How to Install and Use Podman with Buildah on RHEL 7 As enterprises move away from Docker and toward daemonless container tools, Podman and Buildah have emerged as the preferred container toolkit on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Podman provides a Docker-compatible CLI for running containers without a background daemon, while Buildah specializes in constructing OCI-compliant […]
GlusterFS is a scalable, distributed file system that aggregates storage from multiple servers into a single, unified namespace accessible over the network. Unlike block-level solutions such as iSCSI or Ceph, GlusterFS operates at the file level and requires no metadata server, making it straightforward to deploy and maintain. On RHEL 9, GlusterFS is available through […]
How to Install k3s Lightweight Kubernetes on RHEL 7 k3s is a certified, production-ready Kubernetes distribution engineered for resource-constrained environments. Developed by Rancher Labs (now part of SUSE), it packages the entire Kubernetes control plane into a single binary under 100 MB, includes Traefik as a built-in ingress controller, and removes legacy or alpha features […]
SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) is a mandatory access control (MAC) framework built into the Linux kernel and enabled by default on every RHEL 8 installation. Unlike discretionary access controls such as standard Unix permissions, SELinux enforces policy rules that confine processes to only the files, sockets, and capabilities they legitimately require, limiting the blast radius of […]
NetworkManager is the default network management stack on RHEL 8, and nmcli is its fully-featured command-line interface. Using nmcli, administrators can create, modify, activate, and delete network connections entirely from the terminal — no GUI or .ifcfg file editing required. This tutorial covers inspecting current network state, configuring a static IP address, managing connections, and […]
File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) detects unauthorised modifications to critical system files — a key indicator of compromise that antivirus and network monitoring tools often miss. Tripwire is a battle-tested open-source FIM tool that creates a cryptographic hash database of your filesystem and alerts you when files are added, modified, or deleted. On RHEL 9, Tripwire […]
How to Install PostgreSQL on RHEL 7 PostgreSQL is a powerful, open-source object-relational database system with over 30 years of active development. It is widely regarded as the most standards-compliant open-source SQL database, offering advanced features such as full ACID compliance, support for JSON and JSONB data types, table inheritance, robust indexing mechanisms, and a […]
How to Enable Brotli and Gzip Compression in Nginx on RHEL 7 Compression is one of the highest-return optimizations available for web servers: it requires minimal CPU investment but can reduce text-based response sizes by 60–80%, directly improving page load times and reducing bandwidth costs. Nginx ships with the ngx_http_gzip_module built in and available on […]
How to Set Up a Kubernetes Dashboard on RHEL 7 The Kubernetes Dashboard is a web-based UI that provides a graphical interface for managing cluster resources, viewing workload status, inspecting pod logs, executing commands inside containers, and monitoring resource utilisation. While kubectl provides full cluster control from the command line, the Dashboard is invaluable for […]
Symfony is a mature, enterprise-grade PHP framework built on reusable, decoupled components. Unlike Laravel’s all-in-one approach, Symfony emphasises architectural flexibility — many of its components (HttpFoundation, Console, Validator, Security, DependencyInjection) are used independently by other frameworks including Laravel itself. Symfony’s Dependency Injection Container, event dispatcher, and strict coding standards make it the preferred framework for […]
