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

Set up NGINX monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana for web server observability

Monitor your NGINX web server performance and health with Prometheus metrics collection and Grafana dashboards. Set up comprehensive observability including request rates, response times, error tracking, and automated alerting for production web servers.

45 min 4 distros 972 views
monitoring Intermediate

Set up ELK stack alerting with Watcher and email notifications for monitoring and incident response

Configure Elasticsearch Watcher to monitor log data and automatically send email alerts when critical system events occur. Create sophisticated alert conditions, manage email notification templates, and set up automated incident response workflows.

45 min 4 distros 951 views
monitoring Advanced

Integrate OpenTelemetry with ELK stack for unified observability and distributed tracing

Set up a comprehensive observability stack by integrating OpenTelemetry Collector with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana for distributed tracing, metrics collection, and unified monitoring across microservices and applications.

45 min 4 distros 1,064 views
security Intermediate

Setup Nginx with ModSecurity 3 web application firewall for advanced threat protection

Configure Nginx with ModSecurity 3 and OWASP Core Rule Set to protect web applications against SQL injection, XSS, and other common attacks. This tutorial covers complete WAF setup with security rules, performance optimization, and threat testing.

45 min 4 distros 1,060 views
security Intermediate

Set up centralized logging with rsyslog and logrotate for security events

Configure a centralized rsyslog server to collect security events from multiple systems, implement automated log rotation with logrotate, and set up filtering and alerting for critical security incidents across your infrastructure.

45 min 4 distros 1,304 views
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 1,088 views
monitoring Intermediate

Monitor Elasticsearch cluster with Prometheus and Grafana dashboards

Set up comprehensive Elasticsearch cluster monitoring using Prometheus Elasticsearch Exporter and Grafana dashboards. Configure alerting rules for cluster health, performance metrics, and automated notifications.

45 min 4 distros 961 views
security Intermediate

Configure SonarQube LDAP authentication and user management with Active Directory integration

Set up enterprise user authentication for SonarQube using LDAP and Active Directory. Configure group mapping, role-based access control, and automated user provisioning for centralized identity management.

45 min 4 distros 1,133 views
security Advanced

Configure Kibana 8 advanced security with field-level restrictions and role-based access control

Implement comprehensive security controls in Kibana 8 with field-level restrictions, document-level security, and role-based access control for production Elasticsearch deployments.

45 min 4 distros 1,114 views
security Advanced

Configure SSL encryption and authentication for ClamAV cluster with high availability scanning

Set up a secure ClamAV cluster with SSL/TLS encryption, certificate-based authentication, and load balancing for enterprise-grade antivirus scanning. This tutorial covers SSL certificate generation, encrypted inter-node communication, and HAProxy SSL termination.

45 min 4 distros 1,053 views
monitoring Intermediate

Setup Elasticsearch monitoring with Metricbeat and Kibana dashboards

Monitor your Elasticsearch cluster performance with Metricbeat for comprehensive metrics collection and visualization through pre-built Kibana dashboards. This tutorial covers installation, configuration, and automated alerting.

25 min 4 distros 886 views
monitoring Intermediate

Set up log alerting with Fluentd and Prometheus Alertmanager for centralized monitoring

Configure Fluentd to collect and parse logs, integrate with Prometheus metrics collection, and set up Alertmanager for intelligent routing of log-based alerts to multiple notification channels.

45 min 4 distros 1,134 views

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