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.

linux Intermediate

Configure network-attached storage backup with NFS and encryption

Set up an encrypted NFS backup server with automated backup scripts and performance monitoring. Configure LUKS encryption, NFS exports, and centralized backup management for secure enterprise storage.

45 min 4 distros 937 views
security Intermediate

Configure LDAP authentication for centralized user management with OpenLDAP and SSSD

Set up centralized user authentication using OpenLDAP server with SSSD client integration. Configure PAM and NSS for seamless login across multiple Linux systems with directory-based user management.

45 min 4 distros 1,132 views
security Intermediate

Configure Nagios Core 4.5 SSL certificates and security hardening with authentication controls

Secure your Nagios monitoring with SSL certificates, advanced authentication, and comprehensive access controls. This guide covers Let's Encrypt integration, web interface hardening, and security monitoring setup.

45 min 4 distros 839 views
monitoring Intermediate

Set up Nagios Core 4.5 distributed monitoring with NRPE for remote host checks

Configure Nagios Core server with NRPE agents for distributed monitoring across multiple servers. Set up remote host checks, service monitoring, and centralized alerting for comprehensive infrastructure oversight.

45 min 4 distros 887 views
networking Intermediate

Configure HAProxy load balancing with multiple backend servers

Set up HAProxy to distribute traffic across multiple backend servers with health checks, SSL termination, and automatic failover for high availability load balancing.

45 min 4 distros 2,818 views
databases Advanced

Optimize ScyllaDB performance for time-series data workloads with advanced configuration tuning

Configure ScyllaDB with specialized optimizations for time-series workloads including partitioning strategies, compaction settings, and memory tuning. Set up monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana for production performance insights.

45 min 4 distros 798 views
monitoring Intermediate

Monitor Jetty performance with JMX and Grafana dashboards

Set up comprehensive Jetty monitoring using JMX metrics collection with Prometheus JMX Exporter and visualize performance data through custom Grafana dashboards with automated alerting.

45 min 4 distros 929 views
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 776 views
networking Intermediate

Install and configure ntopng for comprehensive network monitoring with traffic analysis and real-time dashboards

Set up ntopng to monitor network traffic in real-time with detailed analytics, bandwidth monitoring, and customizable dashboards. Learn to configure interface monitoring, traffic analysis rules, and alerting for complete network visibility.

45 min 4 distros 1,433 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 842 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 1,131 views
databases Advanced

Set up PostgreSQL 17 streaming replication with PgBouncer connection pooling and load balancing

Configure PostgreSQL 17 streaming replication with automatic failover, PgBouncer connection pooling for performance optimization, and HAProxy load balancing for high availability database architecture.

45 min 4 distros 1,108 views

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