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Ubuntu 18.04 — ruby-websocket-extensions — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — ruby-websocket-extensions — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4502-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7663 Upstream summary: It was discovered that websocket-extensions does not properly parse special headers. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause regex backtracking, resulting in […]

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The Docker Ecosystem: Service Discovery and Distributed Configuration Stores — step-by-step Docker tutorial on Progressive Robot

The Docker Ecosystem: Service Discovery and Distributed Configuration Stores

One of the core technologies that many Docker environments rely on is service discovery. Service discovery allows an application or component to discover information about their environment and neighbors. In this guide, we will discuss the benefits of service discovery within a clustered Docker environment. We will focus mainly on general concepts, but provide more specific examples where appropriate.

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How To Use the Web2py Framework to Quickly Build Your Python App — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use the Web2py Framework to Quickly Build Your Python App

Web2py is a Python framework that can be used to quickly build a functioning web application. Web2py is not only a framework, it also includes a complete IDE for your web browser, which allows the development and the application itself to be integrated closely. In this article, we will discuss how to install and use this software on an Ubuntu VPS.

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How to Configure SNMP Monitoring on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure SNMP Monitoring on RHEL 7

How to Configure SNMP Monitoring on RHEL 7 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is one of the most widely supported protocols for monitoring network devices, servers, storage appliances, and virtually any managed infrastructure component. Configuring SNMP on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 allows your monitoring platform — whether Zabbix, LibreNMS, Nagios, or Prometheus with the […]

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How To Install Prometheus on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Prometheus on Ubuntu 16.04

Prometheus is a powerful, open-source monitoring system that collects metrics from your services and stores them in a time-series database. This tutorial teaches you how to install, configure, and secure Prometheus and Node Exporter to generate metrics that will make it easier to monitor your server’s performance.

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Debian 10 — openvswitch — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — openvswitch — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 August 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8011 CVE-2020-35498 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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