ISC DHCP (Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server) is the most widely deployed open-source DHCP implementation and provides flexible IP address management for networks of any size. On RHEL 9, the dhcp-server package provides dhcpd, which handles both dynamic leases and static address reservations from a single configuration file. Although ISC announced the end-of-life of ISC […]
A network bridge is a Layer 2 virtual switch that allows virtual machines and containers to share a physical network interface and appear as first-class devices on the local network. On RHEL 9, NetworkManager is the authoritative tool for creating and managing bridges, replacing the deprecated brctl-only workflows of older distributions. Bridges are essential for […]
Bacula is a mature, enterprise-grade open-source backup solution that manages backup, recovery, and data verification across heterogeneous networks. It uses a three-tier architecture — Director, Storage Daemon, and File Daemon — allowing centralised policy management with distributed storage targets. On RHEL 9, Bacula packages are available from the EPEL repository and integrate naturally with systemd. […]
DRBD (Distributed Replicated Block Device) is a kernel-level storage replication solution that mirrors a block device between two servers in real time, functioning as a network-based RAID 1. It is widely used as the shared-storage layer in high-availability clusters managed by Pacemaker and Corosync on RHEL 9. Unlike shared-disk solutions, DRBD requires no SAN or […]
LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) is the standard disk encryption format on RHEL 9, providing robust full-disk and partition-level encryption using the dm-crypt kernel subsystem. The cryptsetup utility is the primary tool for creating, managing, and auditing LUKS containers. LUKS2, the default format since RHEL 8, offers improved metadata resilience, Argon2 key derivation, and per-sector […]
IPv6 is the successor to IPv4, offering a vastly larger address space and improved routing efficiency, and is increasingly required for modern infrastructure and public internet connectivity. On RHEL 9, NetworkManager is the primary tool for managing network configuration, and it fully supports both static IPv6 addressing and automatic assignment via SLAAC and DHCPv6. This […]
Ceph is a highly scalable, self-healing distributed storage platform that provides object, block, and file storage from a single cluster. On RHEL 9, cephadm is the recommended deployment tool for the Reef release, using containers and SSH to bootstrap and manage cluster daemons without manual RPM installations. This tutorial covers deploying a basic Ceph cluster […]
MinIO is a high-performance, S3-compatible object storage server designed for cloud-native workloads and on-premises deployments. It provides the same API as Amazon S3, allowing applications built for AWS to connect to a self-hosted storage backend without code changes. On RHEL 9, MinIO runs as a single binary managed by systemd, making it straightforward to install […]
GlusterFS is a scalable, distributed file system that aggregates storage from multiple servers into a single, unified namespace accessible over the network. Unlike block-level solutions such as iSCSI or Ceph, GlusterFS operates at the file level and requires no metadata server, making it straightforward to deploy and maintain. On RHEL 9, GlusterFS is available through […]
iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) is a network protocol that allows servers to access block-level storage over a TCP/IP network, enabling centralized storage management. On RHEL 9, configuring iSCSI involves setting up a storage target that exports block devices and an initiator that connects to and mounts those devices. This tutorial covers the full […]
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