Ubuntu 16.04

How to Install and Configure Ansible on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Ansible on Ubuntu 16.04

Configuration management systems are designed to make controlling large numbers of servers easy for administrators and operations teams. They allow you to control many different systems in an automated way from one central location. Ansible is a simple configuration management system.

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Drops to initramfs BusyBox on Boot

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 December 2019 Affected versions: 16.04 LTS 📖 ~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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How To Configure an OrientDB Cluster on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Configure an OrientDB Cluster on Ubuntu 16.04

OrientDB is a multi-model NoSQL database with support for graph and document databases. It is a Java application and can run on any operating system. It’s also fully ACID-complaint with support for multi-master clustering and replication, allowing easy horizontal scaling. In this tutorial, you will set up a three-node cluster with two master nodes and one replica node using the community edition of OrientDB.

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Como Instalar o Nginx no Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Como Instalar o Nginx no Ubuntu 16.04

O Nginx é um dos servidores web mais populares no mundo e é responsável por hospedar alguns dos maiores e mais acessados sites na internet. Ele possui mais facilidades de recursos do que o Apache em muitos casos e pode ser utilizado como servidor web ou proxy reverso. Neste…

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Ubuntu 16.04 — kauth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — kauth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 December 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6035-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-7443 Upstream summary: It was discovered that KAuth incorrectly handled some configuration parameters with specially crafted arbitrary types. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — postgresql-common — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — postgresql-common — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 December 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4194-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3466 CVE-2016-1255 CVE-2017-8806 Upstream summary: Rich Mirch discovered that the postgresql-common pg_ctlcluster script incorrectly handled directory creation. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 Boot Stuck at GRUB Prompt After Update

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 20 December 2019 📖 ~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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Ubuntu 16.04 — libofx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libofx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 December 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4523-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9656 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LibOFX did not properly check for errors in certain situations, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker could […]

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