How To
Managing Linux Processes with ps, top, kill, bg and fg
Every running program on a Linux system is a process. Whether it is the shell you are typing…
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Josphat Mutai
Automation
Install Jenkins on Ubuntu 24.04 / Debian 13 with Nginx Reverse Proxy
Jenkins remains the most widely adopted open-source automation server for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). Written in…
Databases
Setup MariaDB Galera Cluster on Debian 13/12 with ProxySQL
Running a database cluster that handles failover without dropping connections is one of those problems that sounds simple…
Automation
Set Up Kind Kubernetes with Nginx Ingress Using Terraform
Running Kubernetes locally has become a standard part of the development workflow for platform and DevOps engineers. Kind…
AlmaLinux
Install Prometheus and Node Exporter on Rocky Linux 10 / AlmaLinux 10
Prometheus is the go-to open source monitoring system for infrastructure and application observability. It works on a pull-based…
Automation
Install and Configure Ansible on Ubuntu / Debian / RHEL / Rocky Linux
Ansible is the go-to automation tool for managing infrastructure at scale. It connects to your servers over SSH,…
Kubernetes
Install Kubernetes Cluster on Ubuntu 24.04 with Kubeadm
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Containers
Install Nginx Ingress Controller on Kubernetes with Helm
Every service you deploy on Kubernetes needs a way to receive traffic from outside the cluster. You could…
Containers
Install Kubernetes Cluster on Rocky Linux 10 / AlmaLinux 10 with Kubeadm
This guide walks through a full Kubernetes 1.35 cluster deployment on Rocky Linux 10 or AlmaLinux 10 using…
AlmaLinux
Install PHP 8.5 on Rocky Linux 10 / AlmaLinux 10 / RHEL 10
Getting PHP 8.5 running on RHEL-based systems takes a different path than Debian/Ubuntu. The AppStream repos ship older…
Debian
Install PHP 8.5 on Debian 13/12 with Nginx and PHP-FPM
If you run PHP in production on Debian, you already know the default repos are always a version…
Dev
Install PHP 8.5 on Ubuntu 24.04 with Nginx and PHP-FPM
PHP 8.5 brings Zend Engine 4.5, improved OPcache with a 64 MB JIT buffer by default, the new…