Troubleshooting Archives - Pixel Robots.

Inspektor Gadget Is Now an AKS Extension (Preview)

Pixel Robots. — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:31:37 +0000

Reading Time: 4 minutesMicrosoft has just shipped the Inspektor Gadget cluster extension for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and it is worth a look if you have ever been stuck trying to figure out why a pod is making strange DNS calls, why a process is misbehaving, or where that mysterious TCP connection is Read more

The post Inspektor Gadget Is Now an AKS Extension (Preview) appeared first on Pixel Robots..

Container Network Insight Agent for AKS is Now in Public Preview

Pixel Robots. — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:48:10 +0000

Reading Time: 10 minutesI spotted this one via the AKS Docs Tracker I built and run here on pixelrobots.co.uk. It picked up new docs appearing under the AKS section and this one caught my eye immediately. Microsoft has shipped a public preview of something called Container Network Insight Agent, and it is genuinely Read more

The post Container Network Insight Agent for AKS is Now in Public Preview appeared first on Pixel Robots..

AKS Cluster Health Monitor Now in Preview

Pixel Robots. — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:59:19 +0000

Reading Time: 4 minutesI picked this up from my AKS Docs Tracker when the docs page for Cluster Health Monitor appeared. It is currently in preview, but it is one of the more operationally interesting things Microsoft has quietly added to AKS in a while. This is not a dashboard feature. It is Read more

The post AKS Cluster Health Monitor Now in Preview appeared first on Pixel Robots..

Troubleshooting Kubernetes with kubectl: Cheat Sheet

Pixel Robots. — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:51:04 +0000

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have been working on a nice simple cheat sheet to help troubleshoot issues with your Kubernetes objects. It will hopefully help you know what commands to use and when. You can find an image of it below and a link to a pdf download. Let me know what you Read more

The post Troubleshooting Kubernetes with kubectl: Cheat Sheet appeared first on Pixel Robots..

Overview of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Diagnostics

Pixel Robots. — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 09:32:00 +0000

Reading Time: 3 minutesAs someone who manages an AKS cluster you really need to know how to troubleshoot it. Luckily Azure has your back a bit with the AKS Diagnostic tool. This tool will help you identify and resolve issues with your cluster. This is a nice little feature that comes with your Read more

The post Overview of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Diagnostics appeared first on Pixel Robots..

Azure vNet Integration Certificate out of Sync

Pixel Robots. — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:59:31 +0000

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhilst doing some daily Azure Administration I came across an error on one of my App Services. The App service in question uses vNet Integration and the certificate for the virtual network had become out of sync. I am not 100% sure how this happened, but there was an issue Read more

The post Azure vNet Integration Certificate out of Sync appeared first on Pixel Robots..

Quick How To Force Active Directory Replication

Pixel Robots. — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 05:00:02 +0000

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently at work, we have had some issues on a customer site with GPO’s. As we were on a tight schedule I wanted to force replication rather than wait for the normal replication cycle to happen. It is really easy to force a replication, and this article will show you Read more

The post Quick How To Force Active Directory Replication appeared first on Pixel Robots..

Active Directory installation stalls at the “Creating the NTDS settings object” stage

Pixel Robots. — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 11:14:01 +0000

Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently at work, I was adding a new Domain Controller to an existing forest and I just could not get past “Creating the NTDS Settings” I have done this many times in the past and never had this issue. After trying a few times and a lot of waiting, I Read more

The post Active Directory installation stalls at the “Creating the NTDS settings object” stage appeared first on Pixel Robots..

Manage your servers from anywhere using Azure Server Management Tools

Pixel Robots. — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 08:45:13 +0000

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat is Azure Server Management Tools? Azure server management tools is an Azure service that is basically a Html 5 web based GUI and command line tool that allows you to manage your on-prem Windows Servers. This comes in very handy when you need to manage headless servers such as Read more

The post Manage your servers from anywhere using Azure Server Management Tools appeared first on Pixel Robots..

Group Policy – Troubleshooting with GPResult

Pixel Robots. — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:30:36 +0000

Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery Sysadmin has had to troubleshoot group policies at least once. I know I have had to do this many, many times in the past. One of the first tools I go to when troubleshooting group policy from a client machine is GPResult. GPResult is a command line utility that Read more

The post Group Policy – Troubleshooting with GPResult appeared first on Pixel Robots..