commandline (netsh) Members Public

TLS endpoints on windows are often served by the operating system itself. Related certificate bindings can be managed using the command line easily. This guide shows how to replace a certificate using the commandline.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Windows

Forever growing zabbix database Members Public

Starting with zabbix 6.0 some new featuers have been added - for example audit logging. This post shows downsides / limitations of audit logging on this release and how to avoid negative impact of this.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Database

Fixing a corrupt vhdx file manually Members Public

Recently, I've had a corrupted VHDX file that has not been able to mount or repair using regular tools ("The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable"). This guide describes the steps that fixed it.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Windows