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HowTo: SPF, DKIM and DMARC β€” email that lands in the Inbox

Anti-spoofing, cryptographic signing and policy, with DNS verification.

HowTo: PostgreSQL streaming replication on Debian

Primary + standby, pg_basebackup, lag verification and failover.

HowTo: load balancing with HAProxy on Debian

Frontend/backend, algorithms, health checks, TLS and a stats page.

HowTo: SSH hardening + bastion on Debian

ed25519 keys, no password/root, 2FA, jump host and brute-force protection.

HowTo: Let's Encrypt wildcard certificate with DNS-01

Wildcard *.domain without port 80 (Cloudflare), ideal for intranet, with auto-renewal.

HowTo: CrowdSec from scratch on Debian

Install, acquisition, collections, nftables bouncer, console and testing β€” step by step.

HowTo: Proxmox live migration and cluster networking

Dedicated migration network, bonding/VLAN, online migration and CPU compatibility.

HowTo: ZFS on Proxmox β€” pool, snapshots and replication

Mirror/raidz pool, compression, instant snapshots and node-to-node replication.

HowTo: Proxmox Backup Server β€” incremental backup and restore

Incremental, deduplicated backup with integrity verification and retention β€” step by step.

vSAN and software-defined storage β€” free options and how to choose

Ceph, StarWind VSAN Free, GlusterFS, DRBD/Linstor, ZFS β€” comparison and when to choose each.

Free security solutions on Linux and OPNsense β€” catalog

IDS/IPS, SIEM, threat intelligence, feeds, firewall, VPN, scanning and monitoring β€” listed with what each does.

Install Proxmox VE with Ceph β€” hyperconverged cluster

Proxmox VE cluster with replicated Ceph storage: requirements, network, OSDs, RBD pool and High Availability.

HowTo: WireGuard VPN on Debian + Windows client

WireGuard server on Debian plus setting up the client on Windows, step by step.

HowTo: nftables firewall on Debian

Base ruleset, IP sets, SSH rate-limit, logging and persistence β€” commands.

HowTo: Debian + Nginx web server from scratch

Install, firewall, server block and Let's Encrypt TLS β€” Debian 12/13.

Docker in production with Nginx β€” reverse proxy, TLS and hardening

Practical guide: containerized apps with Docker behind an Nginx reverse proxy, Let's Encrypt TLS, isolated networks and production hardening.

OPNsense with Suricata IDS/IPS and CrowdSec β€” layered defense

Practical guide: OPNsense firewall with inline Suricata IDS/IPS and collaborative CrowdSec IPS β€” install, rules, tuning and testing.

Redundant infrastructure across two locations: dual-ISP, L2 VPN bridge and automatic failover

Two locations as one L2 network (OpenVPN bridge per VLAN), dual-ISP with instant failover, security (Suricata, ipset, GeoIP, nftables, Fail2ban), KVM and a backup server that takes over in 15 minutes.

Consolidation: 20+ web apps from 7 machines onto a single KVM server

A client with 20+ web apps across 5 VMs and 2 dedicated servers, consolidated onto a single Debian server with KVM: 3 VMs, security with nginx + GeoIP + Suricata, Zabbix monitoring and image-level backup.

RAID10 recovery with 6 offline disks and crashed Oracle DB

RAID10 array with 6 out of 10 disks offline and a crashed Oracle database. How we brought the controller back, rebuilt the array, and recovered the database from redo logs β€” zero critical data loss.

Top 5 reasons to choose Debian for enterprise servers

Why Debian remains the preferred Linux distribution for enterprise servers in 2026.

Fortinet vs pfSense vs OPNsense β€” 2026 comparison

Which firewall fits SMB, mid-market or enterprise in 2026.

VMware β†’ Proxmox migration: complete guide

After Broadcom price hikes, many migrate. Step-by-step VMware β†’ Proxmox VE migration guide.

Linux server hardening 2026: complete guide

How to secure a Linux Debian server in 2026 β€” CIS benchmark, fail2ban, GeoIP, CrowdSec.

Disaster Recovery with Veeam: 3-2-1 strategy

How to implement backup and DR with Veeam B&R using the 3-2-1 strategy.

SD-WAN with FortiGate β€” enterprise multi-site approach

SD-WAN implementation with FortiGate: link load balancing, application steering, ZTNA, what it involves.

Physical to Hyper-V migration (P2V) β€” what it involves

P2V conversion of physical Windows/Linux server to Hyper-V: phases, challenges, architectural decisions.

Linux firewall with IP reputation + NetFlow monitoring

Enterprise firewall on Linux: nftables, GeoIP, IP reputation, fail2ban, NetFlow visibility.

24/7 SOC with Wazuh SIEM + Suricata IDS

Build a functional 24/7 SOC with Wazuh, Suricata and Grafana β€” open-source enterprise-grade stack.

Enterprise reverse proxy: HAProxy + Nginx + WAF

HA reverse proxy layer design with HAProxy, Nginx, ModSecurity WAF, automatic SSL.

Self-hosted mail server: enterprise Postfix + Dovecot

Why and how to implement self-hosted mail server with Postfix, Dovecot, Rspamd, DKIM/SPF/DMARC.

Infrastructure monitoring with Grafana + Prometheus + Zabbix

Complete monitoring stack: infrastructure, network, apps, business metrics, centralized logs.

Infrastructure automation with Ansible

Ansible implementation: playbooks, dynamic inventory, vault, AWX.