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Squid Proxy - allow http for specific url
I'm learning about squid proxy in a Windows environment. I have verified that the list of allowed urls in a notepad file and add it to squid.config file as path of allowed url is functioning well.
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AWS instance connect decrypt password is giving error as invalid private key, how to fix it?
I have cretaed an instance using terraform code and also its key pair for windows.
To get the admin password I clicked on the below decrypt button and getting as invalid decrypt key.
Please suggest ...
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EBS Won't Size Correctly Windows Instance
My root volume won't expand to the size the EC2 console shows we've set the drive to.
The C:\ should be 1.5 TB but only shows as 50 GB. The option to expand the volume isn't present in the disk ...
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Best way to deploy 2nd domain controller on cloud?
I'm looking for my best way to prevent single point of failure on my hybrid environment.
I work for a small 100 users company and looking for a best way to deploy my second domain controller on cloud (...
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AWS EC2: All users Lost Access to D:\ - Access Denied
I have seen a number of similar problems reported in my searches, leading me to a number of questions including:
Access to D drive lost even as an administrator (Windows 10)
Domain Admins group ...
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Setting up RRAS VPN on separate subnet with AWS
Basic Layout:
VPC has IP range 10.0.0.0/16
2 EC2s on subnet 10.0.0.0/24
First with RRAS providing IP addresses to VPN clients (range 10.0.4.0/24)
Second just a test machine to receive pings
Other ...
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How to create a new public AMI for windows server 2016 with a random password?
I created a custom AMI from EC2 windows server 2016. the new EC2 created using the custom AMI is not generating password? any idea how to fix?
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Unexpected Windows Server 2016 Shutdown: winlogon, NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, 0x500ff
We have a fleet of AWS EC2 instances running Windows Server. Since moving from Windows Server 2012r2 to 2016, we've encountered an issue where a server is shut down for unknown reasons. After an ...
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Can xvdc block devices on a Windows AMI be ignored?
After performing the steps in Is it possible to create an EBS AMI for windows EC2 instance? to create a Windows AMI from an "other linux" snapshot, I created an image of the fixed instance and the ...
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password unavailability on AWS
I have one windows instance.
whenever I try to get the password of that instance.
It shows me the error
The instance is already running from last 24 hrs.
Is there any other way to retrieve the ...
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Can I use the metadata API to check if an instance is being terminated?
Using Windows server 2016 instances.
I want the instance to run a local command before it terminates.
I can have a script run when windows is shutting down.
I would like the script to check if the ...
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AWS EC2 instances launched from common, custom AMI
I've created several Windows Server 2016 instances from an AMI that I created with custom baseline settings. So far everything is working fine but I've noticed that the first instance that I set up ...
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Identify and Block Traffic from Amazon AWS servers
We run an in-house Exchange server and noticed a lot of traffic lately coming from Amazon IP's. The weird thing is the traffic isn't SMTP; rather it seems to be hitting port 443 (which is the OWA / ...
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I can't access the internet from my ec2 instance after switching the static IP addressing
I followed this article here: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/secondary-private-ip-address/ in order to add multiple IPs to my instance.
Now, I can access all my sites from ...
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How to keep EC2 instance logged in after RDP is closed
I've done everything I can to try to fix this.
I've tried to do the command
tscon 2 /dest:console
in CMD, which disconnects RDP without you pressing X. It still logs out. I went to the group policy ...
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