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.

hosting Advanced

Configure Jetty clustering and session replication for high availability

Set up Eclipse Jetty 12 in a clustered configuration with session replication across multiple nodes. This tutorial covers installation, clustering setup with JDBC session persistence, load balancer integration, and production monitoring for high-availability web applications.

45 min 4 distros 161 views
databases Advanced

Configure Cassandra SSL encryption and authentication with security hardening

Set up comprehensive SSL/TLS encryption for Apache Cassandra with client-to-node and node-to-node security, certificate management, and production-grade authentication hardening.

45 min 4 distros 176 views
security Intermediate

Configure OSSEC vulnerability detection with CVE scanning and automated security alerts

Set up OSSEC Host Intrusion Detection System with vulnerability scanning capabilities, CVE database integration, and automated alerting for comprehensive security monitoring across your infrastructure.

25 min 4 distros 148 views
security Advanced

Integrate OSSEC with Splunk for centralized security monitoring and log analysis

Set up OSSEC HIDS with Splunk Universal Forwarder to centralize security events, create monitoring dashboards, and enable real-time threat correlation across your infrastructure.

45 min 4 distros 140 views
hosting Intermediate

Configure NGINX SSL termination with Redis session storage

Set up NGINX as an SSL termination proxy with Redis backend for session storage, enabling scalable load balancing and persistent user sessions across multiple application servers.

45 min 4 distros 135 views
performance Advanced

Set up Varnish 7 cluster with load balancing across multiple backends

Configure a high-performance Varnish Cache 7 cluster with intelligent load balancing across multiple web servers, SSL termination, health monitoring, and shared cache synchronization for enterprise web acceleration.

45 min 4 distros 154 views
security Intermediate

Configure OSSEC active response for automated threat blocking

Set up OSSEC active response to automatically block threats by configuring firewall rules, custom response scripts, and tuning response actions for real-time intrusion prevention.

25 min 4 distros 201 views
databases Advanced

Configure CockroachDB 24.3 multi-region deployment with high availability clustering

Deploy CockroachDB across multiple regions with automated failover, data locality controls, and production-grade security. Includes replication zones, load balancing, and disaster recovery strategies.

45 min 4 distros 408 views
networking Intermediate

Configure keepalived with HAProxy backend health monitoring for high availability load balancing

Set up keepalived with HAProxy to create a high availability load balancer cluster with automatic failover, backend health monitoring, and VRRP protocol for seamless traffic distribution across multiple servers.

45 min 4 distros 156 views
security Intermediate

Set up ELK Stack for centralized ModSecurity log analysis and monitoring

Configure Elasticsearch 8, Logstash 8, and Kibana 8 to collect, parse, and visualize ModSecurity web application firewall logs from multiple servers for centralized security monitoring and threat detection.

45 min 4 distros 158 views
devops Intermediate

Deploy FastAPI applications with Docker Compose and production optimization

Learn to containerize FastAPI applications with Docker Compose, integrate PostgreSQL and Redis services, configure Nginx reverse proxy with SSL, and implement production monitoring for scalable microservices deployment.

45 min 4 distros 469 views
devops Intermediate

Configure container resource limits with Docker and systemd for production workloads

Learn to set memory, CPU, and I/O limits for Docker containers using both Docker runtime constraints and systemd service limits. Master cgroups v2 integration for bulletproof resource management in production environments.

25 min 4 distros 201 views

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