Logrotate is the standard log rotation utility on RHEL 8, responsible for automatically compressing, archiving, and pruning log files before they consume excessive disk space. Without it, long-running applications like NGINX, custom services, and Java applications can silently fill a filesystem partition and cause outages. Logrotate ships with RHEL 8 and is already configured for […]
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 […]
The ELK Stack — Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana — is the industry-standard open-source platform for centralizing, parsing, and visualizing log data. Elasticsearch stores and indexes log events, Logstash ingests and transforms raw log lines using configurable pipelines, and Kibana provides a browser-based interface for search and visualization. Running the ELK Stack on RHEL 8 gives […]
Prometheus and Grafana are two of the most widely adopted open-source tools for infrastructure monitoring and metrics visualization. Prometheus scrapes and stores time-series data from your systems, while Grafana turns that data into rich, interactive dashboards. Together they give RHEL 8 administrators a powerful, production-ready observability stack. This tutorial walks through installing both tools from […]
Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is the standard disk encryption layer on RHEL 8, built on the dm-crypt kernel module and managed through the cryptsetup utility. Encrypting partitions with LUKS ensures that data is unreadable without the correct passphrase or key file, even if physical media is stolen or a drive is decommissioned without secure […]
File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) detects unauthorized changes to critical system files, binaries, and configuration directories — a key control for detecting intrusions and satisfying compliance requirements such as PCI-DSS and CIS benchmarks. Tripwire Open Source computes cryptographic hashes of monitored files at a baseline and alerts you to any subsequent modifications. This tutorial covers installing […]
HTTP security headers instruct browsers how to handle your site’s content and protect visitors from clickjacking, cross-site scripting, MIME sniffing, and other common attacks. Adding these headers to Nginx or Apache on RHEL 8 is a high-value, low-effort hardening step that improves both your security posture and your score on tools like securityheaders.com. This tutorial […]
OpenVAS (Open Vulnerability Assessment System), now distributed as Greenbone Community Edition, is a powerful open-source vulnerability scanner that identifies known CVEs, misconfigurations, and weak credentials across your network. Running it as a containerized stack on RHEL 8 keeps the scanner isolated and easy to update without conflicting with system packages. This tutorial covers deploying Greenbone […]
DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) protect against cache poisoning and spoofing by cryptographically signing DNS records. On RHEL 8, you can enforce DNSSEC validation using either BIND 9 or Unbound, both available in the default repositories. This tutorial walks through configuring a validating resolver, testing zone signatures, and detecting failures. Securing your resolver is a foundational […]
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