Monthly Archives: August 2019

Acquiring Real IP of Client with NGINX, Apache and WordPress (also with Cloudflare)

For this particular example I was trying to block brute force authentication to WordPress using the Limit Login Attempts Reloaded plugin.  This setup had an NGINX proxy in front of Apache that was serving a WordPress instance as a Virtual … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Windows Server 2019 (and 2016) Evaluation Product Key Activation Error

When activating Windows Server 2019 (Standard or Datacenter) installed with an Evaluation ISO, you receive an error The product key you entered didn’t work. Check the product key and try again, or enter a different one. (0x80070032) The solution is … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Openmediavault 4.x and Windows 10 Shared Folder Errors

When trying to access an SMB share running on openmediavault you may get some of the following error messages, even though permissions have been set up correctly on the server and the correct password is being provided by the client: … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment