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How to Set Up Software RAID with mdadm on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Netdata on Ubuntu 24.04

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 […]

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How to Configure WSUS for Automated Patch Management on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure WSUS for Automated Patch Management on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Configure WSUS for Automated Patch Management on Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is Microsoft’s enterprise patch management solution that allows administrators to approve, deploy, and report on Windows and Microsoft software updates across their environment from a central server. By hosting updates internally, WSUS reduces external bandwidth consumption, gives […]

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How to Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Jenkins on Ubuntu 24.04

Jenkins is the leading open-source automation server for CI/CD pipelines. This guide installs the latest LTS Jenkins on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Java 21 and configures it behind Nginx. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server Minimum 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended) A user with sudo privileges Step 1 […]

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How to Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Git Server with Gitea on Ubuntu 24.04

Gitea is a lightweight, self-hosted Git service written in Go. It offers a GitHub-like interface with a tiny resource footprint — ideal for small teams and personal servers. This guide installs Gitea on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server MySQL 8.0 or PostgreSQL 16 installed A […]

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How to Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Ansible on Ubuntu 24.04

Ansible is an agentless IT automation tool that manages servers and deploys applications using simple YAML playbooks over SSH. This guide installs Ansible on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and demonstrates a basic playbook. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS control node SSH access to managed nodes A user with sudo privileges […]

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How to Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Use Helm on Ubuntu 24.04

Helm is the package manager for Kubernetes. It uses Charts — collections of pre-configured Kubernetes resource files — to deploy applications consistently. This guide installs Helm on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and demonstrates deploying a chart. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server kubectl configured to access a Kubernetes cluster A […]

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How to Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04

Vagrant provides a consistent, portable development environment by automating the creation and provisioning of virtual machines. This guide installs Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS desktop or server CPU with hardware virtualisation enabled (VT-x/AMD-V) A user with sudo privileges Step 1 – Add […]

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How to Set Up a DNS Server with Bind9 on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Certbot and Manage Let’s Encrypt Certificates on Ubuntu 26.04

Let’s Encrypt provides free, automated, and open TLS certificates. Certbot is the official Let’s Encrypt client that automates certificate issuance and renewal. This guide installs Certbot on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and manages SSL certificates for Nginx and Apache. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Nginx or Apache installed A […]

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How to Manage Docker Images and Containers on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install k3s Lightweight Kubernetes on Ubuntu 24.04

k3s is a lightweight, certified Kubernetes distribution from Rancher that is perfect for edge computing, IoT, CI/CD, and small deployments. It installs in seconds and requires only 512 MB RAM. This guide installs k3s on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A user with sudo privileges […]

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How to Manage Docker Images and Containers on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Private Docker Registry on Ubuntu 24.04

A private Docker registry lets you store and distribute custom Docker images within your organisation without sending them to Docker Hub. This guide sets up a private Docker registry with TLS and basic authentication on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server Docker Engine and Docker Compose […]

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