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

Set up Elasticsearch 8 cross-cluster replication for disaster recovery and high availability

Configure Elasticsearch 8 cross-cluster replication (CCR) to replicate indices across multiple clusters for disaster recovery. This tutorial covers security setup, remote cluster connections, replication policies, and automated failover procedures.

45 min 4 distros 318 views
monitoring Advanced

Monitor MariaDB Galera cluster with Prometheus and Grafana for high availability insights

Configure comprehensive monitoring for MariaDB Galera clusters using Prometheus exporters and Grafana dashboards to track cluster health, replication status, and performance metrics with automated alerting for production environments.

45 min 4 distros 246 views
monitoring Advanced

Implement Thanos multi-cluster federation for global Prometheus metrics aggregation

Set up Thanos components across multiple Kubernetes clusters to enable global metrics federation, long-term storage, and unified querying of Prometheus data with high availability and unlimited retention.

45 min 4 distros 269 views
monitoring Intermediate

Set up OpenTelemetry metrics collection with Prometheus integration for distributed system monitoring

Configure OpenTelemetry Collector to gather metrics from distributed services and export them to Prometheus for comprehensive observability monitoring. This integration provides unified metrics collection across your microservices architecture.

25 min 4 distros 299 views
devops Intermediate

Integrate Redis 7 with microservices architecture for caching and session management

Set up Redis 7 as a centralized caching layer and session store for microservices, with service discovery integration and clustering for high availability. Configure distributed session management patterns and implement Redis clustering for horizontal scalability.

45 min 4 distros 353 views
monitoring Intermediate

Monitor Elasticsearch cluster with Prometheus and Grafana dashboards

Set up comprehensive Elasticsearch cluster monitoring using Prometheus Elasticsearch Exporter and Grafana dashboards. Configure alerting rules for cluster health, performance metrics, and automated notifications.

45 min 4 distros 263 views
monitoring Advanced

Set up keepalived cluster monitoring with Prometheus alerts and Grafana dashboards

Configure comprehensive monitoring for keepalived VRRP clusters using Prometheus metrics collection, alerting rules for failover events, and Grafana dashboards for high availability visualization.

45 min 4 distros 243 views
monitoring Advanced

Implement Prometheus federation for multi-cluster monitoring with centralized metrics aggregation

Set up hierarchical Prometheus federation to monitor multiple Kubernetes clusters with a central aggregation layer. Configure global and local Prometheus instances with federated scrape jobs, service discovery, and unified dashboards for enterprise-scale observability.

45 min 4 distros 305 views
databases Advanced

Configure MinIO high availability clustering for production with multi-node setup and automatic failover

Set up a production-ready MinIO cluster with multiple nodes, erasure coding, and automatic failover. This tutorial covers distributed mode configuration, load balancing with SSL termination, and health monitoring for enterprise object storage.

45 min 4 distros 397 views
monitoring Intermediate

Configure Linux system performance monitoring with sar and sysstat for real-time metrics collection

Set up comprehensive system performance monitoring using sar and sysstat to collect CPU, memory, disk I/O, and network metrics with automated reporting and custom alerting for production Linux servers.

25 min 4 distros 297 views
monitoring Intermediate

Set up ClickHouse monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana dashboards

Configure comprehensive ClickHouse monitoring using Prometheus for metrics collection and Grafana for visualization. Set up system metrics, query performance monitoring, and alerting rules for production ClickHouse deployments.

45 min 4 distros 455 views
devops Intermediate

Configure Deno application clustering with load balancing for high availability

Set up Deno application clustering with worker threads and HAProxy load balancing for production-grade high availability deployments. Configure health checks, monitoring, and automatic failover mechanisms.

45 min 4 distros 357 views

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