Kernel Drivers

Common Problems 119086

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – kernel panic occurs during reboot sequence – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 18 October 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 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 […]

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How to Configure IIS Deployment with Web Deploy (MSDeploy) on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure IIS Deployment with Web Deploy (MSDeploy) on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Configure IIS Deployment with Web Deploy (MSDeploy) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Web Deploy (MSDeploy) is Microsoft’s tool for packaging, deploying, and synchronizing IIS web applications, their content, configuration, and associated components between servers. It is the standard mechanism used by Visual Studio’s “Publish” feature, Azure DevOps pipelines, and Octopus Deploy to push […]

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How to Set Up Minikube on Oracle Linux 8 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Minikube on Oracle Linux 8

Introduction Oracle Linux 8 ships with a stable, security-hardened base that makes deploying set up minikube on oracle linux 8 both straightforward and auditable. This tutorial covers the complete procedure for how to Set Up Minikube on Oracle Linux 8, including dnf module streams where applicable, systemd unit management, and the firewalld rules required for […]

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How to Set Up a VPN Server with StrongSwan IPsec on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a VPN Server with StrongSwan IPsec on RHEL 8

StrongSwan is a robust open-source IPsec VPN solution that supports IKEv2 and is well-suited for site-to-site and remote-access VPN deployments. On RHEL 8, StrongSwan is available through the EPEL repository and integrates cleanly with firewalld and the system’s certificate infrastructure. This tutorial walks through installing StrongSwan, generating PKI certificates, configuring an IKEv2 road-warrior VPN, and […]

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Common Problems 125033

Oracle Linux 8 – Common Problem 007 – Diagnosis and Fix

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 October 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~3 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 118051

Ubuntu 18.04 Grub Rescue Prompt After Disk Changes

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 October 2020 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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How to Configure Mandatory Integrity Control on Oracle Linux 8 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Mandatory Integrity Control on Oracle Linux 8

Introduction Oracle Linux 8 ships with a stable, security-hardened base that makes deploying configure mandatory integrity control on oracle linux 8 both straightforward and auditable. This tutorial covers the complete procedure for how to Configure Mandatory Integrity Control on Oracle Linux 8, including dnf module streams where applicable, systemd unit management, and the firewalld rules […]

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Common Problems 115623

tuned Profile Misconfiguration Causes Performance Drop

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 October 2020 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.165-133.209 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.165-133.209 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-002 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15918 CVE-2019-2009 CVE-2019-20096 CVE-2020-10942 CVE-2020-8648 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.10. SMB2_negotiate in fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c has an out-of-bounds read because data structures […]

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Common Problems 113128

Windows Server 2016 – PnP driver rollback loop keeps reinstalling faulty package – Fix and Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 October 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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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