All articles tagged with Server Administration
Navigating the trade-offs between orchestration complexity and operational costs in Norway's regulatory landscape. We benchmark Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Nomad on local NVMe infrastructure.
Stop manual deployments. Learn how to architect a bulletproof GitOps workflow using ArgoCD and Kubernetes on high-performance NVMe infrastructure, tailored for the Norwegian regulatory landscape.
Stop bleeding cash on external API tokens. Learn how to deploy production-grade AI inference using NVIDIA NIM containers on high-performance Linux infrastructure. We cover the Docker setup, optimization flags, and why data sovereignty in Oslo matters.
A battle-hardened comparison of container orchestrators in 2023. We analyze overhead, latency sensitivity, and why running etcd on slow storage is a death sentence for your cluster.
Manual security audits are a liability. Learn how to automate compliance on Norwegian infrastructure using Ansible, OpenSCAP, and Terraform. A technical guide for CTOs who value sleep.
Stop guessing why your server is slow. We break down a battle-tested monitoring stack using Prometheus and Grafana, explain why 'CPU Steal' is the enemy of performance, and how to ensure your Norwegian infrastructure remains compliant and performant.
A pragmatic guide for European CTOs on escaping the hyperscaler tax in 2023. We analyze CPU steal, optimize Kubernetes resource limits, and leverage Norwegian NVMe infrastructure to stabilize budgets and ensure GDPR compliance.
Manual deployments are the root cause of 80% of outages. This guide covers practical GitOps workflows using ArgoCD and Kustomize, specifically tailored for Norwegian infrastructure compliance and high-performance NVMe environments.
Alert fatigue destroys DevOps teams. Learn how to build a scalable monitoring stack using Prometheus and Grafana, compliant with Norwegian data laws, while eliminating the 'noisy neighbor' false positives common in cheap hosting.
Most infrastructure monitoring setups fail when it matters most. Learn how to deploy a battle-hardened Prometheus and Grafana stack on KVM, ensuring you never miss a latency spike in your Nordic infrastructure.
Kubernetes 1.22 is scheduled for release later this year, and it brings a hard stop to many beta APIs. If your Ingress or CRD manifests still use legacy versions, your deployments will fail. Here is a battle-plan for Norwegian DevOps teams to migrate before the deadline.
With Kubernetes 1.20 deprecating Docker support, the orchestration wars are heating up again. We dissect the trade-offs between K8s complexity and Swarm simplicity, while proving why underlying NVMe storage is the only metric that truly matters for cluster stability.
Green dashboards don't mean happy users. Learn why 2020 demands a shift from passive monitoring to active observability, how to configure Nginx for structured logging, and why the Schrems II ruling makes self-hosting your metrics in Norway a legal necessity.
A battle-hardened comparison of container orchestrators for European DevOps teams. We analyze performance, complexity, and the critical impact of the recent Privacy Shield invalidation on your hosting choices.
It's late 2019, and the 'runc' vulnerability is still haunting production environments. Here is a battle-hardened guide to locking down containers, managing capabilities, and why the underlying hardware in Oslo matters more than you think.
It's late 2018. GDPR is here. Is your Disaster Recovery plan compliant? A pragmatic CTO's guide to replication, failover, and keeping data on Norwegian soil.
Stop relying on passive health checks. In the era of microservices and distributed systems, green dashboards hide critical failures. Here is how to build a true observability stack on Norwegian infrastructure using Prometheus, ELK, and raw NVMe power.
Stop building sluggish REST endpoints. Learn how to deploy a high-performance GraphQL server on NVMe KVM instances using Apollo Server 2.0, Nginx, and Redis, specifically tailored for the Nordic market.
Migrating critical databases without downtime is a high-wire act. We break down the 'Sync and Switch' strategy using Percona XtraBackup and replication, tailored for GDPR compliance and the Nordic infrastructure landscape.
TCP Head-of-Line blocking is destroying your mobile performance. We explore the QUIC protocol, how to implement it today using Caddy 0.11, and why CoolVDS is the optimal infrastructure for UDP-heavy traffic in Norway.
In 2017, seeing 'OK' on Nagios isn't enough. Discover why high-performance DevOps teams in Norway are shifting from passive monitoring to active observability using ELK, Prometheus, and KVM-backed infrastructure.
With GDPR enforcement looming in 2018, 'backup' is no longer synonymous with 'recovery.' We analyze replication strategies using MySQL 5.7 GTIDs, rsync, and KVM isolation within the Norwegian legal framework.
Moving Kubernetes from minikube to bare metal production is where the real pain begins. We cover etcd latency, NVMe requirements, and Norwegian compliance in the v1.6 era.
Is your Jenkins build queue stalling your release cycle? We analyze the impact of disk I/O on Docker builds, the transition to Jenkins 2.0 pipelines, and why data residency in Norway is critical following the new EU-US Privacy Shield agreement.
Hardcoded IP addresses are the silent killers of distributed systems. In this guide, we ditch static configurations for a dynamic, self-healing service architecture using Consul and HAProxy, optimized for the Norwegian high-performance hosting landscape.
Stop relying on shared hosting for critical email. This guide covers the essential Postfix configuration steps to ensure deliverability, secure your MTA against relays, and keep the Norwegian Data Inspectorate happy.
Is your budget VPS slowing down during peak hours? We dissect the architecture of OpenVZ, expose the dangers of 'Burst RAM', and explain why hardware virtualization like Xen or KVM is the only viable path for mission-critical Norwegian businesses.
Is your site crawling during peak hours? Shared hosting is a trap for growing businesses. We break down the technical differences, from kernel isolation to I/O wait times, and explain why upgrading to a VPS in Oslo is critical for performance and Norwegian compliance.
Is your budget VPS holding your application back? We analyze the architecture of OpenVZ, expose the truth about 'Burst RAM', and explain why kernel isolation matters for Norwegian business continuity.
RAID is not a backup. In this guide, we explore battle-tested strategies using rsync, cron, and offsite storage to protect your data under Norwegian compliance standards.