Security Hardening

How to Set Up Windows Server 2019 Group Policy Central Store — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Windows Server 2019 Group Policy Central Store

How to Set Up Windows Server 2019 Group Policy Central Store The Group Policy Central Store is a centralized repository in SYSVOL that stores ADMX (Administrative Template) files for Group Policy. Without the Central Store, each management workstation uses its local PolicyDefinitions folder to read ADMX templates, which can cause inconsistencies when different workstations have […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libmediainfo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libmediainfo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 October 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5237-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15395 CVE-2020-26797 CVE-2019-11372 CVE-2019-11373 Upstream summary: It was discovered that MediaInfoLib incorrectly handled certain specially crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — dotnet3.1 security and bugfix update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — dotnet3.1 security and bugfix update (ELSA-2021-0790)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 October 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-0790 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-26701 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Common Problems 115129

NetworkManager connection missing after reboot – RHEL 8 Post 005

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 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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Common Problems 115093

RHEL 8 cockpit web console unreachable after certificate update

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 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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Common Problems 114927

firewalld Rule Added but Port Still Closed

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 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 Install Kubernetes with kubeadm on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Kubernetes with kubeadm on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Install Kubernetes with kubeadm on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Step 1 — Disable Swap swapoff -a sed -i ‘/ swap […]

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Common Problems 113537

Windows Server 2012 R2 — Cumulative update fails because required Servicing Stack Update is missing — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 October 2020 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 […]

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Common Problems 112956

Windows Server 2016 – Group Policy denied due to filtering or WMI scope errors – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 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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Common Problems 113447

Windows Server 2012 R2 — DISM RestoreHealth fails because component store is corrupt and unrepairable — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 October 2020 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 […]

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