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Remove Google Authenticator from Plesk web server via SSH

Issue

CentOS Web Server Plesk Admin Panel is protected by 2 factor authentication using Google Authenticator. After replacing/losing the phone you can no longer generate the requested verification code.

Read more: Remove Google Authenticator from Plesk web server via SSH

The secret passphrase in configuration (blowfish_secret) is too short

Issue

phpMyAdmin running on CentOS 7 LAMP server shows following warning after logging in:

The secret passphrase in configuration (blowfish_secret) is too short.

Read more: The secret passphrase in configuration (blowfish_secret) is too short

CentOS 7 - check version and install updates

Check Linux version and other system info: hostnamectl


Check CentOS version: rpm --query centos-release

Read more: CentOS 7 - check version and install updates

Upgrading Netgear ReadyNAS Pro 6 from RAIDiator 4.X to ReadyNAS OS 6.X

Legacy Netgear ReadyNAS models do not officially support the new ReadyNAS OS 6. Luckily is pretty straightforward to upgrade most of X86 based legacy ReadyNAS devices from RAIDiator 4.2 to ReadyNAS OS 6 unofficially. Needless to say, this is completely unsupported by Netgear and proceed at your own risk.

There are bunch of threads about this on Netgear Forums, but basic instructions can be found here.

Read more: Upgrading Netgear ReadyNAS Pro 6 from RAIDiator 4.X to ReadyNAS OS 6.X

  1. Plesk Onyx - FTP users can't write to some subfolder inside httpdocs
  2. LinScsi: SCSILinuxAbortCommands: 1843: Failed, Driver MPT SAS Host, for vmhba2
  3. Installing and enabling PEAR Mail on 1&1 Plesk VPS
  4. Plesk on CentOS - FTP server (ProFTPd) not working in passive mode
  5. Backup MySQL database using cron and php
  6. Edit Subversion (SVN) commit comments (Synology NAS SVN server)
  7. DELL iDRAC goes down during LiveDVD firmware update
  8. Update DELL iDRAC 6 Firmware via Web GUI
  9. Lifecycle Controller - The updates you are tying to apply are not Dell-authorized updates
  10. VMware ESXi Datastore doesn't mount automatically after reboot

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