File-level backups are useless for databases. If you tar a running PostgreSQL data directory, you get a corrupted…
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, codenamed Resolute Raccoon, lands on April 23, 2026. This is a long-term support release with…
Every Kubernetes cluster needs a networking layer that actually works, and Rancher-managed clusters (RKE2 and K3s) ship with…
Containers are ephemeral by design. When a pod dies, everything inside it vanishes. That works fine for stateless…
Running Rancher as a single Docker container works for a lab. It does not work for production. One…
A single RKE2 server node works fine for labs and development, but production workloads need something more resilient.…
If you’ve been paying Docker Desktop license fees for local container development, there’s a better option. Rancher Desktop…
RKE2 (also called RKE Government) is Rancher’s next-generation Kubernetes distribution built for security-conscious environments. Unlike K3s, which optimizes…
K3s strips Kubernetes down to a single binary under 100MB. No etcd cluster, no cloud-controller bloat, no separate…
A well-written bash script covers 90% of Linux backup needs without installing anything. tar, gzip, and a systemd…
Keeping files synchronized across multiple servers is one of those tasks that sounds simple until you need it…
Most backup guides skip the part that actually matters: the restore. They show you how to tar your…
