Linux

Installing and Configuring Zenoss on a CentOS Virtual Private Server — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Installing and Configuring Zenoss on a CentOS Virtual Private Server

This tutorial will cover how to install and configure Zenoss network management and monitoring software. Using Zenoss, you can monitor the health of your various network-connected devices and servers and chart their performance. Zenoss makes managing a large number of devices easy with a unified web-based interface and a variety of client options.

Read more
How To Set Up a Remote Desktop with X2Go on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up a Remote Desktop with X2Go on Ubuntu 20.04

X2Go provides a working “cloud desktop,” complete with all the advantages of an always-online, remotely-accessible, easily-scalable computing system with a very fast network. It is also more responsive and more secure than many VNC solutions. In this tutorial, you’ll use X2Go to create a Debian 10 XFCE desktop environment that you can access remotely. This “cloud desktop” will include the exact same utilities that you would obtain had you installed Ubuntu 20.04 and XFCE on your local machine.

Read more
Oracle Linux 8 — python-pillow — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — python-pillow — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-3185)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 27 January 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-3185 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5313 CVE-2020-11538 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

Read more
Oracle Linux 8 — thunderbird — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — thunderbird — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-3341)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 27 January 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-3341 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15652 CVE-2020-15659 CVE-2020-6463 CVE-2020-6514 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

Read more
How to Install and Configure Memcached on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Memcached on RHEL 8

Memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system used to speed up dynamic web applications by reducing database load. On RHEL 8, Memcached is available directly from the AppStream repository, making installation straightforward. In this tutorial you will install Memcached, tune its configuration, restrict network access to trusted hosts only, and verify the setup […]

Read more
Oracle Linux 8 — Running nohup prevents ssh command from executing — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Running nohup prevents ssh command from executing

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 January 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Oracle Bug 30287091 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 […]

Read more
Common Problems 121633

Debian 9: Fail2ban blocks internal monitoring IPs

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 January 2021 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 & […]

Read more
Common Problems 118930

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – dist-upgrade aborts with held broken packages

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 January 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 14.04.6 📖 ~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 […]

Read more
Common Problems 117521

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – systemd service fails with status=203/EXEC – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 January 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 📖 ~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 […]

Read more
Alpine Linux edge — zstd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — zstd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.4.9-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — zstd 1.4.9-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-24032 CVE-2021-24031 CVE-2019-11922 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships zstd 1.4.9-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-24032. Table of contents Symptom & […]

Read more
CHAT