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Common Problems 116898

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – apt fails due to dpkg lock contention – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 9 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy) 📖 ~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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Ubuntu 20.04 — pdns — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — pdns — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7203-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1046 CVE-2018-10851 CVE-2018-14626 CVE-2018-14644 CVE-2020-17482 CVE-2022-27227 Upstream summary: Wei Hao discovered that PowerDNS Authoritative Server incorrectly handled memory when accessing certain files. An attacker could possibly use […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — cryptsetup — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — cryptsetup — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5286-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4122 CVE-2020-14382 Upstream summary: Milan Broz discovered that cryptsetup incorrectly handled LUKS2 reencryption recovery. An attacker with physical access to modify the encrypted device header may trigger […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libhttp-daemon-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libhttp-daemon-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5520-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31081 Upstream summary: USN-5520-1 fixed a vulnerability in HTTP-Daemon. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It […]

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Common Problems 119024

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS GRUB Rescue Prompt After Disk Changes

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 7 May 2022 📖 ~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 117071

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – OOM killer terminates critical services under load – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 7 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 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 Use PostgreSQL with Your Ruby on Rails Application on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use PostgreSQL with Your Ruby on Rails Application on Ubuntu 18.04

A PostgreSQL database is a robust and flexible choice for your Ruby on Rails application. In this tutorial, you will set up a Ruby on Rails development environment connected to a PostgreSQL database on an Ubuntu 18.04 server. You will install and configure PostgreSQL, and then test your setup by creating a Rails application that uses PostgreSQL as its database server.

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Common Problems 119103

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS cannot resolve hostnames after reboot

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 May 2022 📖 ~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 117101

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – systemd service fails at boot because of missing dependency unit – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 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 Use the cloud provider API v2 with Ansible 2.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use the cloud provider API v2 with Ansible 2.0 on Ubuntu 16.04

Ansible 2.0 has recently been released, and with it comes support for version 2 of the cloud provider API. This means that you can use Ansible to not only provision your web applications, but also to provision and manage your Droplets automatically. This tutorial will show by example how to use Ansible’s support of the cloud provider API v2.

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