Category: Linux System

This is where i blog stuffs purely on Linux operating system.

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Some tips with Ansible Modules for managing OS and Application

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In the year 2016, I published some articles on Ansible: Getting started with Ansible deployment, which provide some guides to get started with Ansible, setting up the SSH key and other basic stuffs. Another article is about LVM configuration on [Read More…]

Linux System

Debugging disk issues with blktrace, blkparse, btrace and btt in Linux environment

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blktrace is a block layer IO tracing mechanism which provides detailed information about request queue operations up to user space. There are three major components: a kernel component, a utility to record the i/o trace information for the kernel to [Read More…]

Linux System Security

Linux memory analysis with Lime and Volatility

Lime is a Loadable Kernel Module (LKM) which allows for volatile memory acquisition from Linux and Linux-based devices, such as Android. This makes LiME unique as it is the first tool that allows for full memory captures on Android devices. [Read More…]

Linux System Security

Auditing Linux Operating System with Lynis

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Auditing a Linux System is one of the most important aspect when it comes to security. After deploying a simple Centos 7 Linux machine on virtual box, I made an audit using Lynis. It is amazing how many tiny flaws [Read More…]

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Securing MySQL traffic with Stunnel in a jail environment on CentOS

Stunnel is a program by Michal Trojnara that allows you to encrypt arbitrary TCP connections inside SSL. Stunnel can also allow you to secure non-SSL aware daemons and protocols (like POP, IMAP, LDAP, etc) by having Stunnel provide the encryption, [Read More…]