Introduction How to Set Up Database Backups with Percona XtraBackup on CentOS Stream 10 on CentOS Stream 10 provides administrators with a robust, enterprise-ready workflow that integrates cleanly with systemd, SELinux, firewalld, and the modern AppStream module system. In this tutorial we will walk through every step required, from package installation to verification, so that […]
How to Install and Configure PHP in IIS on Windows Server 2025 While ASP.NET is the native application framework for IIS, Windows Server 2025 can also serve PHP applications with excellent performance by using IIS’s FastCGI handler. FastCGI keeps PHP worker processes alive between requests, eliminating the per-request startup overhead of traditional CGI and making […]
How to Install Python on Windows Server 2025 Python is one of the most versatile programming languages in modern IT, widely used for automation scripts, data processing pipelines, REST APIs built with Flask or FastAPI, machine learning workloads, and infrastructure tooling. Windows Server 2025 does not include Python by default, so administrators need to install […]
ArgoCD’s GitOps model for Kubernetes delivery moves beyond traditional push-based CI/CD (where a pipeline runs kubectl apply) to a pull-based reconciliation loop where ArgoCD continuously monitors Git repositories and automatically brings the cluster state into alignment with the declared desired state. For production organisations, ArgoCD’s most powerful features are: ApplicationSets (templated applications that generate multiple […]
How to Configure IPsec Transport Mode for Server-to-Server Encryption on Windows Server 2025 Protecting east-west traffic between servers on the same network is often overlooked, yet it is one of the most critical layers of a defence-in-depth strategy. IPsec Transport Mode encrypts only the payload of each IP packet while leaving the original IP header […]
How to Configure Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) on Windows Server 2025 The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is a foundational Windows technology that enables point-in-time, consistent snapshots of disk volumes — even while files are open and applications are actively writing to them. VSS coordinates with VSS providers (storage drivers), VSS writers (application-specific components […]
The OpenTelemetry Collector is a vendor-agnostic agent that receives, processes, and exports telemetry data — metrics, traces, and logs — from instrumented applications. Running a standalone Collector on RHEL 9 decouples your application code from the observability backend, making it easy to route data to multiple destinations or swap backends without redeploying services. This guide […]
How to Configure IIS Deployment with Web Deploy on Windows Server 2025 Web Deploy (MSDeploy) is Microsoft’s official tool for synchronising web applications, databases, and IIS configurations between servers or from a developer workstation to a target environment. On Windows Server 2025, combining IIS with Web Deploy enables one-command deployments, CI/CD pipeline integration, and reliable […]
Introduction How to Configure MySQL InnoDB Cluster on CentOS Stream 10 on CentOS Stream 10 provides administrators with a robust, enterprise-ready workflow that integrates cleanly with systemd, SELinux, firewalld, and the modern AppStream module system. In this tutorial we will walk through every step required, from package installation to verification, so that the resulting configuration […]
Introduction CentOS Stream 10 ships with a stable, security-hardened base that makes deploying install mysql 8 on centos stream 10 both straightforward and auditable. This tutorial covers the complete procedure for how to Install MySQL 8 on CentOS Stream 10, including dnf module streams where applicable, systemd unit management, and the firewalld rules required for […]
