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How To Install Docker On Ubuntu 13.04 x64 VPS — step-by-step Docker tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Docker On Ubuntu 13.04 x64 VPS

Docker is an open-source engine which automates the deployment of applications as highly portable, self-sufficient containers which are independent of hardware, language, framework, packaging system and hosting provider. Run through this tutorial install Docker on your Ubuntu 13.04 VPS.

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Ubuntu 14.04 — openjdk-7 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — openjdk-7 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 December 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3942-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-2422 CVE-2018-3136 CVE-2018-3139 CVE-2018-3149 CVE-2018-3169 CVE-2018-3180 CVE-2018-2952 CVE-2018-2790  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that a memory disclosure issue existed in the OpenJDK Library subsystem. An […]

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How to Encrypt Disk Partitions with LUKS on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Encrypt Disk Partitions with LUKS on RHEL 8

Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is the standard disk encryption layer on RHEL 8, built on the dm-crypt kernel module and managed through the cryptsetup utility. Encrypting partitions with LUKS ensures that data is unreadable without the correct passphrase or key file, even if physical media is stolen or a drive is decommissioned without secure […]

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Arch Linux — postgresql-old-upgrade — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — postgresql-old-upgrade — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201711-18 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-15099 CVE-2017-15098 Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 9.6.5-1. Fixed in: 9.6.6-1. Group: AVG-486. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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How to Harden PHP on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Harden PHP on FreeBSD 12

Introduction Deploying harden php on freebsd 12 on a FreeBSD 12 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the standard base + […]

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Windows Server 2019 — Mandatory profile does not enforce settings for users after logon — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 December 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~2 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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