How to Configure GitLab CI/CD Pipelines on RHEL 7 GitLab CI/CD turns every push to your repository into a fully automated pipeline that can build, test, and deploy your application without manual intervention. The pipeline definition lives in a file called .gitlab-ci.yml at the root of your repository, and the actual work is performed by […]
How to Configure iptables Firewall Rules on RHEL 7 RHEL 7 ships with firewalld as the default firewall management layer, but many system administrators prefer to work directly with iptables, the underlying Linux netfilter framework. iptables provides precise, stateful packet filtering through a chain-based rule system and is the right choice when you need fine-grained […]
Let’s Encrypt provides free, automatically renewable TLS certificates, and Certbot is the recommended client for obtaining and managing them. On RHEL 8, the certbot and python3-certbot-nginx packages are available from the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repository. Once installed, Certbot can automatically obtain a certificate and modify your Nginx configuration to enable HTTPS. This […]
Vagrant is a command-line tool for building and managing reproducible virtual machine environments, and when paired with VirtualBox it gives developers a fast, portable way to spin up isolated Linux VMs on a RHEL 8 host. Using a declarative Vagrantfile, you can define the base box, network settings, shared folders, and provisioning scripts so that […]
How to Install and Configure Traefik Reverse Proxy on RHEL 7 Traefik is a modern, cloud-native reverse proxy and load balancer that differentiates itself from Nginx and HAProxy through its dynamic configuration model — routing rules can be updated at runtime without restarting the proxy. Originally designed for microservices and Docker environments, Traefik works equally […]
Apache’s mod_proxy module turns your existing Apache web server into a fully functional reverse proxy without requiring a second web server like Nginx. This is particularly useful when you already have Apache managing SSL termination, virtual hosts, or authentication, and want to forward traffic to a backend application server such as Tomcat, Node.js, or a […]
How to Install Redis on RHEL 7 Redis is an open-source, in-memory data structure store used as a database, cache, message broker, and streaming engine. Its sub-millisecond response times make it the go-to solution for session caching, real-time leaderboards, pub/sub messaging, and rate limiting in high-performance web applications. On RHEL 7, Redis is available through […]
GlusterFS is an open-source, scale-out network-attached storage filesystem that aggregates storage from multiple servers into a single, unified namespace. It supports replication, distribution, and striping, making it suitable for workloads that require high availability or large aggregate capacity without specialized hardware. On RHEL 8, GlusterFS packages are available through the CentOS Storage SIG repository, allowing […]
RHEL 8 ships multiple Java Development Kits through the AppStream module, allowing teams to run Java 11 and Java 17 workloads side by side on the same host without conflicts. The alternatives system acts as a switchboard, letting administrators change the active JDK globally or per user in seconds. This tutorial walks through installing Java […]
How to Set Up Tripwire for File Integrity Monitoring on RHEL 7 File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) is the practice of detecting unauthorised changes to critical system files, configuration files, and binaries. When an attacker compromises a system, they often modify files to install backdoors, alter logging behaviour, or escalate privileges. Tripwire creates a cryptographic baseline […]
