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

Set up keepalived cluster monitoring with Prometheus alerts and Grafana dashboards

Configure comprehensive monitoring for keepalived VRRP clusters using Prometheus metrics collection, alerting rules for failover events, and Grafana dashboards for high availability visualization.

45 min 4 distros 853 views
databases Advanced

Configure MinIO high availability clustering for production with multi-node setup and automatic failover

Set up a production-ready MinIO cluster with multiple nodes, erasure coding, and automatic failover. This tutorial covers distributed mode configuration, load balancing with SSL termination, and health monitoring for enterprise object storage.

45 min 4 distros 1,022 views
linux Intermediate

Configure system backup automation with BorgBackup and systemd timers

Set up automated, deduplicated backups with BorgBackup and systemd timers for reliable system protection. This tutorial covers installation, repository setup with encryption, automated scheduling, and monitoring for production environments.

45 min 4 distros 851 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 1,163 views
monitoring Intermediate

Configure Linux system performance monitoring with sar and sysstat for real-time metrics collection

Set up comprehensive system performance monitoring using sar and sysstat to collect CPU, memory, disk I/O, and network metrics with automated reporting and custom alerting for production Linux servers.

25 min 4 distros 1,365 views
devops Intermediate

Configure Deno application clustering with load balancing for high availability

Set up Deno application clustering with worker threads and HAProxy load balancing for production-grade high availability deployments. Configure health checks, monitoring, and automatic failover mechanisms.

45 min 4 distros 881 views
monitoring Intermediate

Set up network monitoring with Nagios Core 4.5 and SNMP for infrastructure alerting

Configure Nagios Core 4.5 with SNMP monitoring to track network devices, servers, and services with automated alerting. Set up custom monitoring templates, notification systems, and dashboards for comprehensive infrastructure visibility.

45 min 4 distros 1,139 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 868 views
devops Intermediate

Implement Deno WebSocket real-time applications with clustering and production deployment

Build production-ready real-time WebSocket applications with Deno, implementing clustering for high availability, SSL termination, and comprehensive monitoring for scalable messaging systems.

45 min 4 distros 833 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 705 views
devops Intermediate

Setup Kubernetes Ingress NGINX with cert-manager for automated SSL certificates

Learn to deploy NGINX Ingress Controller with cert-manager for automatic SSL certificate provisioning and renewal using Let's Encrypt in production Kubernetes clusters.

35 min 4 distros 897 views
monitoring Intermediate

Set up distributed tracing for Node.js and Python microservices with OpenTelemetry and Jaeger

Configure end-to-end distributed tracing across Node.js and Python microservices using OpenTelemetry instrumentation and Jaeger backend with Elasticsearch for centralized trace collection and analysis.

45 min 4 distros 729 views

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