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How to Configure Kubernetes Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes on RHEL 8

• August 21, 2019
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Stateful applications running in Kubernetes — databases, content management systems, message queues — need storage that persists beyond the lifecycle of any individual pod. Kubernetes solves this through two complementary abstractions: PersistentVolumes (PV), which represent actual storage capacity provisioned by an administrator or a storage provider, and PersistentVolumeClaims (PVC), which are requests for storage made […]

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How to Set Up Prometheus Windows Exporter on Windows Server 2012 R2

• August 17, 2019
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How to Set Up Prometheus Windows Exporter on Windows Server 2012 R2 The Prometheus Windows Exporter (formerly known as wmi_exporter) is an open-source metrics collection agent that exposes Windows performance counters, WMI data, and system metrics in the Prometheus exposition format over HTTP. This makes Windows Server 2012 R2 natively scrapable by Prometheus, enabling integration […]

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How to Set Up Varnish Cache as a Reverse Proxy on RHEL 7

• August 14, 2019
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How to Set Up Varnish Cache as a Reverse Proxy on RHEL 7 Varnish Cache is a high-performance HTTP reverse proxy and caching accelerator designed to sit in front of your web server. When a visitor requests a page, Varnish checks whether it holds a fresh cached copy. If it does, the response is served […]

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HTTP Service Starts but SELinux Blocks Outbound Connection

• August 13, 2019
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 August 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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How to Configure Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon) on Windows Server 2019

• August 13, 2019
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Introduction to Windows Performance Monitor on Windows Server 2019 Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon) is a built-in Windows Server 2019 tool that provides real-time and historical monitoring of hundreds of system performance counters, including CPU, memory, disk, network, and application-specific metrics. Perfmon supports Data Collector Sets for capturing performance data over time, which is invaluable for […]

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How to Configure NTLM Authentication on Windows Server 2016

• August 12, 2019
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How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 NTLM Authentication NTLM (NT LAN Manager) is a challenge-response authentication protocol that predates Kerberos in the Windows ecosystem. While Kerberos is the preferred authentication protocol in Windows Server 2016 Active Directory environments, NTLM is still used in several scenarios: when clients connect using IP addresses instead of DNS […]

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How to Deploy a Ruby on Rails Application on RHEL 8

• August 10, 2019
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Ruby on Rails is a full-stack web framework that prioritises convention over configuration, making it possible to stand up a production-ready application in minutes. Deploying Rails on RHEL 8 involves generating the application, running database migrations, serving it through the built-in Puma application server, and placing Nginx in front as a reverse proxy. This tutorial […]

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How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on FreeBSD 12

• August 9, 2019
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Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up configure nginx as a reverse proxy on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from […]

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Nginx 502 Bad Gateway with PHP-FPM

• August 8, 2019
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 8 August 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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How to Harden Windows Server 2012 R2 with CIS Benchmark Guidelines

• August 8, 2019
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How to Harden Windows Server 2012 R2 with CIS Benchmark Guidelines The Center for Internet Security (CIS) publishes detailed hardening benchmarks for every major operating system, including Windows Server 2012 R2. Implementing the CIS Benchmark reduces your attack surface by disabling unnecessary services, tightening authentication policies, restricting dangerous protocols, and ensuring audit logging captures security-relevant […]

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