DR runbook setup
Declaring a disaster-recovery runbook for cross-cluster replication and failover.
Template creation
Turning a configured VM into a reusable template.
Deleting and rebuilding a cluster
Removing a cluster from Ballast's management, decommissioning it for real, and reforming it from scratch.
Backup and restore
What Ballast backs up, why the vault and the CA root are sealed separately, and how a restore actually runs.
Active Directory sign-in
Let operators sign in to the console with their Active Directory account, map groups to roles, and keep a local break-glass login for when a domain controller is down.
LDAPS on a domain controller
How to check whether a domain controller offers LDAPS, turn it on when it does not, and get the issuing CA's certificate to the Ballast centre.
Updating Ballast
How to update the centre, Ballast Manager and the Windows agent to a new release, in order, and how to go back.