How To
Restic Backup to S3-Compatible Storage on Linux
Restic takes a different approach to backups. Every piece of data is encrypted on the client before it…
Category
Rocky Linux
How To
Set Up Bare Metal Disaster Recovery with ReaR on Linux
Most backup guides skip the part that actually matters: the restore. They show you how to tar your…
Networking
Network Bonding and Teaming on Rocky Linux / RHEL / Fedora
Network teaming and bonding combine multiple physical NICs into a single logical interface for redundancy or increased throughput.…
Dev
Configure JAVA_HOME on Rocky Linux / RHEL / Fedora
JAVA_HOME is the single environment variable that every Java tool checks first. Tomcat, Maven, Gradle, Elasticsearch, Jenkins, and…
Automation
Upgrade GitLab from 17.x to 18.x: Step-by-Step
GitLab 18 shipped with a hard PostgreSQL 16 requirement, removed the legacy git_data_dirs configuration, and enforced CI/CD job…
How To
Install Mattermost on RHEL 10 / Rocky Linux 10 with Nginx
Mattermost is an open-source, self-hosted messaging platform built for team collaboration. It works as a direct alternative to…
Automation
Setup GitLab Runner on Rocky Linux 10 / Ubuntu 24.04
GitLab Runner is the agent that picks up CI/CD jobs from your GitLab instance and executes them. Without…
AlmaLinux
Install GitLab CE on Rocky Linux 10 / AlmaLinux 10 with SSL
Running your own GitLab instance means full control over your source code, CI/CD pipelines, container registry, and issue…
Rocky Linux
Install Java 25 (JDK 25) on Rocky Linux 10 / AlmaLinux 10
Rocky Linux 10 and AlmaLinux 10 ship OpenJDK 25 and OpenJDK 21 in their default AppStream repository. Both…
AlmaLinux
Install Podman and Buildah on Rocky Linux 10 / AlmaLinux 10
If you manage Rocky Linux or AlmaLinux servers, Podman is already waiting for you in the default repos.…
AlmaLinux
Run Kubernetes on Rocky Linux 10 / AlmaLinux 10 with Minikube
Running a full Kubernetes cluster just to test a deployment is overkill for most development workflows. Minikube spins…
Containers
Run FreeIPA Server in Docker or Podman Containers
Most FreeIPA guides walk you through a bare-metal install that takes over DNS, Kerberos, and LDAP on the…