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.

Browse by topic

Most viewed

Install and configure Deno for web development with systemd and reverse proxy

hosting
10,973

Fix apt update E: Repository no longer has a Release file

linux
8,418

Install and configure Uptime Kuma for website monitoring with SSL and email alerts

monitoring
6,882

Install and configure Caddy web server with automatic HTTPS and reverse proxy

hosting
6,058

Install and configure TimescaleDB with PostgreSQL for high-performance time-series data

databases
5,534

Recently published

Check disk space usage on Linux with df and du commands

linux
1 day ago

Find and kill processes using a specific port on Linux

linux
5 days ago

Fix PostgreSQL FATAL sorry, too many clients already

linux
1 week ago

Configure Istio multi-cluster disaster recovery and automated failover

devops
2 weeks ago

Set up automated MariaDB Galera cluster backups with compression

databases
1 month ago
"ssl-termination" × Clear all
databases Advanced

Set up MariaDB Galera Cluster 11.6 for multi-master replication with automatic failover

Configure a production-ready MariaDB Galera cluster with three nodes for multi-master replication, automatic failover, and SSL encryption. Includes HAProxy load balancing and comprehensive monitoring for high availability database operations.

45 min 4 distros 2,112 views
networking Intermediate

Implement HAProxy SSL termination with Let's Encrypt certificates for secure load balancing

Configure HAProxy to handle SSL termination with automated Let's Encrypt certificates, enabling secure HTTPS load balancing across multiple backend servers. This setup reduces CPU load on backend servers while providing centralized SSL certificate management.

45 min 4 distros 2,100 views
security Intermediate

Implement HAProxy rate limiting and DDoS protection with advanced security rules

Configure HAProxy with comprehensive rate limiting, connection throttling, and DDoS protection using stick tables, ACLs, and advanced security rules to protect your applications from malicious traffic and ensure service availability.

45 min 4 distros 2,440 views
monitoring Intermediate

Monitor HAProxy and Consul with Prometheus and Grafana dashboards

Configure comprehensive monitoring for HAProxy load balancer and Consul service discovery using Prometheus metrics collection and Grafana visualization dashboards. This tutorial covers setting up exporters, configuring scraping targets, and creating production-ready monitoring dashboards.

45 min 4 distros 2,279 views
networking Intermediate

Configure NGINX load balancing with health checks and automatic failover

Set up NGINX as a load balancer with upstream servers, active health checks, and automatic failover capabilities. This tutorial covers round-robin, least-connections, and IP-hash load balancing methods with real-time backend monitoring.

25 min 4 distros 2,444 views
performance Intermediate

Optimize Nginx caching performance with Redis backend and memory tuning for high-traffic websites

Supercharge your web application performance by integrating Redis as a caching backend for Nginx using lua-resty-redis. This tutorial covers Redis memory optimization, Nginx worker tuning, and comprehensive performance testing for production environments.

45 min 6 distros 2,063 views
performance Intermediate

Optimize HAProxy performance with connection pooling and advanced load balancing algorithms

Configure HAProxy with connection pooling, advanced load balancing algorithms, and performance tuning for high-throughput workloads. Learn to implement least-conn, URI hashing, and buffer optimization.

25 min 6 distros 3,117 views
networking Intermediate

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

Set up HAProxy with Consul integration for automatic service discovery, health checking, and dynamic backend updates. This tutorial covers consul-template configuration for zero-downtime scaling and failover in microservices architectures.

35 min 4 distros 2,305 views
security Intermediate

Configure NGINX rate limiting and DDoS protection with advanced security rules

Learn to configure production-grade NGINX rate limiting and DDoS protection with multiple security zones, advanced rules, and real-time monitoring to protect your web applications from malicious traffic and resource exhaustion attacks.

45 min 4 distros 1,877 views

Don't want to manage this yourself?

We handle infrastructure for businesses that depend on uptime. Fully managed, with one fixed contact who knows your setup.

You get one fixed contact who knows your setup

Rotterdam 09:11 · reachable in a message, no ticket form

+31 10 477 5362 WhatsApp