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- 0391 Install Docker on Linux, macOS and Windows Docker Desktop or Docker Engine? Pick the right one for your OS, install it, and confirm with docker run hello-world. Covers the… Beginner · Step by step · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Docker basics · Installing languages & tools 15 Oct 2026
- 0392 Install Visual Studio Code on Linux, macOS and Windows Install VS Code from Microsoft's packages, Homebrew or winget, get the code command working in the terminal, and add the extensions you… Beginner · Step by step · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Command-line tools · Installing languages & tools 15 Oct 2026
- 0356 Free HTTPS with Let’s Encrypt and certbot Install certbot, get a trusted certificate for your domain and let it configure nginx or Apache, or just obtain the files for… Beginner · Step by step · Linux Article TLS & certificates 15 Oct 2026
- 0357 Keep secrets out of git: .env files, gitignore and what to do after a leak Load passwords and API keys from an untracked .env file, commit a safe .env.example instead, catch mistakes before they are pushed, and… Beginner · Step by step · Any system Article Housekeeping · Secrets & access 15 Oct 2026
- 0362 The 3-2-1 backup rule, and why a backup you never restored is not a backup Three copies, two kinds of media, one off-site: what the rule really protects against, how it maps to real tools, and why… Beginner · Explains an idea · Any system Article Strategy & restore drills 15 Oct 2026
- 0367 verify-latest-backup: alert when the newest dump is too old or too small A read-only bash check that finds the newest file in a backup directory, compares its age and size against limits, optionally tests… Beginner · Step by step · Linux Script Backups & syncing · Strategy & restore drills 15 Oct 2026
- 0371 Where are the logs? journalctl, /var/log and container logs A practical map of where Linux programs write their logs and the commands to read them: journalctl filters, the classic files under… Beginner · Step by step · Linux Article Logs 15 Oct 2026
- 0372 Grafana: your first dashboard from Prometheus data Connect Grafana to a Prometheus server, build a four-panel host dashboard with PromQL queries, set units and thresholds, add an instance variable,… Beginner · Step by step · Browser, Linux, macOS Article Prometheus & Grafana 15 Oct 2026
- 0344 ufw and firewalld: open and close ports Allow and remove ports and services on the two standard Linux host firewalls, restrict a port to one source network, and make… Beginner · Step by step · Linux Article Firewalls · Networking & firewalls 15 Oct 2026
- 0345 SSH keys: create, copy and use them Generate an ed25519 key pair, install the public key on a server with ssh-copy-id, keep the private key protected with a passphrase… Beginner · Step by step · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Keys & config · SSH 15 Oct 2026