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How to Install Munin Monitoring on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Munin Monitoring on Debian 9

Introduction Deploying install munin monitoring on debian 9 on a Debian 9 Stretch machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites Ensure Debian 9 […]

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SLES 15 — rsvg-view — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — rsvg-view — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 September 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2021:1310-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20991 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in the smallvec crate before 0.6.3 for Rust. The Iterator implementation mishandles destructors, leading to a double free. […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — poppler — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — poppler — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4643)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 September 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4643 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14494 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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How To Install the OpenLiteSpeed Web Server on CentOS 7 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install the OpenLiteSpeed Web Server on CentOS 7

OpenLiteSpeed is an optimized open source web server that can be used to manage and serve sites. As far as Linux web servers are concerned, OpenLiteSpeed has some interesting features that make it a solid choice for many installations. It features Apache compatible rewrite…

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How to Test Disaster Recovery Procedures on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Test Disaster Recovery Procedures on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Test Disaster Recovery Procedures on Windows Server 2012 R2 A disaster recovery plan that has never been tested is not a recovery plan — it is a hope. Periodic, structured testing of disaster recovery procedures is the only way to verify that your backup data is valid, recovery procedures work as documented, and […]

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Debian 9 Cron Job Not Running at Scheduled Time

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 September 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & […]

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FreeBSD 12 — libgd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — libgd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libgd — Denial of servica via double free Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6362 CVE-2017-7890 Upstream summary: libgd developers report: Double free vulnerability in the gdImagePngPtr function in libgd2 before 2.2.5 allows remote […]

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Common Problems 121698

GRUB Menu Missing After Bootloader Update

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 September 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & […]

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Common Problems 118072

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS rsyslog stops writing logs after disk pressure

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 September 2019 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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