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Questions tagged [automation]

the field of converting any manual process into one that can be run mostly, or entirely, "hands-free"

Automation is a wide-ranging term, covering topics from cron to "push-button provisioning and deployment" or system and application stacks. The ultimate goal of some automation projects is the so-called "Zero-Latency Data Center", while for others it may just be sending alerts based on certain events. More information can be found here.

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Create user account on many servers

I have a users.txt with the following content: ip1 user1 password1 ip2 user2 password2 .... ipN userN passwordN I want to create one user on each of these servers. I want to use this script on each…
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Best practice for organisation wide user management

We have a green fields environment (kinda) in which our Active Directory is currently the most canonical source of people information. As our organisation grows to 400+ employees we need a way to manage these users more effectively. That is, we…
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Powershell Security Groups

Active Directory via powershell want to add users to a specific group. But that is a member of a particular group of users that other members do not want to be included in the relevant group. For example, a member of the ABC member Group1.…
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Windows Server Patching: Verification of Windows server coming back up after reboots?

I have been working towards improving our monthly Windows Server update process. The goal is to remove as much of the manual process as possible. Our process has been 1) Present updates to servers via WSUS 2) Manually reboot 3) Manually check that…
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How do I remotely deploy a software package on Linux system?

I have a software package I wrote in Mono and I want to be able to deploy it to Ubuntu server as part of my move to continuous integration and deployment work flow. I was wondering if there is a tool to help me do that, some of the tasks I will…
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Backup of organization's GitHub repository

Is there any guides/best practices/manuals describing how to organize periodical backup (and of course restore if needed) of entire organization's GitHub, preferably with metadata?
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Adobe Reader DC automated install using PowerShell

I wanted to automate the installation of Adobe Reader DC using an existing executable file (AcroRdrDC1501020060_en_US.exe) present in my local computer with a PowerShell script in non-interactive mode. My current PowerShell script is: Start-Process…
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Automate SSL purchase and install process

We have a PHP/MySQL application that we deploy from a central source to a number of different servers - all CentOS 5 running with WHM/cPanel. Our deployment process allows us to roll out new clones of this application without needing to mess about…
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Automatically Configuring client workstation in a Lan

Suppose we have a Lan with X clients workstations and Y servers, the servers are running different network services (web, e-mail, directory service...) both client and servers might run either Linux or Windows. To consume these services users of the…
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May i known about vCenter Configuration of VMs automatic startup and shutdown configuration delay time different

Please May I known ..vCenter already Installed on ESXi 5.0 and already installed VMs on vCenter .. in ESX host configuration=>VMs Startup/Shutdown=>properties=>System setting.. Default Startup delay time and Default Shutdown delay time are work for…
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Automatic Site Creation

I have created a platform that i want users to sign up and a new site is created for them instantly. Users will register and afterwards they will receive a username and password for their personal site. The system will work like ecommerce platforms…
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Telnet scripting server

I know this is old question, but I cant find anything on google. Is there any good software for centrally scripting telnet and ssh? Basically the following components: Telnet/SSH client, GUI, Server & Switch detection and support, pre-defined script…
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How do I automate a daily download from an SFTP server? Currently trying Power Automate

I am trying to use power automate to automate a daily process of connecting to a sftp, downloading files onto my local drive. My biggest issue is I am unable to whitelist all of the IP addresses associated with Microsoft and can only connect using…
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Config HPE servers BIOS Settings By OS

Is there a way to configure BIOS settings, for example: hyperthreading 2.date/time power settings BOOT mode and etc... Can you suggest a package for my needs in Ubuntu? I found hpasmcl, but I didn't find a .deb package and I am not sure how to…
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How to change IP address of azure NIC, as soon as azure load-balancer's health probe detect instance unhealthy?

I have two machines in backendpool of azure LB, I would like to update network interface usign rest api as soon as health probe detects vm is unhealthy. is there any way to to recoginse that event happened and then modify network interface? is there…
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