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How to Install and Configure Nagios Core on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Nagios Core on RHEL 8

Nagios Core is one of the most widely-deployed open-source IT infrastructure monitoring systems in the world, providing alerting and status dashboards for hosts, services, and network devices. On RHEL 8, installing Nagios Core from source gives you the latest release and full control over the build configuration. This tutorial walks through every step from prerequisite […]

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How to Configure OpenVAS Vulnerability Scanner on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure OpenVAS Vulnerability Scanner on Debian 11

Introduction Debian 11 Bullseye is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up configure openvas vulnerability scanner on debian 11 on Bullseye leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Bullseye freeze. Follow each step carefully and […]

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How to Install InfluxDB and Telegraf on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install InfluxDB and Telegraf on RHEL 8

InfluxDB 2.x is a purpose-built time-series database that stores metrics with nanosecond precision and exposes a powerful query language called Flux for aggregating and transforming that data. Telegraf is the official plugin-driven metrics collection agent from InfluxData — it ships over 200 input plugins covering everything from CPU and memory to Docker containers and SNMP […]

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How to Set Up eBPF-Based Security Monitoring on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up eBPF-Based Security Monitoring on Debian 11

Introduction This guide explains how to Set Up eBPF-Based Security Monitoring on Debian 11 on Debian 11 Bullseye. Debian Bullseye uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 11 install with […]

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How to Configure Prometheus Node Exporter on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Prometheus Node Exporter on RHEL 8

Prometheus Node Exporter is a lightweight agent that exposes dozens of hardware and operating-system metrics — CPU usage, memory pressure, disk I/O, network throughput, and more — via a plain HTTP endpoint that Prometheus can scrape. Installing it on every RHEL 8 host in your fleet gives you a uniform, low-overhead telemetry layer that feeds […]

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How to Harden Shared Memory on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Harden Shared Memory on Debian 11

Introduction Debian 11 Bullseye is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up harden shared memory on debian 11 on Bullseye leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Bullseye freeze. Follow each step carefully and the […]

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How to Install Graylog for Centralised Log Management on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Graylog for Centralised Log Management on RHEL 8

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, […]

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How to Configure FIPS-compatible Crypto Policies on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure FIPS-compatible Crypto Policies on Debian 11

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure FIPS-compatible Crypto Policies on Debian 11 on Debian 11 Bullseye. Debian Bullseye uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 11 install with the […]

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How to Configure Snort Network Intrusion Detection on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Snort Network Intrusion Detection on Debian 11

Introduction Debian 11 Bullseye is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up configure snort network intrusion detection on debian 11 on Bullseye leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Bullseye freeze. Follow each step carefully […]

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How to Set Up Suricata IDS/IPS on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Suricata IDS/IPS on Debian 11

Introduction This guide explains how to Set Up Suricata IDS/IPS on Debian 11 on Debian 11 Bullseye. Debian Bullseye uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 11 install with the […]

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