Managing Docker images and containers effectively is a core skill for any developer or sysadmin working with containers. This guide covers the essential commands for building, tagging, pushing, listing, inspecting, and cleaning up Docker images and containers on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Docker Engine […]
Traefik is a modern, cloud-native reverse proxy and load balancer designed for microservices. It auto-discovers services from Docker labels, Kubernetes ingress, and other providers, and automatically provisions Let’s Encrypt TLS certificates. This guide installs Traefik v3 on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Docker. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Docker […]
Prometheus is an open-source metrics collection and alerting system, while Grafana provides beautiful dashboards for visualising those metrics. Together they form the most popular open-source monitoring stack. This guide installs both on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Nginx and SSL. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Nginx installed A user […]
Jenkins is the most widely used open-source automation server. It supports building, testing, and deploying software through pipelines defined as code (Jenkinsfile). This guide installs Jenkins LTS on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and secures it behind Nginx with HTTPS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Java 21+ (OpenJDK) Nginx installed […]
Gitea is a lightweight, self-hosted Git service written in Go. It provides a GitHub-like interface with repositories, issues, pull requests, and actions CI/CD, but runs on minimal hardware. This guide installs Gitea on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Nginx and a PostgreSQL database. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Nginx […]
Portainer is an open-source container management UI that provides a web-based dashboard for managing Docker containers, images, volumes, networks, and stacks. It is available as a free Community Edition (CE). This guide installs Portainer CE on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Docker Engine installed A […]
Helm is the package manager for Kubernetes. It uses charts — pre-configured Kubernetes application packages — to simplify deploying complex applications. Helm 3 removed Tiller, making it more secure and easier to use. This guide installs Helm on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and demonstrates common workflows. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 […]
GitHub Actions self-hosted runners allow you to run CI/CD workflows on your own hardware, giving you full control over the environment, installed tools, network access, and compute resources. This guide registers and configures a GitHub Actions self-hosted runner on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS A GitHub […]
kubeadm is the official tool for bootstrapping a production-ready Kubernetes cluster. It automates the complex setup of the control plane and worker nodes. This guide installs a single-node Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS — ideal for learning or as a foundation for a multi-node cluster. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS […]
Docker Compose simplifies multi-container application deployment using a declarative YAML file. This guide demonstrates deploying a full-stack web application (Nginx, Node.js API, MySQL, Redis) with Docker Compose on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, covering real-world patterns like named volumes, custom networks, health checks, and environment variable management. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 […]
