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And we are back

Hey there. If you are reading this it means this blog has successfully migrated from the old plaform which was wordpress to a newer and arguebly cleaner platform that is Ghost CMS. Hemotips has decided to move away from wordpress for some reasons. The first reason is that the former

EVE-NG Installation on VirtualBox

A conversation in Birmingham: A story based on true events Once upon a time in a cloudy and chilly winter day in Birmingham, a conversation between hemo and Mr. X took a place. A conversation about network emulators and how important they are. Act 1: The conversation Mr. X: There

OpenSSL on Windows

It was a lovely Tuesday at the office after sipping some Earl Grey Hemo received a phone call from the his manager. Manager: Hey Hemo. I have a task for you for today. We have renewed our wildcard certificate and I need to you generate a certificate a new Certificate

Home lab upgrade - Routers

In the last few days, I upgraded the network setup of my home lab. I have replaced two over a decade old CISCO 2610 routers with a newer router. The previous routers were replaced not for their old age; Until they were decommisioned they were working flawlessly. They were decommissioned

VMDK split files merging: The hard way

The previous versions of vSphere supported deploying virtual machines from an OVF template with split VMDK files. However, starting 6.5 VMware removed support for chunked VMDK files. As a result, vSphere 6.5 may not deploy old templates. VMware fixed this issue by releasing a tool that combines VMDK

Hemo and buying a used server

Months ago I decided to finally build my personal home lab. I decided to build mine so I can develop my skills and become more familiar with breaking servers. As a result, I allocated some budget for the project that does not exceed 1000 BHD ( about $2600). My requirements are

Introduction to Linux

As a tech worker, one of the skills that is a must is ability to use Linux. I won't give you a walkthrough on how to write your first command or how to install it. However, I will talk about what do you need to know about Linux