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.

networking Advanced

Implement Consul multi-datacenter replication with WAN federation

Set up Consul WAN federation to replicate services and configuration across multiple datacenters with ACL token replication, health monitoring, and automatic failover capabilities.

45 min 4 distros 535 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 483 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 570 views
security Advanced

Implement Istio security scanning and vulnerability management for Kubernetes service mesh

Set up comprehensive security scanning and vulnerability management for Istio service mesh using Trivy, Falco, and security policies to protect Kubernetes workloads from threats and compliance violations.

45 min 4 distros 469 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 508 views
monitoring Advanced

Implement Alertmanager high availability clustering with automatic failover and load balancing

Set up a production-grade Alertmanager cluster with gossip protocol for high availability, automatic failover, and load balancing. Ensure your monitoring alerts remain operational even when individual nodes fail.

45 min 4 distros 666 views
devops Intermediate

Set up GitLab CI/CD with Kubernetes runners for scalable deployments

Configure GitLab Runner with Kubernetes executor to automatically scale CI/CD workloads. Set up RBAC permissions, deploy pipelines to Kubernetes clusters, and implement resource management policies for efficient container orchestration.

45 min 4 distros 529 views
monitoring Advanced

Configure advanced SNMP alerting with Prometheus Alertmanager for network monitoring

Set up comprehensive SNMP monitoring with Prometheus exporters and create intelligent alerting rules in Alertmanager to proactively monitor network devices, interfaces, and performance metrics.

45 min 4 distros 544 views
monitoring Intermediate

Set up centralized logging with Winston and Elasticsearch for Node.js applications

Configure Winston logging in Node.js with Elasticsearch transport for centralized log aggregation, monitoring, and analysis using Kibana dashboards.

45 min 4 distros 436 views
performance Advanced

Configure Nginx Redis cluster caching for high availability and performance optimization

Set up Nginx with Redis cluster caching to achieve high availability and optimized performance. This advanced configuration includes cluster setup, failover testing, and performance tuning for production environments.

45 min 4 distros 548 views
monitoring Intermediate

Configure custom SNMP MIBs for vendor-specific monitoring with SNMP v2c and v3

Learn to install and configure custom vendor MIB files for specialized network device monitoring using both SNMP v2c and v3 protocols with authentication and encryption.

45 min 4 distros 671 views
monitoring Intermediate

Setup Prometheus Blackbox Exporter for endpoint monitoring with SSL and alerting

Configure Prometheus Blackbox Exporter to monitor HTTP endpoints, SSL certificates, and DNS resolution with automated alerting rules and Grafana dashboards.

25 min 4 distros 1,382 views

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