How to Configure Audit Policy on Windows Server 2012 R2 A well-configured audit policy is the foundation of security monitoring and forensic investigation on Windows Server 2012 R2. Audit policies generate security event log entries when specific activities occur — such as logon attempts, privilege use, object access, or policy changes. Windows Server 2012 R2 […]
Introduction How to Set Up a Git Server with Gitea 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, […]
Introduction How to Install Perl and CPAN Modules on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian […]
Introduction to DHCP with DNS Dynamic Update on Windows Server 2019 DNS Dynamic Update (DDNS) allows the DHCP server to automatically register and deregister DNS records on behalf of DHCP clients whenever they obtain, renew, or release IP addresses. Without DDNS, administrators must manually maintain DNS A records and PTR records every time a machine […]
Introduction to Active Directory Rights Management Services Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) is an information protection technology included with Windows Server 2019 that uses encryption and policy enforcement to restrict access to documents, emails, and other sensitive content. AD RMS works by issuing licenses that specify what operations a user can perform on […]
Introduction How to Configure PostgreSQL Remote Access 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 […]
Ceph is a unified, distributed storage system that simultaneously provides object, block, and file storage on commodity hardware. It eliminates single points of failure through replication and erasure coding, and scales linearly by adding nodes. The cephadm tool, introduced in Ceph Octopus, simplifies cluster deployment by using containers (Podman on RHEL 8) to manage Ceph […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 26 June 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 […]
How to Install and Configure Caddy Web Server on RHEL 7 Caddy is a modern, open-source web server written in Go that sets itself apart from traditional servers like Apache and Nginx through its automatic HTTPS provisioning, minimal configuration syntax, and zero-dependency binary distribution. On RHEL 7, where the standard repositories do not include Caddy, […]
Introduction Deploying install and configure tomcat 8 on debian 9 on a Debian 9 Stretch machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites Ensure […]
