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 Prometheus Alertmanager with Slack integration for team notifications

Set up Prometheus Alertmanager to route alerts to Slack channels with custom notification rules. Configure alerting rules, webhook integration, and team-based routing for production monitoring workflows.

25 min 4 distros 109 views
monitoring Advanced

Configure advanced SNMP alerting with Prometheus Alertmanager for network monitoring

Set up comprehensive SNMP monitoring with Prometheus exporters and create intelligent alerting rules in Alertmanager to proactively monitor network devices, interfaces, and performance metrics.

45 min 4 distros 62 views
monitoring Intermediate

Implement Node.js application monitoring with Prometheus metrics collection and Grafana dashboards

Set up comprehensive Node.js application monitoring with Prometheus metrics collection, custom performance tracking, and Grafana dashboards for real-time observability and alerting.

45 min 4 distros 61 views
performance Advanced

Configure Nginx Redis cluster caching for high availability and performance optimization

Set up Nginx with Redis cluster caching to achieve high availability and optimized performance. This advanced configuration includes cluster setup, failover testing, and performance tuning for production environments.

45 min 4 distros 99 views
hosting Advanced

Implement NGINX Plus active health checks for enterprise environments

Configure NGINX Plus active health checks to automatically detect and remove unhealthy upstream servers, ensuring high availability and optimal load balancing for enterprise applications.

45 min 4 distros 76 views
monitoring Intermediate

Setup Prometheus Blackbox Exporter for endpoint monitoring with SSL and alerting

Configure Prometheus Blackbox Exporter to monitor HTTP endpoints, SSL certificates, and DNS resolution with automated alerting rules and Grafana dashboards.

25 min 4 distros 156 views
monitoring Intermediate

Configure Prometheus alerting with AlertManager notifications and webhook integration

Set up AlertManager to handle Prometheus alerts with email, Slack, and webhook notifications. Configure alerting rules, notification channels, and test the complete alerting pipeline.

25 min 4 distros 160 views
monitoring Intermediate

Configure Nagios custom plugins development for specialized monitoring requirements

Learn to develop custom Nagios plugins for specialized monitoring requirements including setting up the development environment, writing check scripts in multiple languages, and integrating them into your Nagios Core monitoring infrastructure.

45 min 4 distros 140 views
monitoring Intermediate

Monitor system time drift with Prometheus and Grafana alerts

Set up comprehensive time synchronization monitoring with Prometheus node exporter metrics, Grafana dashboards, and automated alerting to prevent system clock drift issues in production environments.

45 min 4 distros 143 views
monitoring Intermediate

Configure Prometheus Blackbox Exporter for endpoint monitoring with SSL and alerting

Set up Prometheus Blackbox Exporter to monitor HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, and ICMP endpoints with SSL certificate validation and automated alerting for comprehensive uptime monitoring.

25 min 4 distros 189 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 873 views

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