I'm trying to understand what a solid offboarding process looks like for a small engineering team. Right now, we have SSH keys on multiple servers, shared database passwords,…
I'm trying to understand what a practical offboarding process looks like for a small team without a dedicated security person. When a developer or contractor leaves, there may…
I need to manage seven Ubuntu 22 servers running a MERN application in a load-balanced setup. The infrastructure will include a local machine acting as the Ansible control…
I manage seven Ubuntu 22.04 servers running a MERN application in a load-balanced setup. The servers handle sensitive data, and I'm considering using Ansible to automate administration and…
My organization uses Windows Defender and, overall, it has performed well. We have not enabled its ransomware protection feature yet, and I'm trying to decide whether it is…
My organization uses Windows Defender and overall it seems solid, but I'd like to get a better sense of how well it works in server environments. I'm particularly…
I recently started working at an organization with several in-house servers running WSFC and business applications. A third-party support provider installed and configured NetXMS on those systems as…
I inherited responsibility for a handful of VPS instances after a coworker left. The current setup relies heavily on undocumented cron jobs and tribal knowledge, and I want…
My domain is hosted on a bare-metal Debian server, and DNS still resolves to the server's public IP. A few months ago, changes to the site stopped appearing…
I was excited to try Linux, including a security-focused distribution, because of its customization, performance, privacy, and usefulness for coding. However, critiques from several security researchers raised concerns…
Is anyone running an AI agent alongside production Docker services to inspect logs, investigate errors, and possibly execute commands when something goes wrong? The idea would be for…
I'm trying to standardize the deployment and hardening process for new Windows Server 2025 domains. I've been testing Microsoft OSConfig, but it appears to require manual application on…
I want to set up a home server and network that can handle four main jobs: centralized file storage, media streaming, backups, and basic network security. I'm starting…
I'm dealing with a serious issue after a recent data breach where a hacker managed to delete backups from our servers. We use a Windows Remote Desktop Connection…
Hey everyone! I hope you're having a great Friday! I've been assigned to set up a straightforward IP camera solution for our server cage at the CoLo due…
I've just discovered a suspicious binary running on my server that's been active for at least 22 hours. It's located at /root/GZ5pBwko/cCxf and is running various commands. While…
I've been dealing with unwanted traffic hitting my web servers, and it's all coming from Microsoft IP addresses. When I block one IP, they just switch to another…
I work with a company that has about five servers and multiple services for which we have dedicated usernames. I usually log in as root and then use…
Hey everyone, I'm pretty new to SysAdmin and Linux, and I really need some guidance. I've got a few critical questions that I'd love some help with. 1)…
I'm currently working as a full stack developer and recently took on a side project that involves using a VPS from DigitalOcean for development. My primary job involves…