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How to Deploy a .NET Application on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a .NET Application on RHEL 8

Microsoft’s .NET 8 runtime and SDK are available for RHEL 8 directly from Red Hat’s AppStream and Microsoft’s package feed, making it straightforward to run modern ASP.NET Core applications on enterprise Linux. This tutorial covers installing the .NET 8 SDK, scaffolding a minimal Web API project, running it for local testing, publishing a self-contained Release […]

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How to Install and Configure Traefik Reverse Proxy on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Traefik Reverse Proxy on RHEL 8

Traefik is a modern cloud-native reverse proxy and load balancer that can automatically discover services, obtain and renew TLS certificates via Let’s Encrypt, and expose a real-time dashboard — all without restarting when configuration changes. Unlike Nginx or HAProxy, Traefik reads its routing rules from provider backends such as Docker labels, Kubernetes annotations, or plain […]

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How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy for Apache2 on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy for Apache2 on Debian 10

Introduction How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy for Apache2 on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains […]

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How to Set Up a Highly Available Web Stack with Keepalived on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Highly Available Web Stack with Keepalived on RHEL 8

A highly available web stack ensures that your application remains accessible even when one of your servers fails. Keepalived implements the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) on Linux, allowing a floating Virtual IP (VIP) address to migrate automatically between a master and one or more backup servers within seconds of a failure. When combined with […]

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How to Set Up Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on Debian 10

Introduction Deploying set up nginx as a reverse proxy on debian 10 on a Debian 10 Buster machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. […]

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How to Install and Configure MinIO Object Storage on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure MinIO Object Storage on RHEL 8

MinIO is a high-performance, S3-compatible object storage server designed to run on commodity hardware. It supports the full Amazon S3 API, making it a drop-in replacement for cloud object storage in private and hybrid environments. On RHEL 8, MinIO runs as a single binary with minimal dependencies, and its systemd integration makes it straightforward to […]

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How to Install and Configure Squid Proxy on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Squid Proxy on Debian 11

Introduction Deploying install and configure squid proxy on debian 11 on a Debian 11 Bullseye machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites Before […]

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How to Monitor Nginx Access Logs with GoAccess on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor Nginx Access Logs with GoAccess on RHEL 8

GoAccess is an open-source, real-time web log analyzer that generates interactive HTML reports and live terminal dashboards directly from Nginx access logs. It requires no database, no JavaScript framework, and no persistent service — a single command can parse millions of log entries in seconds. On RHEL 8 the package is available from the EPEL […]

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How to Set Up Uptime Kuma for Service Monitoring on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Uptime Kuma for Service Monitoring on RHEL 8

Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted monitoring tool that provides a clean web interface for tracking the availability of HTTP endpoints, TCP ports, DNS records, and ping targets. On RHEL 8, you can deploy it quickly using Docker or run it directly with Node.js managed by PM2. This tutorial walks through both installation methods, configuring monitors, […]

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How to Configure SELinux on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure SELinux on RHEL 8

SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) is a mandatory access control (MAC) framework built into the Linux kernel and enabled by default on every RHEL 8 installation. Unlike discretionary access controls such as standard Unix permissions, SELinux enforces policy rules that confine processes to only the files, sockets, and capabilities they legitimately require, limiting the blast radius of […]

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