selinux

Updating WordPress on CentOS with enabled SELinux

In my earlier post I explained how to install WordPress on CentOS. It's all good until you get the first update notification for WordPress itself: But if you click on…

noobient 2019-02-281

SELinux woes with Tomcat on CentOS 7.6

Following up on my previous hurdles, here's what happened after upgrading to CentOS 7.6. We use PostgreSQL primarily, but also some MSSQL and MySQL. With 7.6, Red Hat quietly decided…

noobient 2019-01-23No Comments

MariaDB fails to start after snapshot restore on Vultr

I had to restore from snapshot, because JetPack messed up my WordPress installation. Unfortunately, after the restore my website looked like this: Error establishing a database connection Gee, that's nice.…

noobient 2018-08-19No Comments

Installing GitBucket with PostgreSQL and Tomcat on CentOS 7

Preamble When it comes to on-premises Git hosting, GitBucket is definitely my current favorite. It has monthly updates, LDAP authentication, email notifications, forks, wikis, issues, pull requests, inline commenting, public…

noobient 2018-01-18No Comments

Silent SELinux denies on CentOS

You do something, and it won’t work. In this example it’s Tomcat trying to delete a file. You already wrote an SELinux module to allow reads, but now you need…

noobient 2017-11-08No Comments

CentOS 7 done right on Linode

Linode Account Sign up to Linode. You’ll have to top up your account with at least $5 and your account will be manually reviewed, too. To me it took around…

noobient 2017-10-05No Comments

SELinux woes with Tomcat on CentOS 7.4

Update: make sure to check out the relevant post for CentOS 7.6, too! Preamble After the SELinux Crash Course it’s time to put that knowledge to good use. Keep that…

noobient 2017-10-021