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

Configure Linux performance monitoring with collectd and InfluxDB 1.8 for real-time metrics collection

Set up comprehensive system monitoring using collectd to collect performance metrics and InfluxDB 1.8 as a time-series database backend. This tutorial covers installation, configuration, and retention policies for production monitoring environments.

25 min 4 distros 735 views
monitoring Intermediate

Set up Prometheus and Grafana monitoring stack with Docker compose

Deploy a complete Prometheus and Grafana monitoring stack using Docker Compose with persistent storage, custom dashboards, and alerting rules for production monitoring.

25 min 4 distros 734 views
databases Intermediate

Configure Redis Sentinel for high availability and automatic failover

Set up Redis Sentinel to monitor Redis master-replica deployments and automatically handle failover scenarios. This tutorial covers configuring a 3-node Sentinel cluster with quorum-based decision making for production-grade high availability.

25 min 4 distros 721 views
databases Advanced

Configure ZooKeeper for ClickHouse replication with multi-node cluster setup

Set up a production-ready ZooKeeper ensemble to enable ClickHouse replication across multiple nodes. This tutorial covers ZooKeeper cluster configuration, ClickHouse integration, security hardening, and failover testing.

45 min 4 distros 499 views
security Advanced

Configure Apache Airflow LDAP authentication and RBAC with Active Directory integration

Configure Apache Airflow with LDAP authentication against Active Directory, implement role-based access control (RBAC), and set up secure user group management for enterprise environments.

45 min 4 distros 676 views
monitoring Intermediate

Install and configure Jaeger for distributed tracing with Elasticsearch backend

Set up Jaeger distributed tracing system with Elasticsearch storage backend for microservices monitoring. Configure collector, query service, and UI with SSL security and performance optimization.

45 min 6 distros 599 views
monitoring Intermediate

Install and configure Fluentd for centralized log collection with multi-format parsing

Set up Fluentd with td-agent for enterprise-grade log collection, custom parsers, and multi-destination routing. Configure SSL, performance optimization, and security hardening for production environments.

45 min 6 distros 641 views
devops Intermediate

Install and configure Nomad for container orchestration with Consul integration

Set up HashiCorp Nomad cluster with Consul service discovery for production container orchestration. Learn job scheduling, ACL security, TLS encryption, and monitoring deployment.

25 min 6 distros 622 views
devops Intermediate

Install and configure Apache Airflow with PostgreSQL backend and secure production deployment

Learn to deploy Apache Airflow in production with PostgreSQL backend, systemd services, SSL/TLS encryption, and security hardening for enterprise workflow orchestration.

45 min 6 distros 755 views
devops Intermediate

Install and configure SonarQube for code quality analysis with PostgreSQL and SSL

Set up SonarQube Community Edition with PostgreSQL database backend, SSL/TLS encryption, and CI/CD integration for comprehensive static code analysis and security scanning.

45 min 6 distros 555 views
security Intermediate

Install and configure Keycloak for enterprise authentication with clustering

Set up Keycloak as an enterprise identity provider with PostgreSQL backend, SSL encryption, and high availability clustering for OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and SAML authentication across your organization.

45 min 6 distros 543 views
databases Intermediate

Install and configure ClickHouse for high-performance analytics with clustering

Set up ClickHouse OLAP database with clustering support for real-time analytics workloads. Configure distributed tables, security, SSL encryption, and monitoring for production environments.

45 min 6 distros 499 views

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