Blogs & Guides

A 5-part series covering Apache Kafka 3.6.1 with Zookeeper, the Node.js producer, Logstash pipelines, Elasticsearch & Kibana, and Filebeat — with full broker configuration, SSL/TLS, and topic management.

Cross-platform compliance audit procedures for Ubuntu 24.04, Windows 10/11, and Oracle Linux 8/9 — evaluated against CIS Level 1 Server, PCI-DSS, and Microsoft Security Baselines.

Full Docker Compose deployment of Apache Guacamole — browser-based RDP/SSH/VNC gateway with MySQL persistence, session recording, cross-container permission mapping, and production hardening with reverse proxy.

Configure the Percona audit_log plugin to track every action of a specific MySQL user — persistent config, JSON output, async writes, and built-in log rotation. Compliance evidence for PCI-DSS, HIPAA, ISO 27001.

A reproducible workflow for turning one Ubuntu VM into an infinitely cloneable, Cloud-Init-driven Kubernetes node template on Proxmox VE. Bake in the stack, disarm the installer traps, clone forever from the web console.

End-to-end implementation guide for a production 3-node Proxmox HA cluster — replicated Ceph storage, 4-NIC LACP migration bond, centralized PBS backups, PDM oversight, and verified automatic failover.

Push-to-deploy CI/CD for a NestJS backend — multi-stage Docker build, a single container that runs migrate → seed → start in order, resilient Prisma migration recovery, and SHA-tagged images for rollback.