Tech
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Generating a CSR and Installing a SSL Certificate in Weblogic or Tomcat
This is the only set of instructions on the web which actually worked for me. I think the key was to use this root cert – valicert_class2_root.crt and not use the one which GoDaddy included in the download zip file – gd_bundle.crt Note that these instructions worked fine for Weblogic 8.1 Generating a CSR and Installing an SSL Certificate in Tomcat 4.x/5.x/6.x | Go Daddy Help | Go Daddy Support
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Reset default File Type Associations in Windows
Here is a life saver. Someone at work changed the .lnk files by mistake in her workstation. She was playing around with Cygwin. Somehow all the shortcuts in the start menu were messed up. This rendered her Windows 7 workstation unusable. We downloaded the .reg file to reset LNK files associations from this page and it worked fine (after a reboot): Default File Type Associations – Restore – Windows 7 Forums
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Test a Java SSL connection
Here is how to do some serious troubleshooting while configuring a SSL certificate on Weblogic or Tomcat or Apache: Test a Java SSL connection
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P2V of server having GPT disks
Ok so I ran into a problem while doing P2V to Xenserver. We have a few servers which have a UEFI BIOS, Their disks are configured as GPT. I have tried these two tools to do a P2V but have been unsuccessful: 1. Citrix’s Xenconverter and 2. VMware’s vCenter Converter
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How to reset password on Solaris’ ALOM
So I inherited a bunch of old Sun Solaris T2000 boxes. They have ALOM on them, cool! but how do I access it over the network? Neither do I know the IP address configured for the ALOM network interfaces, nor do I know the password. Here is how to reset ALOM’s parameters and start fresh.