Introduction to DSC Pull Server Architecture Desired State Configuration (DSC) is a PowerShell-based management platform built into Windows Server that enables declarative configuration of servers. Rather than writing imperative scripts that describe how to configure a server step by step, DSC configurations describe what the end state of the server should be. The DSC engine […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 20 May 2023 📖 ~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 […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 20 May 2023 Affected versions: Windows Server 2022 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Quick Checks Deep Diagnosis Primary Fix Verification Prevention & Hardening Symptom & Impact Web applications return 503 errors as worker processes crash and IIS disables the pool via rapid-fail […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 19 May 2023 📖 ~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 […]
Introduction This guide explains how to Configure pfsync Firewall State Synchronization 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 […]
Introduction to Software-Defined Networking on Windows Server 2022 Software-Defined Networking (SDN) on Windows Server 2022 is a Microsoft implementation of a full-stack network virtualisation solution that decouples the network control plane from the data plane, allowing centralised programmatic management of the entire network fabric. Rather than configuring individual switches, routers, and firewalls device by device, […]
Traefik is a modern, cloud-native reverse proxy and load balancer that discovers routing rules dynamically from configuration files, Docker labels, or Kubernetes annotations — eliminating most of the manual virtual host configuration required by Nginx or Apache. Version 3 introduces improved middleware composition, better gRPC support, and enhanced ACME (Let’s Encrypt) certificate management. On RHEL […]
Introduction This guide explains how to Configure Disk Quotas 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 privilege […]
What Is Device Health Attestation? Device Health Attestation (DHA) is a Windows platform service that allows organisations to verify the security posture of endpoints at boot time. Rather than relying on software-based reports that malware could falsify, DHA uses hardware-rooted measurements collected by the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and the Windows boot process to attest […]
How to Deploy a .NET Application on RHEL 7 Microsoft’s .NET (formerly .NET Core) is a cross-platform, open-source runtime that runs on Linux, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. With Microsoft publishing an official yum repository for RHEL, installing .NET SDK and deploying web applications is straightforward and fully supported. In this tutorial, you will […]
