Ubuntu 16.04

How To Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Ubuntu 16.04

The mod_rewrite module allows us to rewrite URLs in a cleaner fashion, translating human-readable paths into code-friendly query strings or redirecting URLs based on additional conditions. This guide is split into two parts. The first sets up an example website and covers a simple rewrite example. The second part contains two more in-depth examples of commonly-used rewrite rules.

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – cloud-init stalls and delays first boot provisioning – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 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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Common Problems 118505

AppArmor Denials Break Application Behavior

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 August 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 Set Up Real-Time Performance Monitoring with Netdata on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Real-Time Performance Monitoring with Netdata on Ubuntu 16.04

Netdata provides accurate performance monitoring through extensible web dashboards that visualise the processes and services on your Linux systems. It monitors metrics about CPU, memory, disks, networks, processes, and more. The steps in this tutorial cover everything you need to successfully set up one Ubuntu 16.04 server running Netdata using its built-in web server or, optionally, using Nginx.

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Ubuntu 16.04 — grub2-signed — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — grub2-signed — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 10 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4432-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1889556 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass CVE-2020-10713 CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309 CVE-2020-14310 CVE-2020-14311 CVE-2020-15705  +2 more Upstream summary: USN-4432-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GRUB2 affecting Secure Boot environments. Unfortunately, the update introduced regressions for […]

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How To Install BigBlueButton on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install BigBlueButton on Ubuntu 16.04

BigBlueButton is an open source, feature-rich virtual classroom where you can teach your students. In this guide, you will install a BigBlueButton server along with the client interface called Greenlight. Greenlight makes your virtual classroom accessible from any browser and enforces the use of HTTPS to keep information secure.

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How To Host a Website Using Cloudflare and Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Host a Website Using Cloudflare and Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04

In this tutorial you will secure your website served by Nginx with an Origin CA certificate from Cloudflare and configure Nginx to use authenticated pull requests. The advantages of using this setup are that you benefit from Cloudflare’s CDN and fast DNS resolution while ensuring that all connections pass through Cloudflare. This prevents any malicious requests from reaching your server.

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Common Problems 118509

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Apache Fails to Start Due to Port Conflict

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 August 2020 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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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS /var partition full causing service failures

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 August 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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