How to Install Zabbix on RHEL 7 Zabbix is a mature, enterprise-grade open-source monitoring platform that supports agent-based and agentless monitoring of servers, network devices, applications, and cloud resources. It combines metrics collection, event correlation, alerting, and visualisation in a single self-hosted solution — making it a compelling choice for organisations that need full control […]
How to Set Up SSH Key-Based Authentication on RHEL 7 SSH key-based authentication replaces password logins with a cryptographic key pair: a private key that stays on your local machine and a public key that you install on the remote server. When you connect, the server challenges your SSH client to prove it holds the […]
PHP is the most widely used server-side scripting language on the web, powering platforms like WordPress, Drupal, and countless custom applications. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 delivers PHP through its AppStream module system, which lets you install and switch between multiple PHP versions without conflicting packages. This tutorial walks through installing PHP on RHEL 8 […]
Huge pages reduce the overhead of virtual memory management by using larger memory page sizes — typically 2 MB instead of the default 4 KB. For memory-intensive databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, huge pages eliminate millions of Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) misses per second, lower page table walk overhead, and prevent the kernel […]
Kerberos is a mature, ticket-based network authentication protocol that allows services and users to prove their identity to one another without transmitting passwords over the network. MIT Kerberos is the reference implementation and is packaged in RHEL 8’s default repositories. Setting up a Key Distribution Center (KDC) gives you a centralised authentication infrastructure that integrates […]
How to Set Up ModSecurity WAF with Apache on RHEL 7 ModSecurity is the most widely deployed open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF), and it integrates natively with Apache as a dynamic module. When paired with the OWASP Core Rule Set (CRS), ModSecurity can detect and block a broad range of web attacks including SQL injection, […]
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging allows a single physical network interface to carry traffic for multiple logically isolated networks by inserting a 4-byte VLAN tag into Ethernet frames. This is essential in virtualization environments, network segmentation architectures, and anywhere a single uplink must serve multiple subnets. On RHEL 8, NetworkManager handles 802.1Q VLAN interfaces natively through […]
How to Install and Configure Memcached on RHEL 7 Memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system used to speed up dynamic web applications by reducing database load. It stores frequently requested data — such as database query results, session data, and rendered page fragments — in RAM, allowing subsequent requests to be served […]
How to Install and Configure cAdvisor for Container Monitoring on RHEL 7 cAdvisor (Container Advisor) is an open-source agent developed by Google that collects, aggregates, processes, and exports resource usage and performance metrics for running containers. It provides a real-time web UI and a Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoint, making it the standard solution for container observability […]
How to Set Up Port Knocking for SSH on RHEL 7 Port knocking is a stealthy technique for controlling access to network services by requiring a client to send connection attempts to a predefined sequence of closed ports before a firewall rule opens the target port. When applied to SSH, it effectively hides port 22 […]
