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How to Set Up a DNS Server with Bind9 on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure DKIM, SPF and DMARC on Ubuntu 26.04

DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail), SPF (Sender Policy Framework), and DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) are three DNS-based email authentication standards that protect your domain from spoofing and significantly improve email deliverability. This guide configures all three on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Postfix. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS […]

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How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for SSH on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure ClamAV on Ubuntu 26.04

ClamAV is the most popular open-source antivirus engine for Linux. While Linux malware is less common than on other platforms, ClamAV is valuable for scanning files shared with Windows users, email servers, and web upload directories. This guide installs and configures ClamAV on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu […]

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How to Set Up a Git Server with Gitea on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install GitLab CE on Ubuntu 26.04

GitLab Community Edition (CE) is a self-hosted Git repository platform with built-in CI/CD, issue tracking, container registry, and merge request workflows. This guide installs GitLab CE on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS using the official Omnibus package. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with at least 4 GB RAM and 2 CPUs […]

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How to Set Up a Build Server with MSBuild on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Build Server with MSBuild on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Set Up a Build Server with MSBuild on Windows Server 2012 R2 MSBuild (Microsoft Build Engine) is the foundational build system for .NET and C++ projects on the Windows platform. Setting up a dedicated MSBuild build server on Windows Server 2012 R2 enables your team to perform automated, reproducible builds of Visual Studio […]

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How to Configure AD Sites and Services on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure AD Sites and Services on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Configure AD Sites and Services on Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory Sites and Services is the administrative tool used to manage the physical topology of your Active Directory infrastructure. Sites represent physical network segments or geographic locations connected by reliable, high-bandwidth links. The Sites and Services configuration drives replication scheduling, client site […]

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How to Configure Email with Sendmail on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Email with Sendmail on IBM AIX 7.1

Introduction IBM AIX 7.1 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.1 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to configure email with sendmail on ibm aix 7.1 on […]

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How to Manage Certificates with PowerShell on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Manage Certificates with PowerShell on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Manage Certificates with PowerShell on Windows Server 2012 R2 Certificate management is a critical administrative task on Windows Server 2012 R2 — SSL/TLS certificates secure IIS websites, SMTP relay, LDAPS, Remote Desktop, PowerShell Remoting, and many other services. Without proactive certificate lifecycle management, expired certificates cause service outages, authentication failures, and security warnings […]

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How to Configure Desired State Configuration (DSC) on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Desired State Configuration (DSC) on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Configure Desired State Configuration (DSC) on Windows Server 2012 R2 PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) is a management platform introduced in PowerShell 4.0 that allows administrators to define the intended state of a server — which Windows features are installed, which services are running, which files exist, and how the system is configured […]

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How to Configure an SMTP Relay on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure an SMTP Relay on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Configure an SMTP Relay on Windows Server 2012 R2 An SMTP relay server acts as an intermediary mail gateway, accepting email from authorised internal systems (applications, printers, monitoring tools, scripts) and forwarding it to its destination — either a smart host (such as Exchange or Office 365) or directly via MX lookup. Every […]

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How to Configure Email with Sendmail on IBM AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Email with Sendmail on IBM AIX 7.2

Introduction IBM AIX 7.2 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.2 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to configure email with sendmail on ibm aix 7.2 on […]

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