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Ansible 2.7 Deprecation Warning – apt and squash_actionsAnsible 2.7 Deprecation Warning – apt and squash_actions
Ansible 2.7 was released recently and along with it brought a new deprecation warning for the apt module: [code lang=text] ...
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GeoIP2 and NGINXGeoIP2 and NGINX
There are times when you want to configure your website to explicitly disallow access from certain countries, or only allow ...
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Not authorized to send Apple events to System EventsNot authorized to send Apple events to System Events
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