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For this error when running "Test Connection":

--------------------------- Testing Connection ---------------------------
Unable to connect
SQLState=IM003
Specified driver could not be loaded due to system error  127: The specified procedure could not be found. (Oracle in instantclient_21_6, C:\Oracle\instantclient_21_6\SQORA32.dll).
--------------------------- OK    ---------------------------

Make sure BOTH 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Redistributable runtimes are intalled:

• https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe

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Using git credential store for non-interactive operations over https, without exposing password in remote URL (save, retrieve passwords)

Demoing git credential store usage in CI/CD context - i.e. https non-interactive:

• Setup
• Save credentials
• Get credentials
• Selectively remove credentials
• Clean-up

Setup

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---
# Playbook generates key, CSR and self-signed SSL certificates for CA and domain of interest
#
# To run (replace with your own values):
# ```
# ansible-playbook \
#  --extra-vars 'cert_common_name=domain.example.com' \
#  --extra-vars '{"cert_subject_alt_name":["DNS:*.example.com","DNS:*.subdomain.example.com"]}' \
#  generate_ssl_keys_csr_certificates.yml
# ```

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Create virtual monitor - Screencast share portion of screen via Teams / Google Meet etc...

1. Create virtual monitor to share, say top-right quarter of my 4k screen

   xrandr --setmonitor CAST-1 1920/1x1080/1+1920+0 none
   
   i.e.
   -----------------------------------------
   |    4k monitor     |   Virtual screen   |
   

| | (to share) |

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Setup Hyper-V enhanced session for Ubuntu 20

I couldn't find instructions that were 100% complete, so I put this together.

These instructions worked fine for me. Follow each step carefully.

Download Ubuntu 20.04 desktop

Download Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 LTS from here.

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# Inside WSL...

# Install virt-manager
sudo apt install -y virt-manager
 
# Add youself to kvm and libvirt group
sudo usermod --append --groups kvm,libvirt "${USER}"
 
# Fix-up permission to avoid "Could not access KVM kernel module: Permission denied" error
sudo chown root:kvm /dev/kvm

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## Setup
certbot certonly --manual --preferred-challenges dns -m [email protected] --agree-tos --manual-public-ip-logging-ok -d example.com


## Renewal scripts
cat > /root/authhook.sh <<'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
/bin/echo url="https://www.duckdns.org/update?domains=${CERTBOT_DOMAIN}&token=YOUR_DUCKDNS_TOKEN&txt=${CERTBOT_VALIDATION}"|/usr/bin/curl -s -K -
EOF
chmod 700 /root/authhook.sh