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Data Management and Analytics 6 Jun 2025 NebulaGraph: Unlocking the Power of Graph Databases for Complex Data Relationships Data AnalyticsNEB
Data Management and Analytics 6 Jun 2025 ClickHouse: A High-Performance Open-Source Database for Real-Time Analytics Data AnalyticsCLI
Infrastructure and Network 30 May 2025 Empowering Secure Remote Device Management with MeshCentral: Self-Hosted, Scalable, and Privacy-First Control Networking
Data Management and Analytics 16 May 2025 Apache Solr: Powering the World’s Most Demanding Search Applications Data AnalyticsAPA
DevOps 16 May 2025 PocketBase: A Lightweight Backend in Your Pocket Developer ToolsPOC
DevOps 16 May 2025 Filestash: A Modern, User-Friendly Interface for Managing All Your Files Developer ToolsFIL
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3 May 2025 Securing Open-Source Applications with Hossted: Proven Strategies for Maximum Protection

Open-source software solutions are at the heart of innovation, offering businesses customizable, flexible, and cost-effective alternatives. As companies continue shifting towards cloud-based environments for application deployment, ensuring the security of these solutions has become more critical than ever. Hossted provides a comprehensive framework to safeguard open-source applications, addressing security, high availability, and ongoing support challenges. […]

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8 Jan 2025 Efficient Deployment and Management with Hossted VM Solutions

Why Choose the Hossted Instant Deployment Solution? Enterprises that rely on open-source applications often struggle with deployment, maintenance, and support, leading to operational complexity and resource-intensive management. Hossted solves these challenges by offering an instant deployment virtual machine with built-in self-monitoring, AI-powered insights, and enterprise-grade support. With Hossted Instant Deployment Solution, IT and DevOps teams […]

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25 Jan 2024 The Future of Open Source Software Management: Why Hossted is the Answer

In today’s digital age, open-source software (OSS) has become the backbone of many technological infrastructures. From startups to Fortune 500 companies, everyone is leveraging the power of open-source technologies. The reasons are clear: OSS offers flexibility, transparency, and a collaborative approach to software development. However, as with all good things, there are challenges that come […]

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27 Dec 2023 Hardened Images: Part 2: What exactly does that mean, and how does it work?

Ambiguity IT managers today are developing a soft spot for hardened images. The prospect of strengthening software images against continuously emerging vulnerabilities and cyber threats is an attractive one. We discussed in part one of this topic, the growing need for the hardening process in order to combat security threats to today’s companies. There’s just one question: […]

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27 Dec 2023 Hardened Images: Part 1: Why exactly are they needed?

Docker container images contain the code, runtime, system tools, system libraries and settings needed to run an application. According to the developer delivery platform, Section.io, Docker’s microservices architecture, its compatibility and cost effectiveness are among the reasons why Docker has become “the most wanted technology,” and has become “massively popular.” Ensuring the integrity of Docker […]

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26 Dec 2023 Shedding Light on the Darker Side of Open Source

Nobody wants to hear about the shortcomings of the hero, the champion, the savior of the story. It puts a real damper on the euphoria and the buzz generated by this spellbinding person of the hour. In many ways, open source software is the darling of the IT world. Crowds of fans tout the dramatic […]

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How To
8 May 2025 How to Deploy Hossted VM App on GCP How To
10 Jan 2025 How to configure a domain for Hossted VM application How To
22 Oct 2024 How to authorise through AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) How To
17 Oct 2024 How to Deploy Hossted Kubernetes App on AWS How To
7 Oct 2024 How to Deploy Hossted Kubernetes App on Azure Marketplace How To
20 Dec 2023 Microservices development and CI-CD with dockers and git-submodules — GS3D How To
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16 Jun 2025 DevOps
Spring Framework: Reflected File Download via Unsanitized Filename in Content-Disposition Header

In Spring Framework versions 6.0.5 to 6.0.28, 6.1.0 to 6.1.20 and 6.2.0 to 6.2.7 a medium severity vulnerability CVE-2025-41234 was detected. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform reflected file download (RFD) attacks by injecting malicious commands through unsanitized user input passed to `ContentDisposition.Builder#filename(String, Charset)` using a non-ASCII charset. To address this issue, users should upgrade Spring Framework to versions 6.0.29 (Commercial), 6.1.21 or 6.2.8. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41234.

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16 Jun 2025 DevOps
GitLab CE/EE: Denial of Service via Improper Input Validation in Token Names

In GitLab CE/EE versions from 8.7 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4 and 18.0 before 18.0.2 a medium severity vulnerability CVE-2025-1516 was detected. This vulnerability allows attackers to trigger a denial of service due to improper input validation in token names. To address this issue, users should upgrade GitLab CE/EE to versions 17.10.8, 17.11.4 or 18.0.2. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1516.

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16 Jun 2025 DevOps
GitLab CE/EE: Denial of Service via Improper Input Validation in Board Names

In GitLab CE/EE versions from 8.13 before 17.10.7, 17.11 before 17.11.3 and 18.0 before 18.0.1 a medium severity vulnerability CVE-2025-1478 was detected. This vulnerability allows attackers to trigger a denial of service due to lack of input validation in board names. To address this issue, users should upgrade GitLab CE/EE to versions 17.10.7, 17.11.3 or 18.0.1. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1478.

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16 Jun 2025 DevOps
GitLab CE/EE: Infinite Redirect Loop Leading to Denial of Service

In GitLab CE/EE versions from 17.7 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4 and 18.0 before 18.0.2 a high severity vulnerability CVE-2025-0673 was detected. This vulnerability allows attackers to trigger an infinite redirect loop, potentially leading to a denial of service condition. To address this issue, users should upgrade GitLab CE/EE to versions 17.10.8, 17.11.4 or 18.0.2. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0673.

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16 Jun 2025 DevOps
GitLab EE: Private Repository Clone Possible via Race Condition on Out-of-Sync Secondary Node

In GitLab EE versions prior to 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4 and 18.0 before 18.0.2 a medium severity vulnerability CVE-2024-9512 was detected. This vulnerability allows attackers to clone a private repository due to a race condition when a secondary node is out of sync. To address this issue, users should upgrade GitLab EE to versions 17.10.8, 17.11.4 or 18.0.2. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9512.

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13 Jun 2025 DevOps
GitLab: DoS via Improper Input Validation in HTTP Responses

In GitLab CE/EE versions from 2.1.0 up to and including 17.10.7, 17.11.0 to 17.11.3 and 18.0.0 to 18.0.1 a medium severity vulnerability CVE-2025-5996 was detected. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service due to insufficient input validation in HTTP responses. To address this issue, users should upgrade GitLab CE/EE to versions 17.10.8, 17.11.4 or 18.0.2. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5996.

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Case Studies
16 Jun 2025 Resolving File Descriptor Exhaustion in PostgreSQL with Patroni HA Cluster

Problem: The client encountered a persistent issue related to file descriptor exhaustion on their PostgreSQL version 15 database, running on a Patroni High Availability cluster with RHEL 8.10. The PostgreSQL logs frequently reported the error: “out of file descriptors: Too many open files; release and retry” during database operations. Although the client had significantly increased […]

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13 Jun 2025 Implementing Quorum-Based Semi-Synchronous Replication in PostgreSQL with Patroni

Problem: The client implemented Patroni High Availability PostgreSQL clusters using PostgreSQL version 15. The current configuration consisted of two-node clusters: one primary node and one replica node, with asynchronous replication between them. The client requested a more durable replication setup that would be resilient to operating system crashes, while maintaining high database performance, as the […]

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2 Jun 2025 Implementing SSL and High Availability in a Multi-Node OpenSearch Cluster

Problem: A financial services client encountered critical SSL-related errors while deploying a two-node OpenSearch 1.3.6 cluster for high availability. Despite both nodes appearing operational, accessing indices or interacting with the cluster through a Java application resulted in errors such as: SSLHandshakeException: Insufficient buffer remaining for AEAD cipher fragment IBMCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path […]

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30 May 2025 Troubleshooting and Securing Access to Cassandra from SRE and EC2 Nodes

Problem: The client was operating a 5-node Apache Cassandra cluster (version 4.1.5) and needed to establish secure access to the database from both an SRE server and an EC2 server. While basic connectivity (e.g., telnet) between the source and Cassandra target nodes was verified, direct access to Cassandra using cqlsh was unsuccessful. The client sought […]

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28 May 2025 Renaming a Kubernetes Control-Plane Node in a Production Cluster

Problem: A telecommunications customer operating a production Kubernetes cluster deployed via Kubespray encountered an infrastructure challenge. One of their original control-plane nodes (kz-bss-k8om01) had previously failed and was replaced with a new node named kz-bss-k8om04. Later, the client requested to rename this node back to its original FQDN (kz-bss-k8om01) and ideally retain the original IP […]

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26 May 2025 Resolving Cassandra Backup Failures Due to Priam Incompatibility

Problem: The client encountered a failure while attempting to run a Cassandra backup using Commvault on their QAT cluster. The backup process failed with a 500 HTTP error originating from the local Priam REST endpoint: HTTP ERROR 500 Problem accessing /REST/v1/cassadmin/info. Reason: Commvault support traced the issue to the Priam service and advised the client […]

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