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How to Configure Suricata IDS/IPS on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Suricata IDS/IPS on RHEL 9

Suricata is a high-performance, open-source network intrusion detection and prevention system (IDS/IPS) that inspects traffic in real time against a rule set to identify threats, policy violations, and malicious activity. On RHEL 9, Suricata integrates cleanly with systemd and can run in passive IDS mode (logging alerts without blocking) or active IPS mode (dropping malicious […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — opam — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — opam — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 January 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8256-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-41082 Upstream summary: Andrew Nesbitt discovered that opam did not properly validate file destination paths in package install files. An attacker could use this issue to bypass […]

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Common Problems 113923

RHEL 10 – SELinux denies nginx access to mounted content – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 January 2026 Affected versions: RHEL 10 📖 ~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 113892

RHEL 10 – dnf update fails with metadata download timeout behind proxy – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 18 January 2026 Affected versions: RHEL 10.0 RHEL 10.1 📖 ~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 […]

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How to Install SQLite on Oracle Linux 10 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install SQLite on Oracle Linux 10

Introduction How to Install SQLite on Oracle Linux 10 on Oracle Linux 10 provides administrators with a robust, enterprise-ready workflow that integrates cleanly with systemd, SELinux, firewalld, and the modern AppStream module system. In this tutorial we will walk through every step required, from package installation to verification, so that the resulting configuration is reproducible […]

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Common Problems 114019

RHEL 10 – Podman container cannot bind low port under SELinux enforcing – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 January 2026 Affected versions: RHEL 10.0 RHEL 10.1 📖 ~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 […]

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How to Install Woodpecker CI on RHEL 10 — step-by-step RHEL 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Woodpecker CI on RHEL 10

Introduction Setting up install woodpecker ci on a RHEL 10 server is a common task for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and site reliability engineers. This guide explains how to Install Woodpecker CI on RHEL 10, with all the commands you need, the SELinux and firewalld considerations to keep in mind, and how to validate the […]

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Debian 13 — python-requests-kerberos — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — python-requests-kerberos — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 January 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8650 Upstream summary: python-requests-Kerberos through 0.5 does not handle mutual authentication Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – […]

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How to Install rkhunter on RHEL 10 — step-by-step RHEL 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install rkhunter on RHEL 10

Introduction How to Install rkhunter on RHEL 10 on RHEL 10 provides administrators with a robust, enterprise-ready workflow that integrates cleanly with systemd, SELinux, firewalld, and the modern AppStream module system. In this tutorial we will walk through every step required, from package installation to verification, so that the resulting configuration is reproducible and production-safe. […]

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How to Set Up ZFS on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up ZFS on RHEL 9

ZFS (Zettabyte File System) delivers enterprise-grade data integrity features including checksumming, copy-on-write snapshots, built-in RAID, and efficient replication — without requiring a separate volume manager. Although ZFS is not included in RHEL 9’s default kernel, the OpenZFS project provides DKMS-based packages that work reliably on RHEL 9. This tutorial covers installing OpenZFS, creating pools and […]

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