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How to secure Postfix using Let’s Encrypt

This guide goes through the steps required in configuring a secure Postfix STMP server with certificates provided by the Let's Encrypt certificate authority and Dovecot that is used for client authentication.

Janne Ruostemaa

Editor-in-Chief

How to get started with load balancing Docker Swarm mode

Docker Swarm mode not only makes a cluster orchestration a breeze, but it also offers an easy way to publish ports for services.

Janne Ruostemaa

Editor-in-Chief

How to get started with Docker Swarm orchestration

Docker Swarm is the docker native clustering solution that turns a pool of Docker hosts into a single virtual server.

Janne Ruostemaa

Editor-in-Chief

How to install OpenVPN Access Server in the cloud

A virtual private network or VPN for short is a convenient way of setting up a secure connection to another networked host. OpenVPN Access Server […]

Janne Ruostemaa

Editor-in-Chief

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How to benchmark Cloud Servers

The easiest way to measure the real differences between servers is to run a set of tests, i.e. a benchmark, to create simple to read values for comparisons.

Janne Ruostemaa

Editor-in-Chief

How to configure Docker Swarm

This guide goes through the steps for how to configure Docker Swarm to turn a group of distributed Docker hosts into a single large virtual server.

Samir Haliru

How to install HAProxy load balancer on CentOS

This guide lays out the steps for setting up HAProxy as a load balancer on CentOS 7 to its own cloud host which then directs the traffic to your web servers.

Janne Ruostemaa

Editor-in-Chief

How to install HAProxy load balancer on Ubuntu

This guide lays out the steps for setting up HAProxy as a load balancer on Ubuntu 16 to its own cloud host which then directs the traffic to your web servers.

Janne Ruostemaa

Editor-in-Chief

How to install HAProxy load balancer on Debian

This guide lays out the steps for setting up HAProxy as a load balancer on Debian 8 to its own cloud host which then directs the traffic to your web servers.

Janne Ruostemaa

Editor-in-Chief

How to install Snort on Debian

Deploy Snort on Debian 9. Learn to install & configure this powerful network intrusion detection system (NIDS) to monitor traffic and enhance server security.

Janne Ruostemaa

Editor-in-Chief

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