Terraform’s power lies in its ability to provision real cloud infrastructure — virtual machines, networks, databases, DNS records, load balancers, and Kubernetes clusters — using declarative configuration. A Terraform configuration describes the desired end state, and Terraform calculates and executes the actions needed to reach that state. Key concepts in practice are: resources (infrastructure objects […]
How to Configure High Availability for File Services on Windows Server 2012 R2 High Availability (HA) for File Services on Windows Server 2012 R2 uses the Failover Clustering feature to ensure file shares remain accessible even when individual servers fail. Unlike a Scale-Out File Server — which provides active-active file serving across all nodes — […]
How to Set Up Windows Server Failover Cluster with SQL Server on Windows Server 2012 R2 A SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) uses Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) to provide high availability for SQL Server databases. In a traditional FCI, SQL Server runs on a single active node at a time, with shared storage […]
How to Set Up Network File System (NFS) Server on Windows Server 2012 R2 Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol that allows clients to access files over a network as if those files were stored on a local drive. While SMB is the native Windows protocol for file sharing, NFS is […]
How to Set Up iSCSI Target Server on Windows Server 2012 R2 iSCSI (Internet Small Computer Systems Interface) is a storage networking protocol that enables block-level storage access over a standard TCP/IP network. Windows Server 2012 R2 includes a built-in iSCSI Target Server role service that allows you to create and manage iSCSI targets — […]
GitLab Community Edition (CE) is a complete, self-hosted DevOps platform that combines Git repository hosting, issue tracking, CI/CD pipelines, container registry, and code review in a single application. Hosting GitLab internally gives organisations full control over their source code without relying on third-party services, making it the preferred choice for teams with data sovereignty requirements […]
How to Perform Disaster Recovery Testing on Windows Server 2012 R2 Disaster recovery testing is the systematic process of validating that your documented recovery procedures, backup data, and recovery time objectives are achievable when a real disaster strikes. Windows Server 2012 R2 provides the technologies needed to test DR scenarios comprehensively — Hyper-V for isolated […]
How to Configure Disk Health Monitoring on Windows Server 2012 R2 Disk failures are one of the most common causes of data loss and unplanned downtime in server environments. Windows Server 2012 R2 provides several built-in mechanisms for monitoring disk health including SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) data, storage subsystem event logs, Windows Storage […]
How to Set Up Centralised Log Collection with Windows Event Collector on Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Event Collector (WEC) is a built-in Windows Server 2012 R2 service that enables centralised collection of Windows event log entries from multiple source computers into a single collector server. This eliminates the need to log into each individual […]
How to Configure Scheduled Task-Based Backup Scripts on Windows Server 2012 R2 While Windows Server Backup provides a built-in GUI-based backup solution, many enterprise environments require custom backup scripts that handle specific scenarios not covered by WSB — such as application-specific export procedures, database dumps, configuration file backups, scripted verification of backup completeness, and integration […]
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