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 Advanced

Configure Logstash 8 security pipelines with threat intelligence enrichment

Build a production Logstash 8 pipeline that ingests firewall, IDS and syslog data, enriches events with MISP, AlienVault OTX and AbuseIPDB threat intel, and ships hardened IOC-enriched events to Elasticsearch.

75 min 4 distros 196 views
devops Advanced

Configure Ansible Vault integration with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management

Learn how to combine Ansible Vault with HashiCorp Vault using the community.hashi_vault collection, AppRole authentication, and least-privilege policies for production-grade secrets management in playbooks.

45 min 4 distros 265 views
monitoring Advanced

Configure Kubernetes network monitoring with Hubble and Cilium for traffic visibility

Enable Hubble on Cilium to get real-time eBPF-based flow visibility, deploy Hubble UI and Relay, and integrate flow metrics with Prometheus and Grafana for full Kubernetes network observability.

75 min 4 distros 375 views
devops Advanced

Implement Istio multi-cluster canary deployments and traffic splitting

Build a primary-remote Istio multi-cluster mesh with shared trust domain, then run progressive canary rollouts using DestinationRule subsets, weighted VirtualServices and metrics-based promotion across clusters.

90 min 4 distros 453 views
devops Advanced

Configure Kubernetes secrets management with External Secrets Operator and HashiCorp Vault

Learn how to deploy External Secrets Operator on Kubernetes, integrate it with HashiCorp Vault using the Kubernetes auth method, and sync secrets via SecretStore and ClusterSecretStore resources with production-grade RBAC and monitoring.

75 min 4 distros 655 views
devops Advanced

Integrate Jaeger with Istio service mesh for distributed tracing

Learn how to integrate Jaeger with Istio service mesh to get end-to-end distributed tracing across Kubernetes microservices, including sidecar injection, trace sampling, and ingress gateway access to the Jaeger UI.

60 min 4 distros 612 views
monitoring Advanced

Configure Consul Connect service mesh monitoring with distributed tracing

Set up comprehensive monitoring for Consul Connect service mesh with Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, Jaeger distributed tracing, and Envoy proxy observability for production-grade service mesh operations.

45 min 4 distros 1,653 views
devops Intermediate

Configure Kubernetes RBAC with service accounts and cluster roles for secure access control

Learn to implement Kubernetes Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) with service accounts, cluster roles, and role bindings for granular permissions and secure cluster access management.

25 min 4 distros 1,963 views
security Advanced

Implement Kubernetes security scanning with Falco and OPA Gatekeeper for runtime protection

Set up comprehensive Kubernetes security with Falco for runtime threat detection and OPA Gatekeeper for admission control policy enforcement. This tutorial covers installation, configuration, and custom security policies.

45 min 4 distros 897 views
monitoring Intermediate

Configure OpenTelemetry custom metrics for application monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana

Set up OpenTelemetry SDK to collect custom application metrics, export them to Prometheus for storage, and visualize performance data in Grafana dashboards with automated alerting.

45 min 4 distros 1,139 views
monitoring Advanced

Configure Jaeger with Elasticsearch backend security and encryption

Set up secure communication between Jaeger and Elasticsearch using TLS encryption, authentication, and production-grade security hardening for distributed tracing infrastructure.

45 min 4 distros 890 views
devops Intermediate

Implement Kubernetes RBAC with service accounts and role-based access control

Configure Kubernetes role-based access control (RBAC) with service accounts, roles, and role bindings to enforce secure access policies and namespace isolation in your cluster.

45 min 4 distros 1,107 views

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