MariaDB is a community-developed, fully open-source relational database management system that was forked from MySQL and remains highly compatible with it. On RHEL 8, MariaDB is conveniently available through the AppStream module system, allowing you to install a specific stream version without adding third-party repositories. This tutorial covers installing MariaDB 10.5 via AppStream, starting and […]
Introduction How to Configure Bacula Backup on FreeBSD 12 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 12 server operator. FreeBSD 12 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 filtering, […]
How to Configure Windows Server 2016 System Center Microsoft System Center is a suite of management products designed to provide unified monitoring, configuration management, data protection, and virtualization management for Windows-based environments. The main components are System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM), System Center Virtual […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 13 August 2019 📖 ~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 […]
How to Audit Linux Security with Lynis on RHEL 7 Maintaining a secure Linux server requires more than installing updates and setting strong passwords. A comprehensive security audit reveals configuration weaknesses, missing hardening measures, and potential vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. Lynis is an open-source security auditing tool that performs an in-depth scan of […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 12 August 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~2 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 […]
How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 NTLM Authentication NTLM (NT LAN Manager) is a challenge-response authentication protocol that predates Kerberos in the Windows ecosystem. While Kerberos is the preferred authentication protocol in Windows Server 2016 Active Directory environments, NTLM is still used in several scenarios: when clients connect using IP addresses instead of DNS […]
Introduction How to Set Up ZFS Send and Receive on FreeBSD 12 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 12 server operator. FreeBSD 12 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 […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 10 August 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 […]
Ruby on Rails is a full-stack web framework that prioritises convention over configuration, making it possible to stand up a production-ready application in minutes. Deploying Rails on RHEL 8 involves generating the application, running database migrations, serving it through the built-in Puma application server, and placing Nginx in front as a reverse proxy. This tutorial […]
