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
Linux
System administration, shell scripting, package management
Hosting & Servers
Web servers, reverse proxies, SSL, domains
Security
Firewalls, hardening, encryption, access control
Performance
Caching, optimization, profiling, load testing
Databases
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, backups, replication
Networking
DNS, load balancing, VPN, TCP/IP, routing
DevOps
CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, automation
Monitoring
Logging, alerting, metrics, observability
Most viewed
Install and configure Deno for web development with systemd and reverse proxy
hostingInstall and configure Uptime Kuma for website monitoring with SSL and email alerts
monitoringFix apt update E: Repository no longer has a Release file
linuxInstall and configure Caddy web server with automatic HTTPS and reverse proxy
hostingInstall and configure TimescaleDB with PostgreSQL for high-performance time-series data
databasesRecently published
Set up automated MariaDB Galera cluster backups with compression
databasesConfigure MariaDB ColumnStore for high-performance analytics workloads
databasesImplement Kibana 8 custom threat hunting dashboards for security incident response
monitoringConfigure Logstash 8 security pipelines with threat intelligence enrichment
monitoringConfigure Ansible Vault integration with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management
devopsConfigure TimescaleDB automated data retention policies for efficient storage management
Set up automated data retention and compression policies in TimescaleDB to optimize storage usage and maintain database performance. Learn to configure drop_chunks and compression policies with monitoring.
Set up TimescaleDB clustering for high availability with automatic failover
Configure a production-ready TimescaleDB cluster with streaming replication, automatic failover using Patroni, and etcd for distributed consensus to ensure zero-downtime operation of your time-series database.
Install and configure TimescaleDB with PostgreSQL for high-performance time-series data
Learn how to install TimescaleDB extension on PostgreSQL for handling time-series data at scale. This tutorial covers hypertables setup, compression policies, performance tuning, and security hardening with SSL.
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
At their desk in Rotterdam 15:23 · reachable in a message, no ticket form