Vadym Kalsin Author
Monitoring engineer
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How to Monitor Docker Using Zabbix on Ubuntu 20.04
Learn how to set up monitoring for Docker containers using Zabbix, an open-source monitoring tool for IT infrastructure. -
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How To Secure Nginx with Let's Encrypt on CentOS 8
In this tutorial, you will use Let's Encrypt to obtain a free SSL certificate and use it with Nginx on CentOS 8. You will do this by using the Certbot Let's Encrypt client. You will also set up automatic renewal of yo... -
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How To Install and Configure Zabbix to Securely Monitor Remote Servers on Ubuntu 20.04
Zabbix is open-source monitoring software for networks and applications. In this tutorial, you will configure a Zabbix-based monitoring system on two Ubuntu 20.04 machines. One will be configured as the server, and th... -
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How To Install and Use TimescaleDB on Ubuntu 20.04
TimescaleDB is an open-source database optimized for storing time-series data. It is implemented as an extension of PostgreSQL and combines the ease-of-use of relational databases and the speed of NoSQL databases. By ... -
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How To Install and Secure Grafana on Ubuntu 20.04
Grafana is an open-source data visualization and monitoring tool that integrates with complex data sources like Prometheus and ElasticSearch. Grafana lets you create alerts, notifications, and ad-hoc filters for your ... -
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How To Install Nagios 4 and Monitor Your Servers on Ubuntu 18.04
Nagios is a popular open-source monitoring system. It keeps an inventory of your servers and monitors them so you know your critical services are up and running. Using a monitoring system like Nagios is an essential t... -
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How To Install and Use PostgreSQL on CentOS 8
PostgreSQL, or Postgres, is a relational database management system that provides an implementation of the SQL querying language. It is a popular choice for many small and large projects and has the advantage of bein... -
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How To Install and Configure an SNMP Daemon and Client on Ubuntu 18.04
SNMP stands for simple network management protocol. It is a way that servers can share information about their current state, and also a channel through which an administer can modify pre-defined values. In this guide... -
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How To Install and Use TimescaleDB on CentOS 7
TimescaleDB is an open-source database optimized for storing time series data. It is implemented as an extension of PostgreSQL and combines the ease-of-use of relational databases and the speed of NoSQL databases. By ... -
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How To Install and Use PostgreSQL on CentOS 7
PostgreSQL, or Postgres, is a relational database management system that provides an implementation of the SQL querying language. It is a popular choice for many small and large projects and has the advantage of bein... -
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How To Install and Use TimescaleDB on Ubuntu 18.04
TimescaleDB is an open-source database optimized for storing time series data. It is implemented as an extension of PostgreSQL and combines the ease-of-use of relational databases and the speed of NoSQL databases. By ... -
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How To Install and Secure Grafana on Ubuntu 18.04
Grafana is an open-source data visualization and monitoring tool that integrates with complex data from sources like Prometheus, InfluxDB, Graphite, and ElasticSearch. In this tutorial, you will install Grafana and se... -
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How To Set Up a Help Desk System with OTRS on Ubuntu 18.04
OTRS, also known as the Open source Ticket Request System, is a help desk and IT service management system. In this tutorial, you will install OTRS Community Edition on an Ubuntu 18.04 server and set up a simple help ... -
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How To Install and Configure Zabbix to Securely Monitor Remote Servers on CentOS 7
Zabbix is open-source monitoring software for networks and applications. In this tutorial, you will configure a Zabbix-based monitoring system on two CentOS 7 machines. One will be configured as the server, and the ot... -
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How To Secure Apache with Let's Encrypt on CentOS 7
SSL certificates are used within web servers to encrypt the traffic between the server and client, providing extra security for users accessing your application. Let’s Encrypt provides an easy way to obtain and instal... -
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How To Install and Configure Zabbix to Securely Monitor Remote Servers on Ubuntu 18.04
Zabbix is open-source monitoring software for networks and applications. In this tutorial, you will configure a Zabbix-based monitoring system on two Ubuntu 18.04 machines. One will be configured as the server, and th... -
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How To Gather Infrastructure Metrics with Metricbeat on CentOS 7
Metricbeat, the replacement for Topbeat, is a lightweight data shipper that collects CPU and memory statistics from a server and sends the data directly to your Elasticsearch deployment. In this tutorial, you will use... -
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How To Gather Infrastructure Metrics with Metricbeat on Ubuntu 18.04
Metricbeat, the replacement for Topbeat, is a lightweight data shipper that collects CPU and memory statistics from a server and sends the data directly to your Elasticsearch deployment. In this tutorial, you will use... -
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How To Install Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (Elastic Stack) on CentOS 7
In this tutorial for CentOS 7, you will learn how to install all of the components of the Elastic Stack, a collection of open-source software produced by Elastic which allows you to search, analyze, and visualize logs... -
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How To Install Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (Elastic Stack) on Ubuntu 16.04
In this tutorial, we will go over the installation of the Elasticsearch ELK Stack on Ubuntu 16.04 (that is, Elasticsearch 2.3.x, Logstash 2.3.x, and Kibana 4.5.x). We will also show you how to configure it to gather a...