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Common Problems 117520

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Throughput Drops on High Bandwidth Links

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 December 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 Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04

Nginx is one of the most popular web servers in the world and is responsible for hosting some of the largest and highest-traffic sites on the internet. It is more resource-friendly than Apache in most cases and can be used as a web server or a reverse proxy. In this guide,…

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — ppp — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 December 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4451-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15704 CVE-2020-8597 CVE-2018-11574 Upstream summary: Thomas Chauchefoin working with Trend Micro´s Zero Day Initiative, discovered that ppp incorrectly handled module loading. A local attacker could use this […]

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

How To Install Jenkins on Ubuntu 16.04

Jenkins is an open source automation server intended to automate repetitive technical tasks involved in the continuous integration and delivery of software. Jenkins is Java-based and can be installed from Ubuntu packages or by downloading and running its Web application ARchive…

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Common Problems 118128

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Cron Jobs Stop Running Due to PAM or Permission Changes

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 December 2020 Affected versions: 18.04 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 117406

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – unattended-upgrades causes sustained CPU usage – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 December 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 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 Install Node.js on Ubuntu (Step-by-Step Guide) — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Node.js on Ubuntu (Step-by-Step Guide)

In this guide, we will show you four different ways of getting Node.js installed on an Ubuntu server: using apt to install the nodejs package from Ubuntu’s default software repository, using apt with an alternate PPA software repository to install specific versions of the nodejs package, installing the Node Version Manager and using it to install and manage multiple versions of Node.js, and installing Node.js from source

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

How To Install Git on Ubuntu

Learn how to install Git on Ubuntu step by step. This guide covers installation via apt, verifying Git, and configuring user settings for version control.

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How To Create a High Availability HAProxy Setup with Corosync, Pacemaker, and Reserved IPs on Ubuntu 14.04 — Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Create a High Availability HAProxy Setup with Corosync, Pacemaker, and Reserved IPs on Ubuntu 14.04

This tutorial will show you how to create a High Availability HAProxy load balancer setup on the cloud provider, with the support of a Floating IP and the Corosync/Pacemaker cluster stack. The HAProxy load balancers will each be configured to split traffic between two backend application servers. If the primary load balancer goes down, the Floating IP will be moved to the secondary load balancer automatically, allowing service to resume.

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