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How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for SSH on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure iptables Firewall Rules on Ubuntu 26.04

iptables is the traditional Linux packet filtering framework. While UFW provides a simplified interface, understanding iptables directly is valuable for advanced firewall rules, NAT, port forwarding, and Docker networking. This guide configures iptables on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS A user with sudo privileges Basic networking […]

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

How to Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 26.04

Vagrant is a tool for building and managing virtual machine environments. Combined with VirtualBox as the hypervisor, Vagrant lets developers spin up reproducible development environments from a simple Vagrantfile configuration. This guide installs Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (desktop or server with […]

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How to Use Python Virtual Environments on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Flask App with Gunicorn and Nginx on Ubuntu 24.04

Flask is a lightweight Python web microframework. This guide deploys a Flask application in production on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS using Gunicorn as the WSGI server and Nginx as the reverse proxy. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server Python 3.12 and pip installed Nginx installed Step 1 – Set Up […]

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

How to Install and Configure SonarQube on Ubuntu 26.04

SonarQube is an open-source platform for continuous inspection of code quality. It detects bugs, security vulnerabilities, and code smells across 30+ programming languages. This guide installs SonarQube Community Edition on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with PostgreSQL. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with at least 2 GB RAM and 2 CPUs […]

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

How to Set Up a Git Server with Gitea on Ubuntu 26.04

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 […]

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

How to Register a GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner on 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 […]

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How to Use Python Virtual Environments on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Django App with Gunicorn and Nginx on Ubuntu 24.04

Django is a high-level Python web framework with a batteries-included philosophy. This guide deploys a Django application in production on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS using Gunicorn as the WSGI server and Nginx as the reverse proxy. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server Python 3.12 and pip installed Nginx installed A […]

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How to Set Up a Private Docker Registry on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Kubernetes with kubeadm on Ubuntu 26.04

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 […]

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How to Set Up a Private Docker Registry on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Docker Networking on Ubuntu 26.04

Docker networking enables containers to communicate with each other, the host, and external networks. Docker provides several network drivers: bridge, host, overlay, macvlan, and none. Understanding these is essential for secure and efficient container deployments. This guide configures Docker networking on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS […]

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How to Set Up a Next.js 15 Application on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Deno 2 on Ubuntu 26.04

Deno 2 is a secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript built on V8 and Rust. Unlike Node.js, Deno has built-in TypeScript support, a permission-based security model, and a standard library without npm being required. Deno 2 introduces npm compatibility and improved backwards compatibility. This guide installs Deno 2 on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid […]

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