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Andrew Fletcher
Managing files on a server often includes tasks like clearing logs or resetting configuration files. If you need to empty a file without deleting it, there are several quick and efficient methods to achieve this. Recently, during a review of log files, I noticed an unusually large file: access_ssl_log.processed, which was a substantial 8.77 GB. After reviewing and backing up the data, I needed to empty the file to free up space and maintain server performance. -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 667816325...
Andrew Fletcher
When managing a server or developing applications, particularly on an Ubuntu...
Andrew Fletcher
To review the content of files being generated in the /tmp directory on an...
Andrew Fletcher
A growing list of commands I've used and what they do in no specific order sudo...
Andrew Fletcher
When Solr is displaying results on the site, first step is to log in the server...
Andrew Fletcher
To resolve the CVE-2022-48624 vulnerability on Ubuntu using Nginx, it's crucial to understand that the issue lies within the "less" package, not Nginx itself. The vulnerability affects "less" before version 606, where close_altfile in filename.c in less omits shell_quote calls for LESSCLOSE, potentially allowing shell command injection. The current less version is 551, which is vulnerable. You'll need to upgrade "less" to a version at or beyond 606. CVE-2022-48624 close_altfile in filename.c in...
Andrew Fletcher
In many terminal text editors, you use find command as reference in Terminal...
Andrew Fletcher
In an environment that is running Ubuntu 20.02 Nginx Solr   The default...
Andrew Fletcher
You can perform the following steps: Check Apache Modules Apache Struts 2 is...
Andrew Fletcher
To use OpenAI to summarise text from a PDF using Python 3.11.6, you'll first...
Andrew Fletcher
Permission error Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/www/html/open-ai/summarise-ai.py", line 144, in <module> getfiles() File "/var/www/html/open-ai/summarise-ai.py", line 26, in getfiles summarise(filename) File "/var/www/html/open-ai/summarise-ai.py", line 105, in summarise savedata(filename, refine_outputs['output_text']) File "/var/www/html/open-ai/summarise-ai.py", line 118, in savedata with open(file_name, 'w') as json_file: ...
Andrew Fletcher
To set an environment variable on Ubuntu, can be achieved via a few options....
Andrew Fletcher
Whilst installing Python 3.11.6 and running the command 'sudo make altinstall',...
Andrew Fletcher
Ubuntu 20.04 comes with Python 3.8 installed.  If you run the update...
Andrew Fletcher
Adding an SSL wildcard certificate to an Ubuntu server involves several steps....