Infrastructure tutorials

Production-grade guides for Linux, servers, security and performance. Copy-paste commands, multi-distro support, written by engineers who run this in production.

monitoring Intermediate

Setup Node.js error tracking with Sentry for production monitoring and debugging

Configure Sentry error tracking for Node.js applications with PM2 process management, automated error reporting, and production-ready alerting to catch and debug issues before they affect users.

25 min 4 distros 34 views
security Intermediate

Implement Docker network security with custom bridge networks and container isolation

Secure your Docker deployments by creating isolated custom bridge networks, implementing container segmentation, and configuring network access controls to prevent unauthorized communication between containers.

25 min 4 distros 53 views
security Intermediate

Implement Network Time Security (NTS) for encrypted time synchronization with chrony

Set up Network Time Security (NTS) with chrony to provide cryptographically authenticated and encrypted time synchronization, protecting against time-based attacks and ensuring secure clock synchronization across your infrastructure.

25 min 4 distros 75 views
monitoring Advanced

Configure advanced Jaeger sampling strategies for high-traffic environments

Configure probabilistic, adaptive, and remote sampling strategies for Jaeger distributed tracing to optimize performance and storage costs in high-throughput production environments while maintaining observability.

45 min 4 distros 104 views
monitoring Intermediate

Configure Jaeger distributed tracing on Kubernetes cluster with Helm charts and Elasticsearch backend

Deploy Jaeger distributed tracing on Kubernetes using Helm charts with Elasticsearch backend storage. Configure ingress, SSL certificates, and Prometheus integration for production-ready distributed tracing observability.

45 min 4 distros 105 views
devops Advanced

Configure Spark on Kubernetes with cluster autoscaling for dynamic workloads

Deploy Apache Spark 3.5 on Kubernetes with automatic cluster scaling, dynamic resource allocation, and comprehensive monitoring for production data processing workloads.

45 min 4 distros 211 views
monitoring Intermediate

Configure Jaeger alerting with Prometheus and Grafana for distributed tracing observability

Set up comprehensive monitoring and alerting for Jaeger distributed tracing using Prometheus metrics collection and Grafana dashboards with automated alerts for trace performance issues.

45 min 4 distros 73 views
devops Advanced

Set up Spark Streaming with Kafka and Delta Lake for real-time analytics

Configure Apache Spark 3.5 with Kafka integration and Delta Lake support for building production-grade real-time analytics pipelines with ACID transactions and streaming capabilities.

45 min 4 distros 179 views
performance Advanced

Implement Spark SQL performance optimization with Catalyst optimizer and advanced tuning

Optimize Apache Spark 3.5 SQL performance using Catalyst optimizer with advanced query tuning, adaptive query execution, and production-grade configuration for high-throughput analytics workloads.

45 min 4 distros 109 views
monitoring Intermediate

Configure MariaDB 11.6 performance monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana dashboards

Set up comprehensive MariaDB monitoring with mysqld_exporter, Prometheus metrics collection, and custom Grafana dashboards for database performance insights and alerting.

35 min 4 distros 103 views
monitoring Intermediate

Configure PM2 log rotation and advanced monitoring with Prometheus integration

Set up comprehensive PM2 monitoring with automated log rotation, Prometheus metrics, cluster mode management, and production-ready health checks for Node.js applications.

45 min 4 distros 79 views
databases Advanced

Configure MariaDB Galera cluster for multi-master replication with automatic failover

Set up a highly available MariaDB Galera cluster with multi-master replication and automatic failover for production database workloads. This tutorial covers cluster initialization, node configuration, and monitoring setup across multiple servers.

45 min 4 distros 119 views

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