Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves

A quiet journey through discovery and understanding.

  • MSSQL SSL/TLS Certificate Chain Fix

    I was configuring VMware App Volumes and ran into an issue where the installer reported a MS SQL security alert. Since I am trying to get this to work in a production-like environment, I did not want to just “Trust server certificate” and move along. I wanted this to be installed appropriately. A couple minutes…

  • Windows File and Folder Sharing Issues with Ansible and Chocolatey

    This article (https://controlaltfail.wordpress.com/2017/11/23/ansible-and-chocolatey-with-windows-fileshare-repository/) proved to be a big help. I don’t want to take anything away from it, but would like to add my own notes. It was a huge help in getting this working. Working with a client in a Windows 10 and System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) environment, but trying to modernize how…

  • Test-ServiceRunning

Notes from practice

I use this site to document systems, configurations, and lessons learned as I work through real problems—both professionally and through personal experimentation. The goal is clarity: understand how something works, explain why it behaves the way it does, and make it reliable and repeatable.

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Aaron Rombaut

Technologist & Writer