Wild couple of weeks

The last couple of weeks have been intense to say the least.  I woke up late this morning but considering I did not go to sleep until 3:30am, waking up a 7:30 am was pretty good prospective wise.  It has been crazy the with all the behind-the-scenes activities I had to complete.  I had to work on my proxmox install with getting my vm's working again.  I decided to redo some of the vm's (server 2022, wazuh, and windows10).  It went a lot better than I thought it was going to go, which is surprising to say the least.  Trying to work on my AD troubleshooting using powershell as well as all the other stuff I am trying to ingest ( wireshark, nmap, metasploit, docker, burpsuite and bash).  So much to learn and it is definitely different from what was required for me to know at my last job.  The things I have learned so far put me light years ahead of where I was a year ago.  The philosophy of staying in my lane was a bad choice in retrospect and challenges me to do better in the future.  Being vocal and persistance should not be bad things in IT.  I promise to do better by first getting organized with my schedule.  first I need to make time for engaging in forums and all the free labs available online.  today is a turning point for me.  May the force be with me! LOL

Happy Thursday 🙂

Server Issues

Well, there seems to be an issue with the proxmox server.  I am not able to launch 2 of the vm's (windowsserver2022 and windows10test).  They were both working yesterday but will not boot today.  Unfortunately, I did not backup the windowsserver2022 so I will have to do it from scratch but the windows10test1 I did do a backup of it; well, I did snapshots.  Oh well, that gives me a chance to test restoring vm's using the snapshot if that is possible.  I can't remember if I did a backup of my AD config for windowsserver2022.  I need to check the network drive for the backup.  crossing fingers and toes

Happy Tuesday 😕

Proxmox Setup

Well, I finished most of my setup for proxmox today.  Several windows10 containers plus kali and parrot.  I created a lxc container for wazuh but I don't have wazuh installed yet.  I did get windows server 2022 installed and configured as a DC.  I think I will try CISO setup again on a vm in proxmox later this week.  I need to watch resources though, right now it is at 54% for ram and averaging around 10 - 15% for cpu.  I need to get my red team lab moved from my laptop to this box soon so I can really play.  Laptop is really old and only has 16 gigs of ram.  I kind of need to use it during the day and can't have 3 vm's spun up on it running.  Maybe next week if all goes well.

Happy Wednesday 🙂

Makes no sense!

I have been working on and off with getting CISO Assistant to run on my server and it is a no go!  I will have to take a different route, I think.  At least it is running on my windows laptop and I am able to use it this week.  I also woke up late today, ugh!  What a way to start out Tuesday.  I am not able to adjust to this change in daylight saving.  Not sure if this was an issue last year but I need to start setting an alarm in the morning until I adjust.

I will work on my Proxmox server today getting windows server 2022 installed and get a couple of windows10 instances installed too!  Maybe get metasploit spun up as well!  Let's see whaer the day take me!

Happy Tuesday 🙂

CISO Assistant

Wow

I have got to do better with my troubleshooting, lol!  I wasted all this time to come and find out all I had to do to get this software installed was run the commands manually.  Live and learn, I guess.  At least I got it installed on my laptop in docker.  Now I will try my server again and see if I have better luck.  I was going and try porting over the one from my laptop to the server, but I have had enough excitement for today.  Now I have 3 hours of videos to watch and tomorrow I start back with the TryHackMe modules.  I have been slacking on those at of late.

Happy Monday 🙂

Tired today

Wow, I am tired today.  woke up late this morning for the first time in a couple of months but it is what it is, I guess.  I have a lot to do today.  Playing around with docker desktop on my windows10 system.  It has been a while since I have used it but it is coming back to me now.  I need to also work on my proxmox box and get some containers spun up on it.  I have windows10 and ubuntu but want to get windows server 2022 and windows server 2025 installed.  Need to work on the CISO Assistant install after watching the demo by the engineer Abder today.  I will need to probably watch his video a couple more times to see if the "ah ha" moment hits me, lol!  He brain dumped a lot this morning and I don't want to just memorize it I want to understand it too!  will I get it done this weekend, probably not but I have a 2-week cutoff date for getting it installed and being able to work in it.  Sometimes knowledge hurts my brain, lol!

Happy Friday 🙂!

Crazy morning!

I had to do a lot of text messaging this morning.  Way more than usual, but dad has to get a job and it was mostly work related.  I hope to at least hear something soon.  I think I have a 11am video chat but not sure.  I need to get stuff done today for the server, since it was a long day yesterday.

Happy Wednesday 🙂!

Strange Day!

Today has been one for the record books.  I had both of my toilet's go out at the same time.  I have spent this morning going through youtube videos trying to figure out what the issue is and it looks like it just a problem with the floater valve.  Both need to be replaced so I have to make a trip to the store in a bit to get the equipment needed to fix them.  My Monday is more or less in the tubes no pun intended, lol!  I will have to hit the ground running tomorrow.  A lot to do this week.

Happy Monday 🙂

 

Friday Yea!!!!!!

Well, it is Friday, and I am ready for it.  Looks like I will be working on server stuff over the weekend but also taking time to reset and relax.  downloaded a lot of iso's for my proxmox setup so this should be interesting.  Found some instructions on getting my printer setup on the server I woulld like to try and then I would like to play with Rustdesk and see if I can start using it from my house for stuff in the house.  I would also like to get KASM done in the next couple of days.  Friday morning was a shourt day for me for online videos, just 3 hours.  It was kind of weird but I will take it.  Hopefully I can get a lot of stuff done today.  I am kind of sleep and cold for some reason.  I need to crank the heat up a little here in a bit.

Happy Friday 🙂

Happy Monday!

Well, it is Monday again and I am still unemployed, ugh!  I spent 2 hours today filling out 2 applications for employment.  I am hoping that I get a response soon.  I had a lot of live online tech videos this morning which is usual for Monday.  I was hoping to get Wazuh installed on the server today, but I might have to put it off until tomorrow.  I want to watch a couple more videos today and get a little reading done.  Also have to go to the store before the big storm tomorrow.  I am hoping to get the homelab on the r610 done this week.

🙂