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• 0454 Scan your own code and containers in CI: Gitleaks, Semgrep and Trivy Set up a GitHub Actions workflow that runs Gitleaks, Semgrep and Trivy on every push of your own project, learn what each… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system Article Pipelines, runners & hooks · Security testing & CTF 15 Oct 2026
• 0401 Windows services, Task Scheduler and event logs from PowerShell Manage the three things Windows administrators touch most: query and restart services, create and inspect scheduled tasks, and search the event logs… Intermediate · Step by step · Windows Article PowerShell · Windows administration 15 Oct 2026
• 0402 Fix: WSL2 has no network or DNS does not resolve apt update hangs, ping works by IP but not by name, or nothing reaches the internet from Ubuntu while Windows is fine.… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Windows Article Windows administration · WSL 15 Oct 2026
• 0411 CORS explained, and how to fix the browser error The browser blocks a request from one origin to another unless the server allows it with Access-Control headers. Fix it in the… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system, Browser Article Making requests · Web servers & reverse proxies 15 Oct 2026
• 0414 HTTP headers you should set on every site The response headers that make a site safer and faster: HSTS, Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, frame protection, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy and Cache-Control, with Nginx and… Intermediate · Cheat sheet · Any system Article Making requests · Web servers & reverse proxies 15 Oct 2026
• 0374 Alert rules that do not wake you for nothing How to design alerts people trust: alert on symptoms not causes, use for durations, separate page from ticket severities, group and inhibit… Intermediate · Explains an idea · Any system Article Alerting & dashboards 15 Oct 2026
• 0380 GitHub Actions cheat sheet: triggers, matrix, secrets, caching The GitHub Actions syntax you reach for most, in copy-ready blocks: event triggers and filters, build matrices, secrets and permissions, dependency caching… Intermediate · Cheat sheet · Any system Article GitHub Actions 15 Oct 2026
• 0382 Fix: Resource not accessible by integration and other GitHub Actions permission errors A workflow step fails with Resource not accessible by integration, 403 on git push, or a GitHub CLI call is refused. The… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Any system Article GitHub Actions 15 Oct 2026
• 0346 The SSH config file: aliases, jump hosts and keys per server Reference for ~/.ssh/config: short names for servers, the right user, port and key per host, ProxyJump through a bastion, connection reuse and… Intermediate · Cheat sheet · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Keys & config · SSH 15 Oct 2026
• 0325 Fix: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate curl, git, pip or npm cannot chain the server's certificate to a root they trust. Usual causes: a corporate proxy that re-signs… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Common errors · Making requests · TLS & certificates 15 Oct 2026
• 0330 Write a Dockerfile: FROM, COPY, RUN, CMD and multi-stage builds How a Dockerfile turns into an image layer by layer, what the main instructions do, how to order them for fast rebuilds,… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Docker basics · Images & registries 15 Oct 2026
• 0331 docker compose for an app with a PostgreSQL database A compose.yaml that runs your application next to a PostgreSQL container, with a named volume for the data, a health check so… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Docker Compose · Install & connect 15 Oct 2026
• 0332 Tag, push and pull images with Docker Hub and other registries How image names map to registries, how to log in, tag and push an image to Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry or… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Images & registries 15 Oct 2026
• 0263 Build a notes REST API with plain Node.js: CRUD, validation, status codes and CORS Write a small JSON API for notes using only Node.js built-ins: create, read, update and delete, input validation, correct HTTP status codes,… Intermediate · Guided project · Any system Article Making requests · Node.js · Status codes 15 Oct 2026
• 0235 Fix: MongoServerSelectionError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017 Your app or tool tried to reach MongoDB on port 27017 and nothing accepted the connection. Usually mongod is not running, crashed… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Administration · Basics 15 Oct 2026
• 0250 Containerize a Node.js app and run it with PostgreSQL using Docker Compose Package a small Node.js web app in a multi-stage Docker image, then run it next to PostgreSQL with Docker Compose, named volumes,… Intermediate · Guided project · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Docker basics · Docker Compose · PostgreSQL 15 Oct 2026
• 0252 Package a web app as a Helm chart: create, test, install, upgrade and roll back Turn a small nginx web app into your own Helm chart, check it with lint and template, install it into a namespace,… Intermediate · Guided project · Any system Article Helm 15 Oct 2026
• 0253 Take an app to production on OpenShift: S2I build, TLS Route, storage, autoscaling and network policy Build a small Python app from Git with Source-to-Image on OpenShift or OKD, then add an HTTPS Route, config and secrets, storage,… Intermediate · Guided project · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Concepts · Deploying applications 15 Oct 2026
• 0225 Oracle Data Pump: export and import schemas with expdp and impdp Data Pump moves schemas, tables or whole databases between Oracle databases as dump files. Set up a directory object, export with expdp… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, Windows Article Administration · Backup with RMAN 15 Oct 2026
• 0226 Fix: ORA-12541: TNS:no listener The client reached the host but nothing was listening on that port. Start or fix the Oracle listener, or correct the host… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Linux, Windows Article Administration · Concepts & tools 15 Oct 2026
• 0227 Fix: ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied Oracle rejected the login. Check the password (case-sensitive), that you connect to the right PDB service, and whether the account is locked… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Any system Article Administration · Security & access 15 Oct 2026
• 0209 Fix: FATAL: password authentication failed for user PostgreSQL reached the server and found a matching pg_hba.conf rule, but the password check failed. Usually a wrong password, a role without… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Any system Article Roles & administration · Security & access 15 Oct 2026
• 0222 Connecting to Oracle: SQL*Plus, SQLcl, EZConnect, tnsnames.ora and the listener Clients reach an Oracle database through the listener, using an Easy Connect string or a tnsnames.ora alias. Here are the formats, the… Intermediate · Cheat sheet · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Administration · Concepts & tools 15 Oct 2026
• 0137 Helm basics: install a chart, override values, upgrade and roll back Helm installs packaged Kubernetes apps called charts. Learn to add a repository, install a release, customize it with values files, upgrade it… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system Article Helm 15 Oct 2026
• 0152 Build and deploy from source with oc new-app and Source-to-Image How oc new-app turns a Git repository or an image into a running app, how Source-to-Image and Docker builds are chosen, and… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system Article Deploying applications 15 Oct 2026
• 0153 Expose apps with OpenShift Routes: edge, passthrough and re-encrypt TLS A Route publishes a service on a host name through the OpenShift router. Learn when to use plain HTTP, edge, passthrough or… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system Article Deploying applications · Ingress & networking 15 Oct 2026
• 0154 OpenShift app configuration: environment, ConfigMaps, Secrets and persistent storage Set environment variables, load ConfigMaps and Secrets into a Deployment as variables or files, and give it persistent storage with a PersistentVolumeClaim,… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system Article Config, secrets & storage · Deploying applications 15 Oct 2026
• 0157 oc cheat sheet: everyday OpenShift CLI commands The oc commands you use every day, grouped by task: login and projects, apps and builds, routes, config, debugging, permissions and admin… Intermediate · Cheat sheet · Any system Article Deploying applications · Troubleshooting 15 Oct 2026
• 0161 Fix: Error from server (Forbidden): … is forbidden: User … cannot … in OpenShift oc refuses a command with Error from server (Forbidden). The message names the user, verb, resource and project. Learn how to read… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Any system Article Cluster administration · Troubleshooting 15 Oct 2026
• 0117 Configure the OCI CLI for Oracle Private Cloud Appliance 3.x Point the standard OCI CLI at a PCA 3.x Compute Enclave: create an API key, write ~/.oci/config with the appliance as the… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system Article Compute, networking & storage 15 Oct 2026
• 0118 Create a compute instance on PCA 3.x with the Compute Web UI or OCI CLI Launch a VM in the Private Cloud Appliance 3.x Compute Enclave: gather an image, shape, subnet and SSH key, then create the… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system Article Compute, networking & storage 15 Oct 2026
• 0119 PCA 3.x networking basics: create a VCN, subnets and security lists On Private Cloud Appliance 3.x, instances need a VCN and a subnet. Create them in the Compute Web UI or OCI CLI… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system Article Compute, networking & storage 15 Oct 2026
• 0120 Block volumes on PCA 3.x: create, attach and mount a data disk Add storage to a Private Cloud Appliance 3.x instance: create a block volume, attach it as paravirtualized, then format and mount it… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system Article Compute, networking & storage 15 Oct 2026
• 0121 PCA 3.x Service CLI basics: connecting and finding your way around The Service CLI administers the Private Cloud Appliance 3.x Service Enclave. Connect with SSH on port 30006 and use list, show, help,… Intermediate · Cheat sheet · Any system Article Administration & monitoring 15 Oct 2026
• 0074 pandas basics: read a CSV, filter rows and summarize with groupby Load a CSV into a pandas DataFrame, inspect it, filter rows with conditions, and compute totals per group, with the SQL equivalent… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system Article Data analysis · Files & automation 15 Oct 2026
• 0086 API authentication basics: API keys, Bearer tokens, and OAuth How APIs know who is calling: static API keys, Bearer tokens in the Authorization header, Basic auth, and a high-level tour of… Intermediate · Explains an idea · Any system Article Authentication 15 Oct 2026
• 0089 Fix: 413 Request Entity Too Large A server or proxy rejected your request because its body is bigger than the configured limit. Find which layer set the limit,… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Any system, Linux Article Status codes · Web frameworks 15 Oct 2026
• 0068 SQL joins explained: INNER, LEFT and finding rows with no match A join combines rows from two tables using a matching condition. INNER JOIN keeps only matches, LEFT JOIN keeps every row from… Intermediate · Explains an idea · Any system Article Joins 15 Oct 2026
• 0069 NULL in SQL: why = NULL never matches and how to handle missing values NULL means "unknown", so comparisons with it are neither true nor false. Use IS NULL, COALESCE and careful aggregates to avoid rows… Intermediate · Explains an idea · Any system Article Queries 15 Oct 2026
• 0071 Fix: column “x” must appear in the GROUP BY clause or be used in an aggregate function PostgreSQL rejects a grouped query that selects a column with more than one possible value per group. Add the column to GROUP… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Any system Article Queries 15 Oct 2026