Ubuntu 24.04 LTS uses Netplan to manage network configuration. By default, servers use DHCP which can result in IP address changes. This guide configures a static IP address using Netplan on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A user with sudo privileges Knowledge of your network […]
BIND9 is the most widely deployed DNS server software. This guide configures BIND9 as an authoritative DNS server and a local recursive resolver on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A user with sudo privileges A registered domain name (for authoritative DNS) Step 1 – Install […]
Postfix is a popular, high-performance Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) that routes and delivers email. This guide installs and configures Postfix as an outgoing SMTP server on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A registered domain name DNS MX records pointing to your server A user with […]
Dovecot is a secure, open-source IMAP and POP3 server that works alongside Postfix to deliver email to mail clients. This guide installs and configures Dovecot IMAP on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server Postfix installed and configured A domain name with MX records A user with […]
DKIM, SPF, and DMARC are email authentication standards that prevent spoofing and improve email deliverability. This guide configures all three on a Postfix server on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server Postfix installed and running Access to your domain DNS records A user with sudo privileges […]
Prometheus is a powerful time-series monitoring system and Grafana is the leading visualisation dashboard. Together they form the most popular open-source monitoring stack. This guide installs both on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A user with sudo privileges Minimum 2 GB RAM Step 1 – […]
The ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) is the leading open-source log management and analytics platform. This guide installs ELK Stack 8.x on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for centralised log collection and analysis. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server Minimum 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended) Java 21 installed A user […]
Zabbix 7 is an enterprise-grade open-source monitoring solution for networks, servers, and cloud services. This guide installs Zabbix Server 7.0 LTS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with MySQL and Nginx. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server MySQL 8.0 installed Nginx and PHP 8.3-FPM installed A user with sudo privileges Step […]
Netdata is a real-time performance monitoring tool that collects thousands of metrics per second with near-zero overhead. It provides a beautiful web dashboard out of the box with no configuration required. This guide installs Netdata on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A user with sudo […]
Log files grow without bound unless managed. Logrotate is the standard Linux tool that automatically rotates, compresses, and deletes old log files. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS includes Logrotate pre-installed. This guide explains how to configure it. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A user with sudo privileges Step 1 – […]
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