Networking

How to Set Up Software RAID with mdadm on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Prometheus and Grafana on Ubuntu 24.04

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 – […]

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How to Set Up Windows Deployment Services (WDS) on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Windows Deployment Services (WDS) on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Set Up Windows Deployment Services (WDS) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Deployment Services (WDS) is a server role that enables network-based installation of Windows operating systems to bare-metal machines, virtual machines, and servers that support PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) boot. WDS eliminates the need for physical installation media by serving boot images […]

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How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for SSH on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Harden SSH on Ubuntu 24.04

SSH is the primary remote access method for Linux servers and is a common target for brute-force attacks. This guide walks through SSH hardening best practices on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to significantly reduce your attack surface. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server SSH key-based authentication already configured A user […]

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How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for SSH on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up WireGuard VPN on Ubuntu 24.04

WireGuard is a modern, fast, and secure VPN protocol built into the Linux kernel. It is simpler to configure than OpenVPN and IPsec while offering superior performance. This guide sets up a WireGuard VPN server on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server with a public IP […]

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How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for SSH on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure iptables Firewall Rules on Ubuntu 24.04

iptables is the classic Linux firewall utility that provides fine-grained packet filtering and NAT. While Ubuntu uses UFW as a front-end by default, understanding iptables rules is essential for advanced network control on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A user with sudo privileges Basic understanding […]

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How to Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Git Server with Gitea on Ubuntu 24.04

Gitea is a lightweight, self-hosted Git service written in Go. It offers a GitHub-like interface with a tiny resource footprint — ideal for small teams and personal servers. This guide installs Gitea on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server MySQL 8.0 or PostgreSQL 16 installed A […]

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How to Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure SonarQube on Ubuntu 24.04

SonarQube is an open-source platform for continuous code quality inspection, detecting bugs, vulnerabilities, and code smells. This guide installs SonarQube on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with PostgreSQL 16. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server Minimum 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended) Java 21 installed PostgreSQL 16 installed A user with […]

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How to Set Up a DNS Server with Bind9 on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a DNS Server with Bind9 on Ubuntu 26.04

BIND9 (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is the most widely deployed DNS server software. It handles both authoritative DNS (serving zone records for your domains) and recursive DNS (resolving queries for clients). This guide installs BIND9 on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS as a caching/forwarding resolver. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS A […]

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How to Set Up a DNS Server with Bind9 on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Rust on Ubuntu 26.04

Rust is a systems programming language that guarantees memory safety without a garbage collector through its borrow checker. It is used for WebAssembly, operating systems, game engines, and high-performance network services. This guide installs Rust via rustup on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS A user account […]

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How to Set Up a DNS Server with Bind9 on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Traefik Reverse Proxy on Ubuntu 26.04

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 […]

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