Networking

How To Install Tinc and Set Up a Basic VPN on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Tinc and Set Up a Basic VPN on Ubuntu 14.04

In this tutorial, we will go over how to use Tinc, an open source Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon, to create a secure VPN that your servers can communicate on as if they were on a local network. We will also demonstrate how to use Tinc to set up a secure tunnel into a private network. We will be using Ubuntu 14.04 servers, but the configurations can be adapted for use with any other OS.

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How to Install Jupyter Notebook on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Jupyter Notebook on FreeBSD 12

Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up install jupyter notebook on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux distribution. […]

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How to Configure NTP Time Synchronization on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure NTP Time Synchronization on Debian 10

Introduction How to Configure NTP Time Synchronization on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster 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 10. […]

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How To Configure BIND as a Private Network DNS Server on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Configure BIND as a Private Network DNS Server on Ubuntu 14.04

In this tutorial, we will go over how to set up an internal DNS server, using the BIND name server software (BIND9) on Ubuntu 14.04, that can be used by your Virtual Private Servers (VPS) to resolve private host names and private IP addresses. This provides a central way to manage your internal hostnames and private IP addresses, which is indispensable when your environment expands to more than a few hosts.

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Common Problems 115479

RHEL 7 time drift caused by chronyd service not active

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 8 February 2020 Affected versions: RHEL 7 📖 ~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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Common Problems 115444

Service Starts Then Immediately Exits on RHEL 7

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 8 February 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 Docker Overlay Networking on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Docker Overlay Networking on Debian 10

Introduction Deploying configure docker overlay networking on debian 10 on a Debian 10 Buster 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 You will […]

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Common Problems 117977

Ubuntu 18.04 UFW Rules Not Applied After Reboot

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 7 February 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 MariaDB Galera Cluster on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure MariaDB Galera Cluster on FreeBSD 12

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure MariaDB Galera Cluster on FreeBSD 12 on FreeBSD 12. 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 Configure Collectd on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Collectd on Debian 10

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure Collectd on Debian 10 on Debian 10 Buster. Debian Buster uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 10 install with the standard repositories […]

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