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How to Configure Nginx Server Blocks on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx Server Blocks on Debian 10

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure Nginx Server Blocks on Debian 10 on Debian 10 Buster. Debian Buster uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 10 install with the […]

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How to Install Nginx on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Nginx on Debian 10

Introduction This guide explains how to Install Nginx on Debian 10 on Debian 10 Buster. Debian Buster uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 10 install with the standard repositories […]

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How to Configure IPv6 Networking on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure IPv6 Networking on RHEL 8

IPv6 adoption has accelerated significantly as IPv4 address exhaustion becomes more acute, and most modern Linux distributions including RHEL 8 ship with full IPv6 support enabled by default. Configuring IPv6 on RHEL 8 requires working with nmcli for network interface configuration, firewalld for controlling IPv6 traffic including ICMPv6, and optionally adjusting service configurations to bind […]

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How to Configure Nginx as a TCP/UDP Load Balancer on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx as a TCP/UDP Load Balancer on Debian 11

Introduction Deploying configure nginx as a tcp/udp load balancer on debian 11 on a Debian 11 Bullseye machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. […]

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How to Monitor Nginx Access Logs with GoAccess on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor Nginx Access Logs with GoAccess on RHEL 8

GoAccess is an open-source, real-time web log analyzer that generates interactive HTML reports and live terminal dashboards directly from Nginx access logs. It requires no database, no JavaScript framework, and no persistent service — a single command can parse millions of log entries in seconds. On RHEL 8 the package is available from the EPEL […]

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How to Set Up Uptime Kuma for Service Monitoring on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Uptime Kuma for Service Monitoring on RHEL 8

Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted monitoring tool that provides a clean web interface for tracking the availability of HTTP endpoints, TCP ports, DNS records, and ping targets. On RHEL 8, you can deploy it quickly using Docker or run it directly with Node.js managed by PM2. This tutorial walks through both installation methods, configuring monitors, […]

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How to Install Cockpit Web Console on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Cockpit Web Console on Debian 11

Introduction This guide explains how to Install Cockpit Web Console on Debian 11 on Debian 11 Bullseye. Debian Bullseye uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 11 install with the […]

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How to Install and Configure Nagios Core on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Nagios Core on RHEL 8

Nagios Core is one of the most widely-deployed open-source IT infrastructure monitoring systems in the world, providing alerting and status dashboards for hosts, services, and network devices. On RHEL 8, installing Nagios Core from source gives you the latest release and full control over the build configuration. This tutorial walks through every step from prerequisite […]

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How to Set Up Loki and Promtail for Log Aggregation on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Loki and Promtail for Log Aggregation on RHEL 8

Loki is a horizontally scalable, highly available log aggregation system designed by Grafana Labs to index only metadata rather than full log content, making it extremely cost-efficient compared to Elasticsearch-based stacks. Promtail is the companion agent that tails local log files, attaches labels, and ships entries to Loki over HTTP. In this tutorial you will […]

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How to Configure AppArmor for Nginx on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure AppArmor for Nginx on Debian 11

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure AppArmor for Nginx on Debian 11 on Debian 11 Bullseye. Debian Bullseye uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 11 install with the […]

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