Without a log rotation strategy, application log files will grow unbounded until they fill your disk and bring services down. Logrotate is the standard RHEL utility that automates log file rotation, compression, and cleanup on a scheduled basis with no daemon process required. It runs daily via a cron job and processes configuration rules you […]
Netdata is a lightweight, real-time performance monitoring agent that provides per-second metrics with zero configuration for hundreds of applications and services out of the box. Unlike traditional monitoring solutions that poll at 15- or 60-second intervals, Netdata collects data every second and renders interactive charts in its built-in web dashboard instantly. It is designed to […]
Zabbix is a mature, enterprise-grade open-source monitoring solution capable of tracking thousands of servers, virtual machines, network devices, and applications from a single web interface. It supports agent-based and agentless monitoring, flexible alerting, and detailed graphing out of the box. This tutorial installs Zabbix 6.4 on RHEL 9 using MySQL (MariaDB) as the backend database […]
The ELK Stack — Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana — is a battle-tested open-source platform for centralizing, parsing, and visualizing log data at scale. Elasticsearch stores and indexes logs, Logstash ingests and transforms them, and Kibana provides a browser-based interface for searching and dashboarding. Running the ELK Stack on RHEL 9 gives you a self-hosted alternative […]
Prometheus and Grafana are a powerful open-source monitoring stack widely used in production Linux environments. Prometheus collects and stores time-series metrics, while Grafana provides rich dashboards and alerting on top of that data. Together they give you deep visibility into system performance, resource utilization, and application health. This tutorial walks through installing both on RHEL […]
LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) is the standard disk encryption framework on Linux, providing transparent block-level encryption that protects data at rest even if physical media is stolen. On RHEL 9, LUKS is backed by the cryptsetup tool and integrates tightly with the kernel’s device mapper subsystem. This tutorial walks through encrypting a new disk […]
File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) detects unauthorised modifications to critical system files — a key indicator of compromise that antivirus and network monitoring tools often miss. Tripwire is a battle-tested open-source FIM tool that creates a cryptographic hash database of your filesystem and alerts you when files are added, modified, or deleted. On RHEL 9, Tripwire […]
HTTP security headers are a lightweight but highly effective layer of defence for web applications, instructing browsers to enforce policies that mitigate common attacks like clickjacking, MIME-type sniffing, cross-site scripting (XSS), and protocol downgrade attacks. HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) forces browsers to use HTTPS exclusively, while a Content Security Policy (CSP) controls which resources […]
OpenVAS, now distributed as Greenbone Community Edition (GCE), is one of the most comprehensive open-source vulnerability scanners available, capable of identifying thousands of known CVEs across network services, web applications, and operating system configurations. Installing it natively on RHEL 9 requires complex dependency management, so the recommended approach is to deploy it via Docker Compose, […]
DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) adds cryptographic signatures to DNS records, protecting against cache poisoning and DNS spoofing attacks where an attacker forges DNS responses to redirect users to malicious sites. On RHEL 9, BIND9 is the standard DNS server and includes full DNSSEC support out of the box. This tutorial walks through enabling DNSSEC validation, […]
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