Compression reduces the byte size of HTTP responses, lowering bandwidth consumption and improving page load times. Nginx ships with built-in Gzip support through ngx_http_gzip_module, but Gzip has largely been superseded by Brotli for text content — the Brotli algorithm typically achieves 15–25% better compression ratios at equivalent CPU cost. On RHEL 8, Gzip requires only […]
How to Configure Apache Virtual Hosts on RHEL 7 Apache virtual hosts allow a single Apache HTTP Server instance to serve multiple websites on the same server, distinguishing between sites based on the incoming domain name (name-based virtual hosting) or IP address. This is the standard approach for hosting multiple websites on a shared server. […]
How to Install Ansible on RHEL 7 Ansible is an agentless automation platform that lets you manage servers, deploy applications, and orchestrate complex workflows using simple YAML-based playbooks. Unlike other configuration management tools, Ansible requires no daemon or database on managed nodes — it connects over SSH and executes tasks on demand. On Red Hat […]
How to Use Prometheus Blackbox Exporter for Endpoint Monitoring on RHEL 7 The Prometheus Blackbox Exporter probes external endpoints over HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, ICMP, and DNS from the perspective of an outside caller, making it an essential complement to node-level metrics collected by Node Exporter. While Node Exporter tells you about CPU load and memory […]
How to Configure sudo and Sudoers on RHEL 7 On a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 system, it is a fundamental security best practice to avoid performing routine administrative tasks directly as the root user. The sudo utility allows designated regular users to execute specific commands — or all commands — with root-level privileges, while […]
How to Monitor MySQL with Percona Monitoring and Management on RHEL 7 Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a free, open-source platform for monitoring MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. It combines Grafana dashboards, Prometheus metrics collection, and Query Analytics (QAN) into a single integrated UI. Unlike generic monitoring tools, PMM understands database internals and surfaces […]
Nginx is a high-performance web server and reverse proxy widely used in production Linux environments. On RHEL 8, Nginx is available through the AppStream repository, making installation straightforward with dnf. Once installed, you will need to configure the firewall and SELinux to allow web traffic. This tutorial walks you through a complete Nginx installation and […]
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) remains the dominant standard for monitoring network devices, switches, routers, and hardware appliances that do not expose Prometheus endpoints. On RHEL 8, the net-snmp package provides both the daemon and a suite of command-line tools for querying and testing SNMP agents. This tutorial covers installing and configuring the SNMP daemon, […]
Every interactive shell session on RHEL 8 is governed by a chain of startup scripts that define environment variables, aliases, functions, and the prompt. Understanding which file is loaded and when prevents confusion around why a variable set in one terminal disappears in another, or why a cron job cannot find a command that works […]
Password-based SSH authentication is vulnerable to brute-force attacks and credential stuffing. SSH key-based authentication replaces passwords with a cryptographic key pair: a private key that stays on your local machine and a public key placed on the server. Even if an attacker discovers your server’s IP and SSH port, they cannot log in without the […]
