DD a Windows OS into Cloud Linux VM (Oracle/GCP/AWS)
This post is to record the process to change my Ubuntu Linux VM to Windows VM in Oracle cloud and other public cloud providers. There are many reasons you might…
Deploy Fortigate Firewall with Trial License to Azure Free Tier VM
There are lots of limitation for you to deploy Azure marketplace’s Fortigate VM , such as VM size requirement, license requirement, also only for Pay As You Go subscription. For…
Azure Fortigate VM Test Drive
This Azure FortiGate Test Drive has a simple use case that enables hosts in a protected subnet the ability to access the Internet via the FortiGate and allow external clients…
How to Manage Azure Resources Effectively
Organize your cloud-based resources to secure, manage, and track costs related to your workloads. To organize your resources, define a management group hierarchy, consider and follow a naming convention, and…
Deploy a Free NAT Gateway, Firewall and Router in Azure – VNS3 NATe
I were looking for a free and light-weight virtual appliance to act as nat gateway in my cloud environment to do some port forwarding. Azure NSG (Network Security Group) is…
Deploy OpenWRT Virtual Machine in Azure Cloud
There are many reasons you might want to put OpenWRT into Azure Cloud. For me, I was looking for a free and light weight solution which can do routing, NAT,…
Configure IPv6 on Azure Virtual Machine
IPv6 for Azure Virtual Network was generally available worldwide starting from April 2020. During testing IPv6 I found it is quite confusing with Microsoft document, especially how to use Web…
Mount Azure Blob Storage into Local Windows File System
This post is going to show you how to mount Azure Blob Storage Account into your local windows file system, which can make the management of Blob’s files much easier.…
Deploy Azure File Sync on Cloud VM and Mount Azure File Share to Machine Without Port 445
Use Azure File Sync to centralize your organization’s file shares in Azure Files, while keeping the flexibility, performance, and compatibility of an on-premises file server. Azure File Sync transforms Windows…
Mount Azure Cloud VM File Share Folder With Tcp Port 445 Blocked By ISP
In this post, I am showing a way to mount Cloud VM’s File Share folder even in a situation which tcp port 445 has been blocked by your ISP. Basically…