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305Articles
17Stacks
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IaC & Automation
New
Ansible Mastery
27-part series
- 1Ansible Automation Guide: From Basics to Production
- 2Install and Configure Ansible on RHEL and Debian Based Linux
- 3Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands: Quick Tasks Without Playbooks
- +24 more parts
Fedora
New
Fedora 44 Workstation
20-part series
- 1Install Fedora 44 Linux Step-by-Step with Screenshots
- 2Install Flatpak and Flathub Apps on Fedora 44 / 43 / 42
- 3Configure GNOME Tweaks and Extensions on Fedora 44
- +17 more parts
Databases
New
Qdrant Mastery
14-part series
- 1Qdrant Vector Database: Setup, Search, and Production Use
- 2Install Qdrant on Ubuntu 26.04 / 24.04 / 22.04
- 3Install Qdrant on Rocky Linux 10 / AlmaLinux 10
- +11 more parts
Ubuntu 26.04
Ubuntu 26.04 Web Stack
14-part series
- 1Install LAMP Stack on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Apache, MariaDB, PHP)
- 2Install LEMP Stack on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Nginx, MariaDB, PHP 8.5)
- 3Install MariaDB on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- +11 more parts
Identity & Access
New
FreeIPA Identity Management
12-part series
- 1Install FreeIPA Server on Rocky Linux 10 / AlmaLinux 10 / RHEL 10
- 2How To Configure FreeIPA Replication on Rocky Linux / AlmaLinux 10 and 9
- 3Run FreeIPA Server in Docker or Podman Containers
- +9 more parts
Google Cloud
GCP Certificate, DNS & Traffic Consolidation
11-part series
- 1Audit GCP Certificate Sprawl on Per-Service ManagedCertificate
- 2Configure Cloud DNS DNSSEC and CAA on GCP (Terraform)
- 3Issue GCP Wildcard Certs with DNS Authorization (Terraform)
- +8 more parts
All series by stack
FreeBSD 15
Tested on FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE: install, jails, ZFS, databases, runtimes, monitoring.- FreeBSD 15 Jails & Virtualization Install FreeBSD 14 on KVM or VirtualBox (Easy 2024 Guide) 10
- FreeBSD 15 Install & Base FreeBSD 15.0 New Features: pkgbase, Post-Quantum Crypto, ZFS 2.4 7
- FreeBSD 15 Developer Runtimes Install Python 3 and pip on FreeBSD 15 6
- FreeBSD 15 Databases Install MariaDB 11.4 on FreeBSD 15 5
- FreeBSD CLI & Desktop Tools Install VIM on FreeBSD 15 / 14 4
- FreeBSD 15 Networking WireGuard VPN Server on FreeBSD 15 3
- FreeBSD 15 Storage & ZFS How To Configure NFS Server and NFS client on FreeBSD 14 3
- FreeBSD Monitoring Install Netdata Monitoring on FreeBSD 3
- FreeBSD 15 Mail Install and Configure iRedMail Server on FreeBSD 13 2
- FreeBSD Comparisons & Reading Top FreeBSD Books to Read in 2026: Essential for SysAdmins 2
- FreeBSD 15 Web Stack Install Nginx on FreeBSD 15 with Let’s Encrypt SSL 1
Ubuntu 26.04
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS guides from base install through web, monitoring, and hardening.- Ubuntu 26.04 Web Stack Install LAMP Stack on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Apache, MariaDB, PHP) 14
- Ubuntu 26.04 DevOps & Container Tools Install Docker Compose on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 13
- Ubuntu 26.04 Security & Hardening How To Install WireGuard VPN on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 12
- Ubuntu 26.04 Getting Started Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon): New Features, Changes, and What to Know 11
- Ubuntu 26.04 Self-Hosted Apps Install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 10
- Ubuntu 26.04 Networking Configure Static IP on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Netplan 8
- Ubuntu 26.04 Monitoring Stack Install Prometheus on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7
- Ubuntu 26.04 System Internals Use Rust Coreutils on Ubuntu 26.04: uutils vs GNU + Benchmarks 6
- Ubuntu 26.04 AI/ML & GPU Install Ollama on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Open WebUI 3
Arch Family
Arch and Arch-based distros for laptops and workstations.Fedora
Fedora Workstation and Server: install, desktop setup, and developer tooling.openSUSE Leap
openSUSE Leap 16 install, upgrade, and post-install on desktop and server.Lightweight Desktops
Lightweight Debian and Ubuntu desktops that fly on older hardware.AWS
EKS, IAM, networking, and platform engineering on AWS.Google Cloud
GKE, certificate consolidation, traffic routing, and platform guides on GCP.Kubernetes
Kubernetes install, upgrade, and day-2 operations across distros.- Kubernetes GitOps with ArgoCD & Flux Install ArgoCD on Kubernetes 11
- Kubernetes Service Mesh & Networking Cilium CNI: eBPF Networking and Network Policies for Production Kubernetes 5
- Kubernetes Storage & Backup Kubernetes Storage Basics with K3s and RKE2 4
- Kubernetes Security & Hardening Kubernetes RBAC: Roles, ClusterRoles, and ServiceAccounts for Production 3
IaC & Automation
Infrastructure as code and configuration management.Databases
Relational, KV, document, vector, and time-series database platforms.Identity & Access
FreeIPA, LDAP, Keycloak, and SSO across mixed environments.Cisco CCNA
Lab-tested Cisco IOS for the CCNA 200-301 exam: device setup, CLI, SSH, routing, and LAN services.Storage & Backup
File systems, object storage, self-hosted cloud, and backup/DR.Virtualization
Hypervisors and VM management.- Proxmox VE FoundationNew Install Proxmox VE 9 on Bare Metal 4
- Proxmox VE MigrationNew Migrate VMware ESXi to Proxmox VE 3
- Proxmox VE StorageNew Proxmox VE Storage Backends Compared: LVM, ZFS, Ceph, NFS, iSCSI 2
- Proxmox VE Hyperconverged CephNew Build a 3-Node Hyperconverged Ceph Cluster on Proxmox VE 1
- Proxmox VE NetworkingNew Configure Linux Bridges on Proxmox VE 1