by Visakh S | Aug 26, 2015 | Apache, Docker, Server Administration, Server Management
If you are an early adopter of Docker, chances are that you are running it on a popular distro like Red Hat, CentOS or Ubuntu. This was the case with a few web application systems we managed. We soon realized that the extra services that CentOS ran just ate up...
by Visakh S | Aug 14, 2015 | Docker, Server Administration
DevOps engineers have come to rely on configuration management tools like Puppet, SaltStack, Chef and Ansible for faster deployments and minimizing errors. However, the quest for the perfect deployment solution is still on. As is the fate of any code, Puppet...
by Visakh S | Aug 5, 2015 | cPanel, Server Administration
On July 1st, ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) sent out a notification that it may not be able to give out IPv4 blocks of larger than 512 addresses. This officially makes the decade old prediction of IPv4 running out a reality, and makes it necessary for...
by Visakh S | Jul 31, 2015 | Server Administration
On 28th July Internet Systems Consortium announced a critical vulnerability (CVE-2015-5477) in all BIND DNS server versions from 9.1.0 to 9.9.7-P1 and 9.10.2-P2. It allows a remote attacker to exploit an error in handling TKEY queries to launch a Denial of Service...
by Visakh S | Jul 24, 2015 | cPanel, DirectAdmin, Plesk, Server Administration
Qualys reported on 23rd July an important root privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2015-3246), and DoS attack vulnerability (CVE-2015-3245) for Linux servers using RedHat’s libuser package. Here’s how you can protect your cPanel, Plesk and DirectAdmin...
by Visakh S | Jul 18, 2015 | Server Administration, Technical Support
In our role as Outsourced Tech Support for web hosts, trouble-shooting and maintaining IIS web servers is something our engineers do on a regular basis. We’ve seen that, in Windows dedicated servers and VPS, users sometimes request assistance in troubleshooting...
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