How to Install Nginx on RHEL 7 Nginx is a high-performance, open-source web server and reverse proxy known for its speed, stability, and low memory footprint. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Nginx is not available in the default repositories, so you must either enable the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repository or configure […]
How to Configure Kubernetes RBAC on RHEL 7 Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is the standard authorization mechanism in Kubernetes, allowing administrators to define precisely which users, groups, and service accounts can perform which actions on which resources. Without RBAC, any authenticated user could potentially read secrets, delete deployments, or escalate their privileges across namespaces. On […]
Every time you open a terminal on RHEL 9, Bash reads one or more startup files before presenting you with a prompt. Which files are read depends on whether the shell is a login shell (started by SSH, a console login, or su -) or an interactive non-login shell (a new terminal window in a […]
Prometheus generates alerts, but it is Alertmanager that handles routing, deduplication, grouping, and delivery to your notification channels. Without a properly configured Alertmanager, even the most thorough alerting rules in Prometheus are useless — they fire into the void. Integrating Alertmanager with both PagerDuty and Slack gives you a two-tier notification strategy: high-severity incidents page […]
SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) is a mandatory access control (MAC) framework built into the Linux kernel, developed by the NSA and now maintained as a core part of RHEL. Unlike traditional discretionary access control (DAC) where file permissions determine access, SELinux enforces policies that confine every process to the minimum resources it legitimately needs — even […]
Docker’s networking model allows containers to communicate with each other, with the host, and with external networks in a controlled, isolated manner. Docker creates three default networks: bridge (the default for standalone containers), host (shares the host’s network namespace — maximum performance, no isolation), and none (no networking). For production applications, custom bridge networks provide […]
AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a host-based intrusion detection tool that builds a cryptographic baseline of your filesystem and alerts you whenever files are added, removed, or modified. On RHEL 8 it is available in the base repositories and integrates cleanly with cron and email for automated daily checks. Unlike network-based intrusion detection, AIDE […]
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is the foundation of most enterprise network monitoring stacks. While SNMPv1 and v2c rely on community strings that travel in plaintext, SNMPv3 adds authentication and encryption, making it suitable for production environments where security matters. On RHEL 8 the net-snmp package provides both the agent daemon (snmpd) and a rich […]
Ruby is a dynamic, expressive language used widely for web development, scripting, and automation. On RHEL 8, the system repositories may offer an older Ruby version that does not suit modern projects. rbenv solves this by letting you install and switch between multiple Ruby versions per user without touching system files. This tutorial walks you […]
Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is a flexible storage management layer built into the Linux kernel that lets you create, resize, and remove storage volumes without downtime. On RHEL 9, LVM is the default storage layout used during installation and is deeply integrated with the system tooling. Unlike partitions tied directly to physical disks, LVM abstracts […]
