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How to Write Ansible Playbooks for Server Automation on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Write Ansible Playbooks for Server Automation on RHEL 7

How to Write Ansible Playbooks for Server Automation on RHEL 7 Ansible playbooks are the heart of infrastructure automation. While ad-hoc commands are useful for one-off tasks, playbooks allow you to describe a desired system state in YAML and apply it repeatably and idempotently across your entire fleet. A well-written playbook can provision a complete […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php70-exif — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php70-exif — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8879 CVE-2016-3074 CVE-2016-5385 CVE-2016-5399 CVE-2016-6288 CVE-2016-6289 CVE-2016-6290 CVE-2016-6291  +5 more Upstream summary: PHP reports: Fixed bug #69975 (PHP segfaults when accessing nvarchar(max) defined columns) […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 服务器初始设置 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Ubuntu 18.04 服务器初始设置

首次新建 Ubuntu 18.04 服务器时,您应该在基本设置过程早期完成一些配置步骤。 这样将会增加服务器的安全性和可用性,并为后续操作打下坚实基础。 <$>[note] 注:以下指南展示如何手动完成有关新 Ubuntu 18.04 服务器的建议步骤。 通过手动执行此程序,可有助于学习一些基本的系统管理技能,并当作练习以全面了解要在服务器上执行的操作。…

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SLES 15 — libshibsp7 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libshibsp7 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 September 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:3386-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19191 CVE-2017-16852 Upstream summary: Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) 3.x before 3.1.0 shipped a spec file that calls chown on files in a directory controlled by […]

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Python String Append — step-by-step Python tutorial on Progressive Robot

Python String Append

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/python-string-append/ Python string object is immutable. So every time we use + operator to concatenate two strings, a new string is created. If we have to append many strings, using + operator will unnecessarily create many temporary strings before we have the final result. Python String Append Let's look at a function to concatenate […]

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How to Install Jenkins on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Jenkins on RHEL 7

How to Install Jenkins on RHEL 7 Jenkins is the leading open-source automation server, used by development teams worldwide to build, test, and deploy software continuously. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, getting Jenkins running requires a few deliberate steps: installing the correct version of Java, adding the official Jenkins repository, starting the service, and […]

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Arch Linux — elfutils — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — elfutils — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-201901-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18521 CVE-2018-18520 CVE-2018-18310 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.174-1. Fixed in: 0.175-1. Group: AVG-785. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-c6_64-flashplugin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-c6_64-flashplugin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: flash — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3107 CVE-2015-5124 CVE-2015-5125 CVE-2015-5127 CVE-2015-5128 CVE-2015-5129 CVE-2015-5130 CVE-2015-5131  +12 more Upstream summary: Adobe reports: Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for […]

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