Terminal command to find and replace
In many terminal text editors, you use find command as reference in Terminal commands - find. How about find and replace. This action depends on the specific text editor you're using in the terminal. Here are a few common terminal text editors and how you can find and replace strings within them:
Vim
To find: Press / followed by the search term and then Enter.
Resolving CVE-2022-48624 less issue
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.
Adding Solr to an existing certificate so it would run from https
In an environment that is running
- Ubuntu 20.02
- Nginx
- Solr
The default Nginx conf is located /etc/nginx/sites-available/
and contains something similar to:
Additional security updates can be applied with ESM Apps
Adding SSL wildcard certificate to Ubuntu running Nginx
Adding an SSL wildcard certificate to an Ubuntu server involves several steps. A wildcard certificate can secure subdomains of a domain with a single certificate. Here's a general outline of the process:
I'll be using an existing wildcard certificate.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
ckan.ini issues
Focusing on the ckan.ini file (/etc/ckan/default/ckan.ini). When I run the commands to recreate the database tables for CKAN:
cd /usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan
ckan -c /etc/ckan/default/ckan.ini db init
The response I'm getting is:
server 500 error - 'Internal server error' on Nginx
Finding the issue with a server 500 error
The Nginx error logs are showing too much detail.
Nginx logs and test
There are no errors in the nginx log and sudo nginx -t looks fine
sudo nginx -t
Response
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
Listening to services running that use port 80
Listen in on the ports being used on your server. To do so, run the command
netstat -a | grep tcp
If netstat is not install, then you'll be prompted to run the install script
sudo apt install net-tools
Response
nginx 13: Permission denied and pread() /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ckan failed (21: Is a directory)
How to set up password authentication with Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04
Goal: Restrict content access through username and password entry on an Nginx server.
1: Apache Utilities Package
First, update your server’s package index:
sudo apt update
Check if the utilities package exists in your environment by executing the command
dpkg --get-selections | grep apache
Response: