Traefik is a modern, cloud-native reverse proxy and load balancer that discovers routing rules dynamically from configuration files, Docker labels, or Kubernetes annotations — eliminating most of the manual virtual host configuration required by Nginx or Apache. Version 3 introduces improved middleware composition, better gRPC support, and enhanced ACME (Let’s Encrypt) certificate management. On RHEL […]
How to Deploy a .NET Application on RHEL 7 Microsoft’s .NET (formerly .NET Core) is a cross-platform, open-source runtime that runs on Linux, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. With Microsoft publishing an official yum repository for RHEL, installing .NET SDK and deploying web applications is straightforward and fully supported. In this tutorial, you will […]
The Linux Audit daemon (auditd) ships enabled by default on RHEL 8 and provides a kernel-level event logging subsystem capable of recording file access, system calls, user logins, and privilege escalation. Unlike application-level logging, audit records are written directly by the kernel and are tamper-evident, making them suitable for compliance frameworks such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, […]
How to Install and Use Helm on RHEL 7 Helm is the package manager for Kubernetes — often described as the “apt” or “yum” of the Kubernetes ecosystem. It allows you to define, install, and upgrade even the most complex Kubernetes applications using reusable templates called charts. A single Helm chart can encapsulate dozens of […]
Docker Engine is the industry-standard container platform that packages applications and their dependencies into portable, isolated containers. A Docker container bundles the application code, runtime, libraries, and configuration into a single image that runs identically on any Linux host with Docker installed, eliminating the “it works on my machine” problem. RHEL 9 does not include […]
SSH is the primary remote access method for Linux servers, making it a common target for brute-force attacks, credential stuffing, and exploitation attempts. On RHEL 9, the default OpenSSH configuration works out of the box but leaves several attack vectors open. Hardening your SSH server configuration significantly reduces the risk of unauthorized access and is […]
GoAccess is a fast, open-source real-time web log analyzer that runs entirely in the terminal or generates self-contained HTML reports without requiring a separate database or web framework. On RHEL 9, it can parse Nginx access logs in seconds to surface the metrics that matter most — unique visitors, top requested URLs, HTTP response code […]
GitHub Actions self-hosted runners allow running GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows on your own infrastructure instead of GitHub’s shared runners. This is essential when workflows need to: access private network resources (internal databases, Docker registries, Kubernetes clusters), use specialised hardware (GPUs, large memory), comply with data residency requirements, or reduce GitHub Actions billing costs for high-volume […]
How to Install Packer for Machine Image Automation on RHEL 7 Packer, developed by HashiCorp, is an open-source tool that enables you to create identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. Whether you are building AMIs for AWS, OVA files for VMware, or disk images for on-premises hypervisors, Packer automates the […]
ZFS is a combined file system and logical volume manager renowned for its data integrity guarantees, transparent compression, built-in snapshotting, and copy-on-write architecture. While ZFS is not included in the RHEL 8 kernel, the OpenZFS project provides compatible DKMS packages that build the kernel module on demand. This tutorial covers adding the OpenZFS repository, installing […]
