How to Install Terraform on RHEL 7 Terraform is HashiCorp’s open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool that lets you define, provision, and manage cloud infrastructure using declarative configuration files. Instead of manually clicking through cloud consoles or writing fragile shell scripts, Terraform allows you to describe your desired infrastructure state — virtual machines, networks, storage […]
How to Use Bacula for Enterprise Backup on RHEL 7 Bacula is a mature, open-source enterprise backup solution that supports tape libraries, disk-based storage pools, network backup of multiple clients, and flexible scheduling of full, differential, and incremental jobs. Unlike simpler backup tools, Bacula operates as a distributed system with distinct daemons: the Director orchestrates […]
Nagios Core is one of the most widely-deployed open-source IT infrastructure monitoring systems in the world, providing alerting and status dashboards for hosts, services, and network devices. On RHEL 8, installing Nagios Core from source gives you the latest release and full control over the build configuration. This tutorial walks through every step from prerequisite […]
How to Configure Jenkins Pipelines and Jenkinsfile on RHEL 7 Jenkins Pipelines transform your CI/CD process from a series of fragile, click-configured jobs into version-controlled, repeatable automation defined entirely in code. A Jenkinsfile lives alongside your application source, meaning every change to the build process goes through the same review workflow as application code. This […]
DevSecOps integrates security into every stage of the software delivery lifecycle rather than treating it as a final gate before release. On RHEL 8 you can assemble a complete DevSecOps pipeline from open-source components, all running on your own infrastructure: a Git server for source control, a CI/CD engine for automation, static analysis and container […]
How to Install Ruby with rbenv on RHEL 7 Ruby is a dynamic, expressive programming language favored for its clean syntax, productivity-oriented design, and thriving ecosystem. While RHEL 7’s system repositories provide a version of Ruby, it is typically outdated and may conflict with modern applications and gems that require a specific Ruby release. The […]
After provisioning a new RHEL 8 server, taking a few minutes to harden and configure the system goes a long way toward keeping it stable and secure. This guide walks you through the essential post-installation steps: updating packages, setting a hostname and timezone, locking down SSH, creating a non-root administrative user, and confirming that SELinux […]
nftables is the modern replacement for iptables, ip6tables, arptables, and ebtables, and it ships in the RHEL 8 kernel by default. It uses a single unified rule language, supports atomic rule set replacement, and performs better at scale due to its netlink-based architecture. While firewalld can use nftables as its backend, many system administrators prefer […]
Building a Go web application and getting it running in production are two different challenges. Go compiles to a single static binary that is trivial to deploy, but you still need a proper project structure, a way to manage runtime configuration securely, a systemd service for process supervision, and a reverse proxy to handle TLS […]
Python virtual environments solve the problem of conflicting package versions across projects by giving each application its own isolated Python installation and package tree. On RHEL 8, the venv module is included with every Python 3 installation, so no additional packages are required to get started. This tutorial covers creating and activating virtual environments, managing […]
