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How to Set Up a LAMP Stack on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a LAMP Stack on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Set Up a LAMP Stack on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — grub2-unsigned — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — grub2-unsigned — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 December 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4992-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14372 CVE-2020-25632 CVE-2020-27749 CVE-2020-27779 CVE-2021-20225 CVE-2021-20233 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass2021 Upstream summary: Máté Kukri discovered that the acpi command in GRUB 2 allowed privileged users to load crafted ACPI tables […]

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How to Configure Database Connection Pooling with PgBouncer on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Database Connection Pooling with PgBouncer on RHEL 7

How to Configure Database Connection Pooling with PgBouncer on RHEL 7 Every PostgreSQL client connection spawns a backend process on the server, consuming approximately 5–10 MB of RAM for its working memory and adding overhead to the process scheduler. Applications that open hundreds of short-lived connections — such as PHP scripts, Node.js workers, or microservices […]

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How to Configure pf Firewall Rules on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure pf Firewall Rules on FreeBSD 13

Introduction Deploying configure pf firewall rules on freebsd 13 on a FreeBSD 13 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 […]

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How to Deploy a Flask App with Gunicorn on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Flask App with Gunicorn on FreeBSD 13

Introduction This guide explains how to Deploy a Flask App with Gunicorn on FreeBSD 13 on FreeBSD 13. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum […]

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How to Monitor Nginx with Prometheus on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor Nginx with Prometheus on FreeBSD 13

Introduction This guide explains how to Monitor Nginx with Prometheus on FreeBSD 13 on FreeBSD 13. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum for fine-grained […]

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How to Set Up NFS Server on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up NFS Server on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Set Up NFS Server on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet […]

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How to Set Up System Center Configuration Manager Client on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up System Center Configuration Manager Client on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Set Up System Center Configuration Manager Client on Windows Server 2012 R2 System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM, now Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) is Microsoft’s enterprise solution for operating system deployment, software distribution, patch management, hardware and software inventory, and compliance management. The Configuration Manager client installed on each managed Windows Server 2012 R2 […]

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How to Configure HAST High-Availability Storage on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure HAST High-Availability Storage on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Configure HAST High-Availability Storage on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet […]

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How to Configure Docker Networking on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Docker Networking on FreeBSD 13

Introduction Deploying configure docker networking on freebsd 13 on a FreeBSD 13 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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