The Umask (User Mask) is a UNIX function that is used to control the permission bitmask applied to newly created files and folders.The Umask value is subtracted from the default permission value. The resulting value is then assigned as the permission bitmask to the newly created file or folder. Note : The default permission values … Read more
Static Files is a Django app that helps with serving static content. This tutorial is meant as a short and quick guide on how to configure your Django project to serve static based content.To achieve this we will configure Django (via settings.py) and Apache. Our example will be based on serving static content from the … Read more
Summary In order for Apache to serve your Django website WSGI is configured. The Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) defines a simple and universal interface between web servers and web applications or frameworks for the Python programming language (wikipedia). Note : The following steps are based on a Linux Centos based distro. The following steps within … Read more
Within this article we will look at the configuration steps required adding headers to your HTTP based traffic. The 2 headers we will look at are X-Forwarded-Proto and X-Forwarded-For. These headers are described below. X-Forwarded-Proto – Inserts the protocol used between the client and the intermediary device (such as the LoadBalancer). Typically used when protocol … Read more
Purpose The purpose of this document is to explain the configuration methods required to assign to a group-policy to a user based on their OU group. Summary The Cisco ASA firewall includes the ability to assign a user to a group policy based on their OU group. This is achieved via the use of the … Read more
Within this article we will describe the required steps for defining a specific passive FTP port range within IIS 7. First of all permit the necessary ports through your edge firewall. Typically you will only need to allow FTP (rather then the data channel ports as well) as most firewalls include a FTP inspection engine … Read more
The Brocade ADX offers a range of options for troubleshooting CSW (Content Switching) policies.Within this article we will look the main troubleshooting feature URL Debug and also provide the various show commands available when troubleshooting CSW. URL Debug The URL debug option allows you to debug the CSW policy flows based on a given IP. … Read more
Configuration Files /config/bigip.conf main configuration file containing objects for local application traffice such as pools, virtuals servers, pools etc. /config/bigip.license system licenses /config/bigip_base.conf networking components (bigpipe base load) not sync`d for HA setups. /config/bigip_local.conf stores virtuals servers for GTM /config/bigip_sys.conf stores the Linux/UNIX configuration objects /etc/alertd/alert.conf defines custom SNMP OID`s. UCS (User Configuration Set) A … Read more
The F5 LTM provides the ability to configure a HA (High-Availability) based setup. Configuring HA ensures that traffic is still processed even in the event of a failure (such as a software or hardware). Within this article we will explain and discuss a Active / Standby HA F5 setup. This allows one unit to pass … Read more
Below shows some of the main Juniper SRX commands available. All commands are provided with the necessary mode in which they should be run from. Configuration Commands replace pattern expr1 with expr # configuration mode find and replace string within configuration show | compare rollback {1..5} # configuration mode compare the current configuration against roll … Read more