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Category: Server Management Service


Configure Windows Firewall Rules with PowerShell

This article covers method to Configure Windows Firewall Rules with PowerShell. The New-NetFirewallRule cmdlet creates an inbound or outbound firewall rule and adds the rule to the target computer.

Some parameters are used to specify the conditions that must be matched for the rule to apply, such as the LocalAddress and RemoteAddress parameters. Other parameters specify the way that the connection should be secured, like the Authentication and Encryption parameters. Rules that already exist can be managed with the Get-NetFirewallRule and Set-NetFirewallRule cmdlets.

Filter objects, such as NetFirewallAddressFilter or NetFirewallApplicationFilter, are created with each firewall rule. The filter objects and rules are always one-to-one and are managed automatically.


To enable all three network profiles. Domain, Public and Private, use this command:

Set-NetFirewallProfile -All -Enabled True

Or set the specific profile instead All:

Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Public -Enabled True

To disable the firewall for all three network location, use the command:

Set-NetFirewallProfile -All -Enabled False


Install Wazuh Server on Ubuntu 20.04 - Step by Step Process ?

This article covers how to go about to install Wazuh Server on Ubuntu 20.04. Wazuh is a free and open source solution for security monitoring.

It monitors hosts at an application and operating system levels and offers  threat detection, incident response, integrity monitoring, and compliance. 


To restart Kibana, Elasticsearch and Wazuh-manager with the below commands:

$ sudo systemctl restart kibana
$ sudo systemctl restart elasticsearch
$ sudo systemctl restart wazuh-manager


Configure filters in Nagios log server - Do it Now ?

This article covers method to customize Nagios Log Server Filters. Basically, to configure filters in Nagios log server, one needs to be familiar with the Filter Configuration options available within the log server.

Filters can be applied to messages before they are sent to Elasticsearch for indexing. They perform actions such as breaking apart messages into fields for easy searching, adding geo location information, resolving IP to DNS names and dropping messages you do not want indexed.


Adding Additional Instances To Nagios Log Server Cluster

This article covers method to add instances to Nagios Log Server Cluster. You will need to have an existing Nagios Log Server cluster before following the steps in this guide. An existing cluster is one or more instances of Nagios Log server.


Manage Clusters In Nagios Log Server - Fix it Now ?

This article covers how to manage and identify key information on your Nagios Log. Nagios Log Server is a clustered application, it consists of one or more instances of Nagios Log Server. An instance is an installation of Nagios Log Server, it participates in the cluster and acts as a location for the received log data to reside. The log data is spread across the instances using the Elasticsearch database, a special database used by Nagios Log Server.


cPanel reported error number 1 when it ended - Fix it Now ?

This article covers methods to resolve cPanel reported error number 1 when it ended. This error makes cPanel copy action on an account from another server to fail.

The error means that the destination server isn't able to login into the source server to fetch files .


To fix this error, do the following:

1) Recheck your username and password used along with the IP too.

2) Firewall, the source firewall is blocking your destination server IP. 

You would need to login into the WHM of the source server and goto "ConfigServer Security & Firewall".

Retry you transfer and it should be working.