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Wordpress and google analytics

Google Analytics GA4 – Fix Thresholding Applied and get granular refferal source data

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The Issue

Moving over to the new Google Analytics GA4 from UA, has caused me a few issues, mainly I wasn’t able to get granular source data from my referrals, which websites were users hitting my site from.

Below is an example from my UA screen, I could see the domains that users were hitting my site from. google analytics UA - referral example

Using the traffic acqusition report in GA4, I couldn’t see the same information when selecting session source.

google analytics GA4 - referral example

The Cause

In the above screenshot, next to the report name you can see a little warning symbol. This is to tell me that thresholding has been applied, which stops me from identifying individual users.

This setting is caused by the google signals feature that was turned on as part of the migration to GA4, which is aimed at helping to identify more data about my visitors. But it’s something I don’t care about.

The Fix Continue reading Google Analytics GA4 – Fix Thresholding Applied and get granular refferal source data →

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How to run the last command as Sudo in Linux

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A quick post as I always forget this command, learn how to run the last command again as sudo, to elevate and bypass permissions denied error.

## First command fails with permissions issue

dean@veducate # mv openshift-install /usr/local/bin/openshift-install
mv: cannot move 'openshift-install' to '/usr/local/bin/openshift-install': Permission denied

## Using the command "sudo !!" will run the last command with sudo, the full command will be outputed

dean@veducate # sudo !!
sudo mv openshift-install /usr/local/bin/openshift-install

## The terminal will return, including any necessary information as part of the command execution.

dean@veducate #

 

Regards

Dean Lewis

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vRealize Operations – Where did my “Object Relationships” view go?

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The Issue

From vRealize Operations 8.6.2, it’s been noticed that the “Object Relationships” page has disappeared from the navigation column/settings pages in the product UI.

The Cause

This page is being redesigned by the VMware team, and is hidden from view in current releases.

The Workaround

You can manually access the page by going to the following web page suffix:

  • ui/index.action#configure/object-relationships
    • For example
      • https://vrops.vmware.com/ui/index.action#configure/object-relationships

vRealize Operations - Object Relationships

 

Regards

Dean Lewis

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Configuring DNS Delegation from CloudFlare to Azure DNS

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A quick post, following on from my other post which covers DNS Delegation from CloudFlare to AWS Route53.

In this walkthrough, we are going to cover the same setup, but for Microsoft Azure DNS.

Create a Azure DNS Zone

Starting in your Microsoft Azure console, search and find the DNS Zones service.

CloudFlare DNS delegation to Azure - Azure DNS Zone Service

Click to create a new DNS Zone.

CloudFlare DNS delegation to Azure - Azure DNS Zone Service - Create DNS Zone

Fill out the necessary information:

  • Subscription
  • Resource group (create a new one if needed)
  • Instance Details
    • Name – FQDN for the DNS Zone you need to create, in this example, I want a subdomain “azure” being managed by my Azure DNS.
    • Resource group location – this is where the metadata for the service is stored, however DNS zones are distributed globally!

Click Review and Create. Continue reading Configuring DNS Delegation from CloudFlare to Azure DNS →

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A debugging example of Salt Win-Repo issues

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The Issue

I was hitting issues when trying to use the Salt Win-Repo to install software. Below is a copy of my state file.

ensure_malwarebytes_installed:
  pkg.installed:
    - pkgs:
      - malwarebytes

It would fail with the below helpful error messages. But most importantly, I’d check the minion, to find the software was actually installed.

  {
    "return": {
      "pkg_|-ensure_malwarebytes_installed_|-ensure_malwarebytes_installed_|-installed": {
        "name": "ensure_malwarebytes_installed",
        "__id__": "ensure_malwarebytes_installed",
        "result": false,
        "__sls__": "Windows.software-install.malwarebytes",
        "changes": {
          "malwarebytes": "Unable to locate package malwarebytes"
        },
        "comment": "The following packages failed to install/update: malwarebytes",
        "duration": 343.731,
        "start_time": "13:07:43.183808",
        "__run_num__": 0
      }

If I instead ran the command from my salt master, it would be successful with no error outputs:

salt {minion_name} pkg.install malwarebytes -l debug
The Debugging Effort

Because the software is installed on the minion, I run the “pkg.list_pkgs” command, so I can detail exactly what the system returns.

C:\Users\Administrator>salt-call pkg.list_pkgs
local:
    ----------
...
    Malwarebytes version 4.5.12.204:
        4.5.12.204
...

Next, I want to remove the package, before I continue to debug, however I hit another issue. Continue reading A debugging example of Salt Win-Repo issues →