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.

databases Advanced

Configure MariaDB ColumnStore for high-performance analytics workloads

Deploy and tune MariaDB ColumnStore for columnar analytics, covering single-node and multi-node cluster setup, table design, memory tuning, bulk loading with cpimport, and cluster health monitoring.

45 min 4 distros 15 views
monitoring Advanced

Implement Thanos Ruler for distributed alerting and recording rules across Prometheus clusters

Deploy Thanos Ruler to evaluate recording and alerting rules across multiple Prometheus clusters, integrate it with Alertmanager and S3-compatible storage, and run it in HA mode with deduplication.

60 min 4 distros 167 views
monitoring Advanced

Set up Thanos Query and Compactor for distributed metrics querying

Deploy Thanos Sidecar, Query, and Compactor to unify multiple Prometheus instances into a single global query view with long-term S3-backed storage. Covers deduplication, TLS, and production troubleshooting.

75 min 4 distros 179 views
networking Advanced

Configure HAProxy with Consul for dynamic service discovery and automatic backend updates

Build a self-updating load balancer by integrating HAProxy with Consul service discovery, consul-template, and health checks so backends register and deregister automatically without manual reloads.

75 min 4 distros 291 views
security Advanced

Implement HAProxy WAF integration with ModSecurity 3 for advanced threat protection

Deploy ModSecurity 3 as a Stream Processing Offload Agent in front of HAProxy to inspect HTTP traffic with the OWASP Core Rule Set. This tutorial covers SPOA compilation, SPOE filter configuration, detection versus blocking modes, and production tuning.

75 min 4 distros 348 views
networking Intermediate

Set up HAProxy SSL termination with Let's Encrypt certificates

Learn how to terminate SSL/TLS at HAProxy using Let's Encrypt certificates, redirect HTTP to HTTPS, automate renewal with deploy hooks, and harden your cipher suites for production load balancing.

35 min 4 distros 638 views
networking Advanced

Configure HAProxy with Consul for dynamic service discovery

Learn how to combine HAProxy, Consul and consul-template to build a self-updating load balancer that discovers backends automatically, reacts to health checks, and reloads without downtime.

50 min 4 distros 571 views
devops Advanced

Configure Kubernetes secrets management with External Secrets Operator and HashiCorp Vault

Learn how to deploy External Secrets Operator on Kubernetes, integrate it with HashiCorp Vault using the Kubernetes auth method, and sync secrets via SecretStore and ClusterSecretStore resources with production-grade RBAC and monitoring.

75 min 4 distros 572 views
security Advanced

Configure Jaeger authentication with OAuth2 and RBAC for enterprise security

Set up enterprise-grade authentication for Jaeger distributed tracing using OAuth2 with Keycloak integration and role-based access control policies for secure production deployments.

45 min 4 distros 784 views
monitoring Intermediate

Configure NTP monitoring with Grafana dashboards and Prometheus alerting

Set up comprehensive time synchronization monitoring using chrony, Prometheus node exporter, and custom Grafana dashboards with alerting for time drift and NTP service failures.

25 min 4 distros 1,055 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 717 views
devops Advanced

Implement Kubernetes secrets management with HashiCorp Vault integration

Set up HashiCorp Vault with Kubernetes to dynamically inject secrets into pods using the Vault Secrets Operator. This tutorial covers authentication configuration, operator deployment, and automated secret injection with annotations.

45 min 4 distros 987 views

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