cAdvisor (Container Advisor) is an open-source daemon from Google that collects, aggregates, and exports real-time resource usage and performance metrics for every running container on a host. Unlike Node Exporter, which reports host-level statistics, cAdvisor descends into cgroup hierarchies to expose per-container CPU, memory, network, and filesystem metrics in Prometheus format. On RHEL 8 with […]
The Prometheus Blackbox Exporter probes external endpoints over HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, ICMP, and DNS and exposes the results as Prometheus metrics. Unlike Node Exporter, which reports host-level statistics, the Blackbox Exporter answers the question “can this URL be reached right now?” — making it the right tool for synthetic uptime monitoring and SLA measurement. This […]
syslog-ng is a high-performance, feature-rich syslog daemon that far exceeds the capabilities of the standard rsyslog — it supports complex log routing with conditional filters, structured parsing, TLS-encrypted transport, and native output plugins for Elasticsearch, Kafka, and cloud logging services. On RHEL 8 the package is available from EPEL, making installation straightforward without manual source […]
Jaeger is an open-source, end-to-end distributed tracing system originally developed by Uber Technologies and now a CNCF graduated project. It lets you follow a single user request as it propagates across dozens of microservices, measure the latency contribution of each span, and pinpoint the exact service or database call responsible for a slowdown. On RHEL […]
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is an open-source platform that provides deep visibility into MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB performance — including query analytics, slow-query identification, and time-series dashboards — without requiring a commercial licence. Running PMM Server as a Docker container keeps the server component isolated and easy to upgrade, while the lightweight PMM […]
Netdata is a lightweight, real-time performance monitoring agent that collects thousands of system and application metrics with per-second granularity and displays them through a built-in, zero-configuration web dashboard. Unlike heavier stacks, Netdata starts delivering useful insights within minutes of installation and requires virtually no ongoing maintenance. It can also stream metrics to a central parent […]
Zabbix is a mature, enterprise-grade open-source monitoring platform capable of tracking availability, performance, and log data for thousands of hosts from a single server. It ships with auto-discovery, customizable triggers, rich alerting integrations, and a polished web interface. Installing Zabbix 6.x on RHEL 8 takes roughly thirty minutes and gives you production-ready monitoring backed by […]
Suricata is a high-performance, open-source network threat detection engine that can operate as an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to alert on suspicious traffic, or as an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) to actively block it. On RHEL 8, Suricata integrates naturally with firewalld‘s NFQUEUE target for inline packet inspection, and its Lua scripting and Eve JSON […]
The Linux kernel exposes hundreds of tunable parameters through the /proc/sys virtual filesystem, and sysctl is the tool used to read and write these values persistently. Many default kernel settings prioritize compatibility and functionality over security, leaving attack surface that can be closed with targeted configuration. On RHEL 8, persistent sysctl settings are stored in […]
WireGuard is a modern, high-performance VPN protocol built into the Linux kernel since version 5.6, offering significantly simpler configuration and better performance than older alternatives like OpenVPN or IPsec. On RHEL 8, WireGuard can be installed via the ELRepo kernel module or the wireguard-tools package from EPEL, with the kernel module provided by the elrepo-kernel […]
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