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 277 views
devops Advanced

Advanced Nomad job templates and deployment strategies with rolling updates and canary deployments

Master production-grade Nomad job templates with HCL syntax, implement rolling updates with health checks, and deploy advanced blue-green and canary deployment patterns for resilient containerized workloads.

45 min 4 distros 351 views
security Advanced

Configure advanced Consul ACL policies for production security hardening

Set up comprehensive Consul Access Control Lists with bootstrap tokens, role-based permissions, and secure inter-node communication for production environments. This tutorial covers ACL system initialization, policy creation, and agent token configuration.

35 min 4 distros 302 views
devops Intermediate

Integrate Consul with Kubernetes service discovery and automatic configuration

Set up Consul for dynamic service discovery in Kubernetes clusters with automatic service registration, health checks, and configuration management for microservices orchestration.

45 min 4 distros 221 views
monitoring Advanced

Set up Jaeger multi-datacenter replication for disaster recovery and high availability

Configure Jaeger distributed tracing with multi-datacenter replication for high availability and disaster recovery. Learn to set up primary and secondary datacenters with automated failover and cross-region data synchronization.

90 min 4 distros 428 views
databases Intermediate

Configure MongoDB 8.0 backup automation with systemd timers and compression

Set up automated MongoDB 8.0 backups with systemd timers, compression, and retention policies. Includes monitoring and alerting for backup failures across Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux systems.

45 min 4 distros 274 views
monitoring Intermediate

Configure Nagios SNMP monitoring for network devices with automated discovery and templates

Set up comprehensive SNMP monitoring in Nagios Core with automated network device discovery, custom templates for switches and routers, and real-time alerting for network infrastructure monitoring.

45 min 4 distros 352 views
monitoring Advanced

Implement OpenTelemetry distributed context propagation across microservices with automatic instrumentation

Set up comprehensive distributed tracing across microservices using OpenTelemetry with automatic context propagation, trace correlation headers, and framework-specific auto-instrumentation for Python, Java, and Node.js applications.

45 min 4 distros 491 views
databases Intermediate

Implement automated ClickHouse backups with S3 storage and monitoring

Set up automated backup solutions for ClickHouse databases with S3 storage, retention policies, and monitoring alerts. This tutorial covers backup tool installation, S3 configuration, scheduling with systemd timers, and health monitoring.

45 min 4 distros 316 views
security Intermediate

Implement encryption for Consul backups using GPG with automated snapshots and secure storage

Learn to create encrypted Consul backups using GPG encryption with automated snapshot scripts, secure key management, and remote storage integration for production disaster recovery.

45 min 4 distros 426 views
networking Intermediate

Implement SNMP device auto-discovery with network scanning and automated inventory management

Set up automated SNMP device discovery using nmap network scanning and Python scripts for dynamic inventory management. Integrate with Zabbix and Grafana for comprehensive network monitoring and visualization.

45 min 4 distros 620 views
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 648 views

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