Questions tagged [configuration]
Configuration is a general term that can refer to the arrangement of functional units according to their nature and characteristics. Also, it can refer to software configuration which more suitable for server-related topics.
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sql server max memory change event viewer log
In the Windows Event Viewer application, I see a record that the maximum memory value of SQL Server is reduced by 99%. After this process, we could not access the database from anywhere.
How can we ...
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How can I find out how Apache makes certain decisions?
As my Apache configuration gets more and more complex and there are many moving parts, it can be tricky to debug problems. Right now, I have a setup where a certain virtual host setup generates a 301 ...
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No DNS for root? [migrated]
It seems my configuration for root doesn't have access to DNS even though my lower-privileged user does.
$ ping google.com
PING google.com (142.251.32.110) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 142.251....
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How to configure client DNS parameters on an oracle 8 distribution?
Using an ansible playbook I add DNS addresses in linux distributions and I would like to know how to configure DNS clients on Oracle 8.
I tried to use the ansible playbook to configure them, I would ...
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How can I change the cipher suite on wpa_supplicant
I started to use wpa_supplicant to configure a MacSec connection with another computer, the problem is that there are several options that I do not find in the template of wpa_supplicant.
https://w1....
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Cannot figure out which NGINX config file is being used
Inside /etc/nginx/sites-available, I have a config file example with the following configuration:
server {
listen 443 ssl;
server_name php1.example.com php2.example.com;
ssl_certificate /...
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Microsoft Configuration Manager Issue
I cannot join the primary site to an existing hierarchy while installing Microsoft Configuration Manager. SQL and the SCCM Server are connected. Am I doing something wrong?
Problem with Configuration ...
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How can I prepend the sender IP on each line in Rsyslog, using the newer template() syntax?
I've run an rsyslog server at our organization for a decade or so now. When we get a new device we want to centralize the logging for, we point it at the rsyslog server's IP address and away it logs.
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Monit: exec a command but don't alert
I use monit to start a program when a webserver is not accessible.
.monitrc:
check host MyServer with address MyServer
if failed port 80 protocol http then exec "/home/michael/monit/...
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nginx always routes to first domain
I just had to setup my dev server (ubuntu 22.04 in case it matters) to get the networking adapter to work again; unfortunately forgot to backup my domain configurations.
I have three server blocks, ...
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Why dovecot use "postfix_accounts.users" to retrieve mail user information after username/password auth?
I had set up a mail server in my Rocky Linux 9.1 that comes with postfix, dovecot and mysql (refer to https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-setup-mail-server-on-centos/).
Every thing is updated. (...
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/~ URL pages will not load, but full path /.../..../ will load - security issu
I am pretty new to Apache - New sys admin that inherited a broken server and I've been slowly making it work.
We have the default directory that is hosting staff webpages and is working normally.
The ...
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NGINX + Wordpress Config: Install Wordpress under subfolder but with a separate root?
I have a problem which I came close to solving but last step failed me.
I have a WP install at www.example.com on Ubuntu/Nginx I have no issues there, I also wanted to have another installation for ...
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IIS Always Running Mode and Idle Time-Out
There's probably a pretty easy answer to it but I'm confused about the effect of "idle time-out" when we set the start mode to always running on IIS. Shouldn't the always running, prevent ...
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How do I make `ctr image pull` always use a custom `--hosts-dir` without specifying it in the command line?
I've got a custom file in /etc/containerd/certs.d/registry.at.my.company/hosts.toml that has some configuration set up for a local registry container running on my servers. This is working fine when I ...
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I have enabled authentication and still can connect without username and password to MongoDB
I have the following in my /etc/mongod.conf:
# set parameter options
setParameter:
enableLocalhostAuthBypass: false
# security options
security:
authorization: enabled
#keyFile: replace_me
I ...
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Trying to use HTTPS to multiple host ports
I'm trying to configure Nginx to serve my application on both port 443 and 5501 with SSL. I have the following Nginx configuration:
upstream pixel {
server pixel.example.com:8080 weight=1;
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Wireguard with VPS for mobile clients for all traffic routing
I have been trying to configure Wireguard as a VPN for accessing my home network which partially I have been successful. But I still am experiencing problems when trying to make two things happen.
I ...
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Traefik proxy splitting dynamic config file
i have questions about config files in Traefik. I would like to split my dynamic config file into multiples based services files.
_ The setup
I have a proxmox instance running a pfSense VM. All ...
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RAID 6, SSD Cache, Journaling, mdadm, LVM, Filesystem Strategies for Data Resiliance
I'm replacing a NAS server thats been in loyal service for almost a decade now. It will be repurposed as my offsite backup, but now I'm setting up a new NAS from scratch for homelab and need some ...
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Swap file is not recognized by the Ubuntu server
I've noticed that my Ubuntu server is using smaller swap file then there is available.
swapon shows 9GB swap file, but other commands show 1GB swap file
Some outputs:
swapon --show
NAME TYPE SIZE ...
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nginx routes to wrong domain (most of the time)
I have an nginx set up with four domains, including phpMyAdmin; and everything has been working finde until lately. Actually, I found out today, while I was running the updates on the machine (Ubuntu ...
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How do I set the timeout for the static health check of a Balancer Member of an Apache reverse proxy
I am trying to configure a reverse proxy. I currently have
<Proxy balancer://myset>
BalancerMember http://IP1:80 retry=4
BalancerMember http://IP1:80
Balancermember http://IP3:80
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Change Xorg Config Based on Graphics Configuration
Basically, we have a single OS that gets NFSRoot mounted everywhere, but the hardware being used can vary. We have a few different dual screen setups, some go through DVI KVMs and some go through DP ...
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Pubkey authentication not allowing to enter the server
I'm trying to access my server through SSH using pubkey authentication, but it's not working and I don't understand why. I've been around this same issue for 2 days now.
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04. All I ...
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How to change the batch size of pcp in linux kernel?
I increased the pcp->high via echo 8 > /proc/sys/vm/percpu_pagelist_fraction command, but the pcp->batch value still remains at 63.
vm stats threshold: 125
cpu: 383
count: 103931
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EUI Edge Router Load Balancing and Failover error
I unfortunately still have the problem that the Edge Router for some reason all the time uses VDSL and cellular at the same time without reason, although everything is configured as a failover so that ...
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What does `static:rest` in the Postfix configuration mean?
In the Postfix configuration line (main.cf)
smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = !ntlm, static:rest
what is the meaning of “static:rest”? While static: is explained in Postfix’ documentation as yielding the ...
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Sudo validates command line arguments via regular expression incorrectly
Let's say we have two users: alex and alexa. We want to allow alex to execute htop as root in order to see disk usage stats, but we do not want them to see other users' processes which root can do. ...
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Docker Postfix Admin bulk aliases, custom maps, and custom config files
I'm in the process migrating my bare metal postfix implementation over to docker to essentially upgrade my old box to a more docker/vm-centric server and hopefully add virtual domain support. I'm ...
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Config Wizard error in Rspamd on dkim step in Debian Bullseye
Using fresh Debian 11.7 installation I’m trying to setup RSpamd using configwizard, but in the last step of building the private key I got the following error:
Do you want to create privkey /var/lib/...
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Aide Does not Write aide.db After Successful Scan
I have installed aide on Ubuntu 22.04 and left the default configuration.
After it ran, I got an email report that indicates that everything went smooth. See the report below.
The /var/lib/aide/aide....
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host not found in "$server_listen_port" of the "listen" directive
With the following nginx config excerpt:
map $server_name $server_listen_port {
default 443;
localhost. 80;
localhost 80;
}
server {
server_name "${ENVIRONMENT_SERVER_NAME}.&...
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One nginx config for both local dev and production
I have a website with the following architecture:
Many services running as part of a docker stack
Fronted by single nginx as reverse proxy
nginx does HTTPS termination with certbot
Developed locally ...
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Disable TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.1 when generating certificates using openssl 1.1.1
I am struggling to implement a feature for my certificates. I am generating my certificates with OPENSSL 1.1.1.
I want to allow only TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3. The other protocols should not be possible (...
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In NGINX, is there a directive to limit the time it takes to establish new client connections?
In Nginx there's the client_header_timeout directive that sets a timeout for receiving the complete headers of an http request from a client. In the docs it is not specified if this timeout includes ...
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BIND "notify" packages over NATted networks possible?
I got a very specific issue: We got two DNS servers with networks being NATted to each other. Example: DNS master has 192.168.1.1 and it's NATted to another subnet 192.168.2.x using the gateway 192....
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Postfix - how can I post incoming email in a different inbox
I have successfully created 3 instances of postfix in kubernetes. Each instance checks if the user exists, passes the mail on to dovecot through the LMTP(rotocol) and dovecot saves the email in the ...
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Apache2 returns 403 for static file request on root
On my new Apache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu) Server installation, the SSL configuration in general runs well, having Tomcat apps proxied and working.
Still, the static file configuration for root does not work. ...
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How to configure fcgid.conf for Wt (Witty) C++ Web Application?
I am trying to configure fcgid.conf file for Wt (witty-web toolkit) for apache2 2.4 on Ubuntu 23. I found a config file for FastCGI (not fcgid) and convert commands to fcgid ones using apache2 web ...
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Reverse proxy returning 307 (redirect) when it shouldn't be
I'm trying to setup a reverse proxy to an application that I'm building. The application is split into two docker images. First is a web UI, which can be reached via https://example.com/
The second ...
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Make nginx accept requests only from a specific server
I want to configure an nginx server to accept HTTP requests only from a specific server.
I am not sure if this should be accomplished through the listen directive, or by using allow/deny rules in ...
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What is the INPUT_direct chain in firewalld?
In many firewalld config examples I see mention of the normal INPUT iptables chain, as well as one named INPUT_direct.
e.g.
$ sudo firewall-cmd --direct --add-rule ipv4 filter INPUT_direct 0 \
# etc....
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firewalld config without interface declaration
In my custom firewalld zone file, I defined various ports, and this:
<interface name="eth0"/>
The firewall works as expected, whether I include that or not.
Is it strictly necessary? ...
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DNS Suffix List is getting weird on Windows Server 2022
I had a look on my Windows Server 2022 template and figure out the following things:
If I run ipconfig /all, i can see there's 'test.local' as Global Suffix Search List and there's gael-test.net as ...
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Redis Stack Server - Cannot Change Data Dir (Docker/Kubernetes)
I am trying to get redis up and running in a Kubernetes environment. I’ve done many tutorials, read the documentation, etc. etc. I need to have the .rdb file and the .aof file(s) saved in a Persistent ...
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How do I configure a virtual server in nginx to listen only on IPv6
For my website I need effectively 3 domains:
example.domain: accessible via both IPv4 & IPv6
ipv4.example.domain: accessible via IPv4 only
ipv6.example.domain: accessible via IPv6 only
I tried ...
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Match different subpath in SSH config
I need to set a configuration for SSH keys related to the same domain but different subpath.
I'd like to have something like:
Host domain.com/sub1
Hostname domain.com/sub1
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Apache Server Config Set Headers Conditionally
I am trying to set cache age for 200 responses and no cache for rest of the calls.
I tried below config, which works fine when 200 OK response comes up and I can see max-age=800 in headers
But for ...
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Reordering Apache Output Filters
Is there a way to reorder the output filters for Apache 2.4? I am forced to use something like this because DEFLATE runs before SUBSTITUTE:
AddOutputFilterByType INFLATE;SUBSTITUTE;DEFLATE text/html
(...