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Questions tagged [best-practices]

Questions asking for best practices in a given field. Be aware, that sometimes there might be no generally accepted best practices, in which case the question is likely to be closed for being subjective.

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domain controller naming group policy

i have two domain controller setup one on 192.168.1.10 companyname.local and 192.168.1.20 companyname.local as backup. i was task of rebuilding the backup and make it the main domain controller. i took the backup offline and rebuilt it should i…
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Active Directory Domain Naming

Planning a new domain and I keep seeing that best practice is to name the forest/domain after a subdomain of our publicly registered domain. So if we own and use company.com publicly, we should use something to the effect of ad.company.com for our…
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Docker best practice for storing application generated content and calling ffmpeg?

I have this setup container #1 "web" container #2 "db" Now this web container holds my application that uses ffmpeg to record streams. The problem is Im not quite sure where to store my recorded streams and if I should install ffmpeg on the…
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Should I backup from within each guest, or from the host?

I'm searching for advice on whether backups are better taken from within a guest (e.g. ShadowProtect), or from within the host (e.g. copying virtual disk files, or other software). We have 12 VM's (a mixture of Win2012, Win2008, and Debian) running…
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Process separation on an OpenBSD server

I fear this may be a somewhat open-ended question that gets closed: Apologies in advance, but I'll give it a shot! I'm considering operating an OpenBSD VM with a number of services running on the same instance (SSH, IMAP, SMTP, some HTTP server and…
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Best practices for secondary DNS in case of a single Active Directory

I have a setup with only one Active Directory (not redundant). What should be configured on the client pc's to ensure the best DNS resolution ? Currently somebody configured the IP address of the AD as primary DNS and a public DNS as secondary (not…
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Active Directory Multi Domain Enviornment

I work for a small organization which will be starting another branch of business here shortly. We have an existing active directory infrastructure and are looking to add another domain to the forest. At the same time, we are moving our existing…
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How to have automatic file system checks for Linux Software Raid?

In a Linux Software raid, what is the best practice for periodically having the filesystems checked? With single drive or hardware raid, tune2fs -c 5 -i 1w /dev/sda1 means check the filesystem every 5 mounts or if it has been a week or more since…
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Creating enterprise init script (to support all Linux distros)

I'd like to create my own init script to make my program start at boot and be controlled via "service" utility in most popular Linux distributions. Requirements: it should be portable across different distros(it should support at least…
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Where should the DB server be and its updates scripts should run from where?

I currently have a web application and database on the same server. I am moving the database to a new server that is spec'd for being a database. Now i have nightly scripts that run on the web application that insert and update data for the…
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Manage User Specific PowerShell Functions in Active Directory Domain

Given: Windows Server 2012 R2 / PowerShell 4 Do need: a way to manage user/role specific PowerShell functions in an Active Directory domain. Do NOT need: help with coding these scripts. This question is about managing user/role specific PowerShell…
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Regarding AD Domain controllers and remote branch offices

We have central HQ building and a lot of small branch offices connecting via VPN and want to implement AD (If you can believe we still haven't). We want everyone to log in using domain accounts and be policed centrally. We are OK with having a RODC…
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Best practice to migrate Server 2003 x64 to Server 2008 x64

We have 2 Domain Controllers running Windows Server 2003 R2 x64. DC1 has the FSMO roles and DC2 acts as a 'secondary' DC. Both are Global Catalog servers. DC1 has these roles installed: Domain Controller, DNS Server, Application Server (IIS), File…
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IIS 7.5 webfarm setup best practices

I am looking to rebuild the current webfarm setup where I work. Currently we have 4 regions. Each region has 3 WFE's on a ViP. Each of the three has a separate implementation of IIS 7.5 and ColdFusion 9. Whenever a change needs to be made in IIS,…
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where to put core services in two-node cluster

I'm currently configuring two-node HA cluster based on CentOS with DRBD. Most services are packed in virtual machines with migration available. I have not made decision where to put some core services as: dhcp, ldap, dns - which are critical for all…
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