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Generic Linux server performance diagnostics and assessment

Published:  01/02/2020 14:20
A few simple steps to assess server stress and possible ways to get started on the way to fix it

Isolated SFTP server using Docker

Published:  21/12/2020 16:30
An easy and secure replacement for what used to be done using FTP servers.

HTTP Cross-site request & scripting mitigation headers

Published:  16/10/2020 12:00
Web browsers are enforcing quite a few HTTP headers related security rules and it's sometimes unclear how they work and which ones to implement on your server-side applications. Here is a quick round up.

Security: Blocking web access to source control directories

Published:  24/09/2020 13:44
We'd just like to raise awareness around publicly (usually involuntarily) exposing .git or .svn folders over the public Internet and why you should avoid it.

Kubernetes nginx-ingress — Setting max upload size

Published:  03/08/2020 10:10
The Nginx Ingress server has a default allowed request body size that is quite low to avoid voluntary or involuntary DOS attacks. Here's how to set it per Ingress resource.

Kubernetes bare metal deployment with kubeadm - Refresh 2020

Published:  29/05/2020 12:00
Our original bare-metal Kubernetes deployment article is the one with the most regular views on this blog so we thought it would be nice to refresh it for the current K8S version.