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.

security Advanced

Implement Consul ACL security and encryption for production deployments

Configure Consul's Access Control List (ACL) system with bootstrap tokens, implement TLS encryption for client-server communication, and enable gossip encryption to secure your Consul cluster for production environments with comprehensive authentication and authorization.

45 min 4 distros 1,416 views
monitoring Intermediate

Set up Redis monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana dashboards

Configure comprehensive Redis monitoring using Prometheus Redis Exporter and Grafana dashboards. Monitor Redis performance metrics, memory usage, connections, and replication status with automated alerts for production environments.

45 min 4 distros 1,453 views
networking Intermediate

Setup Caddy with Consul service discovery for dynamic load balancing

Configure Caddy web server to automatically discover backend services through Consul, enabling dynamic load balancing without manual configuration updates. This setup provides high availability and automatic failover for microservices architectures.

45 min 4 distros 1,095 views
monitoring Intermediate

Monitor HAProxy and Consul with Prometheus and Grafana dashboards

Configure comprehensive monitoring for HAProxy load balancer and Consul service discovery using Prometheus metrics collection and Grafana visualization dashboards. This tutorial covers setting up exporters, configuring scraping targets, and creating production-ready monitoring dashboards.

45 min 4 distros 1,447 views
monitoring Intermediate

Implement Airflow DAG monitoring with DataDog integration for production workflows

Set up comprehensive monitoring for Apache Airflow DAGs using DataDog integration. This tutorial covers DataDog agent installation, metrics collection configuration, custom dashboard creation, and alerting rules for production workflow observability.

45 min 4 distros 1,052 views
databases Intermediate

Install and configure ScyllaDB cluster with replication and performance tuning

Set up a production-ready ScyllaDB cluster with multi-node configuration, automatic replication, and performance optimization. ScyllaDB provides 10x better performance than Cassandra with drop-in compatibility.

45 min 6 distros 1,331 views
databases Intermediate

Configure Apache Cassandra cluster with multi-node setup and performance optimization

Set up a production-ready Apache Cassandra cluster with multiple nodes, configure replication strategies, and optimize JVM settings and performance parameters for high-throughput distributed NoSQL workloads.

45 min 6 distros 1,066 views
networking Intermediate

Configure HAProxy with Consul for dynamic service discovery and automatic backend updates

Set up HAProxy with Consul integration for automatic service discovery, health checking, and dynamic backend updates. This tutorial covers consul-template configuration for zero-downtime scaling and failover in microservices architectures.

35 min 4 distros 1,478 views
devops Advanced

Configure Consul Connect service mesh with Envoy proxy for secure microservices communication

Set up Consul Connect service mesh with Envoy sidecar proxies to enable secure, encrypted service-to-service communication with mutual TLS authentication, traffic policies, and observability for your microservices architecture.

45 min 4 distros 1,326 views
devops Intermediate

Install and configure Nomad for container orchestration with Consul integration

Set up HashiCorp Nomad cluster with Consul service discovery for production container orchestration. Learn job scheduling, ACL security, TLS encryption, and monitoring deployment.

25 min 6 distros 1,368 views
devops Intermediate

Install and configure Consul for service discovery with clustering and security

Set up HashiCorp Consul for distributed service discovery with a secure three-node cluster, ACL authentication, and encrypted communication for production microservices environments.

45 min 6 distros 1,391 views
security Intermediate

Install and configure Vault for secrets management with high availability

Set up HashiCorp Vault with Consul backend for production-grade secrets management. Configure clustering, authentication, policies, and security hardening for enterprise environments.

45 min 6 distros 1,417 views

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