IPv6 adoption has accelerated significantly as IPv4 address exhaustion becomes more acute, and most modern Linux distributions including RHEL 8 ship with full IPv6 support enabled by default. Configuring IPv6 on RHEL 8 requires working with nmcli for network interface configuration, firewalld for controlling IPv6 traffic including ICMPv6, and optionally adjusting service configurations to bind […]
MySQL ships with several default settings and accounts that must be hardened before the server handles production data. On RHEL 8, the combination of mysql_secure_installation, strict privilege grants, TLS enforcement, and the audit log plugin provides a strong baseline. This tutorial walks through each layer of MySQL security so that nothing is left at its […]
How to Install and Configure Drone CI on RHEL 7 Drone CI is a lightweight, container-native continuous integration platform built around the concept of pipelines-as-code. Unlike Jenkins, which requires significant plugin management and XML configuration, Drone uses a simple YAML file (.drone.yml) stored in your repository to define every aspect of a pipeline. Drone’s server […]
How to Install Portainer for Docker Management on RHEL 7 Portainer is an open-source container management UI that puts a graphical interface in front of Docker, Swarm, and Kubernetes. Instead of memorising dozens of docker subcommands, Portainer lets you inspect containers, manage images and volumes, view real-time logs, open an in-browser terminal, and deploy stacks […]
How to Set Up a VPN Server with StrongSwan IPsec on RHEL 7 A Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows remote users and branch offices to securely connect to your corporate network over the public internet. StrongSwan is a robust, open-source IPsec-based VPN solution that supports IKEv2, the modern and recommended key-exchange protocol for road-warrior configurations. […]
ModSecurity is a widely-deployed open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) that integrates directly with Apache as a module. Combined with the OWASP Core Rule Set (CRS), it provides protection against the most common web attack categories including SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and remote code execution. On RHEL 8, both the mod_security Apache module and the mod_security_crs […]
How to Use journalctl for Systemd Log Analysis on RHEL 7 On RHEL 7, the traditional syslog infrastructure is complemented — and in many cases replaced — by the systemd journal, managed by systemd-journald. The journalctl command is your primary interface for querying, filtering, and exporting log data collected by this service. Unlike flat text […]
How to Deploy a Node.js Application with PM2 on RHEL 7 PM2 is a battle-tested production process manager for Node.js applications. It keeps your application running after a crash by restarting it automatically, provides integrated logging, enables zero-downtime reloads, supports cluster mode to utilize all CPU cores, and integrates with systemd for startup on boot. […]
Centralised log management is essential for maintaining visibility across distributed infrastructure. Graylog is a powerful open-source log management platform that ingests, indexes, and visualises log data from multiple sources in real time. In this tutorial you will install Graylog on a single RHEL 8 server, configure it to receive syslog messages over UDP and TCP, […]
Systemd is the default init system on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, responsible for managing services, sockets, timers, and other units from boot through shutdown. Understanding how to control systemd services is essential for anyone administering RHEL 8 servers in production. This tutorial covers the core systemctl commands, how to inspect logs with journalctl, and […]
