Terminal multiplexing solves one of the most common problems in server administration: when your SSH connection drops mid-task, any running process in that session is killed. With tmux, your terminal sessions run inside a server-side process that persists independently of your SSH connection. You can detach from a session, disconnect, reconnect hours later from a […]
How to Monitor SQL Server with SQL Server Profiler on Windows Server 2025 Query performance problems are one of the most common reasons SQL Server workloads degrade on Windows Server 2025. Identifying slow queries, long-running transactions, and lock contention requires capturing detailed execution data at runtime — something that neither Windows Performance Monitor nor basic […]
How to Set Up Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics and Defender for Identity on Windows Server 2025 Identity-based attacks are among the most damaging threats facing modern organizations. Adversaries frequently target Active Directory to harvest credentials, move laterally across the network, and escalate privileges to domain-wide control. Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) was the on-premises solution […]
Prometheus is a powerful time-series monitoring system and Grafana is the leading visualisation dashboard. Together they form the most popular open-source monitoring stack. This guide installs both on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A user with sudo privileges Minimum 2 GB RAM Step 1 – […]
How to Configure Kerberos Authentication in AD on Windows Server 2025 Kerberos is the default authentication protocol for Active Directory environments, replacing the older NTLM protocol for all domain-joined resources. Every time a domain user accesses a file share, a web application using Windows Authentication, an SQL Server instance, or any other AD-integrated service, Kerberos […]
phpMyAdmin is a free web-based interface for managing MySQL/MariaDB databases. This guide installs phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Nginx and PHP 8.3. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server Nginx, MySQL, PHP 8.3-FPM installed A user with sudo privileges Step 1 – Install phpMyAdmin Install from the Ubuntu repository: […]
How to Configure IPsec on Windows Server 2025 Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a suite of protocols that authenticates and encrypts IP packets at the network layer, providing transparent security for communications between hosts without requiring changes to applications. On Windows Server 2025, IPsec is deeply integrated into the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (WFAS) […]
A default MySQL 8.0 installation has several security weaknesses that should be addressed before going to production. This guide walks through MySQL hardening best practices on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server with MySQL 8.0 installed A user with sudo privileges Step 1 – Run mysql_secure_installation […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 30 December 2024 Affected versions: Windows Server 2025 📖 ~2 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution — Primary Fix Solution — Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]
How to Deploy a Node.js Application on Windows Server 2025 Node.js has become the runtime of choice for modern JavaScript-based backends, APIs, and real-time applications. Deploying a Node.js application to Windows Server 2025 for production use requires more than just running node app.js in a terminal — you need a process manager to keep the […]
