Introduction to SolarWinds Monitoring on Windows Server 2022 SolarWinds is one of the most widely deployed network and systems monitoring platforms in enterprise environments. Two primary SolarWinds products apply to Windows Server 2022 monitoring: SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM), which is part of the SolarWinds Orion platform and focuses on server and application performance, […]
What Is the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit? The Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit (SCT) is a free collection of tools and security baseline documents published by Microsoft to help organizations implement and verify security configurations on Windows operating systems, server roles, and Microsoft applications. Unlike third-party benchmarks, the SCT baselines are developed by the same engineers […]
Introduction to PowerShell DSC on Windows Server 2022 PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) is a management platform built into Windows PowerShell that enables you to define the desired state of your servers and continuously enforce that state. On Windows Server 2022, DSC is delivered through WMF 5.1 (Windows Management Framework), which is included in the […]
Introduction Deploying deploy applications in freebsd jails on freebsd 12 on a FreeBSD 12 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the […]
Introduction This guide explains how to Configure sysutils/check_mk_agent on FreeBSD 12 on FreeBSD 12. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum for fine-grained privilege separation. […]
What Is SSTP and Why Use It Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) is a VPN tunneling protocol developed by Microsoft that encapsulates Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) traffic inside HTTPS (SSL/TLS) on port 443. Because it uses the same port as standard HTTPS web traffic, SSTP VPN connections can traverse virtually any corporate firewall, web proxy, and […]
Accurate timekeeping is critical in enterprise Linux environments. Kerberos authentication, TLS certificate validation, log correlation, and distributed system coordination all depend on clocks being tightly synchronised across hosts. On RHEL 9, Chrony is the default NTP implementation, replacing the older ntpd daemon. This tutorial walks through configuring a dedicated Chrony NTP server on RHEL 9 […]
Introduction to System State Backup on Windows Server 2022 System state backup is one of the most critical recovery capabilities on Windows Server 2022. Unlike a full volume backup, a system state backup captures the essential components that define the server’s identity and role — Active Directory Domain Services, the registry, boot files, COM+ class […]
How to Use OpenSSL to Generate, Sign and Manage SSL Certificates on RHEL 7 OpenSSL is the standard open-source toolkit for implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, and it is used on almost every Linux server in production. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, OpenSSL is installed by default […]
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 […]
