All articles tagged with system administration
Perimeter security is dead. Learn how to implement a Zero-Trust architecture using mTLS, WireGuard, and strict KVM isolation on CoolVDS to satisfy Datatilsynet requirements and modernize your infrastructure.
Stop relying on basic uptime pings. A battle-hardened guide to implementing scalable observability with Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, and local Norwegian compliance, ensuring your metrics don't fail when your servers do.
Migrating critical databases without killing your SLA is an art. We dissect a replication-based strategy for moving terabyte-scale datasets to high-performance NVMe storage in Oslo, ensuring GDPR compliance and minimal latency.
Alert fatigue is killing your DevOps team. Learn how to build a sovereign, high-performance observability stack using Prometheus, Loki, and OpenTelemetry that respects GDPR and leverages Norwegian infrastructure.
Stop relying on 5-minute averages. Learn how to implement eBPF-based observability and Prometheus alerting that actually wakes you up for real outages, specifically tailored for Norwegian infrastructure compliance.
Downtime is a question of 'when', not 'if'. This guide covers battle-tested disaster recovery strategies for 2025, focusing on RPO/RTO reduction, MySQL replication, and GDPR compliance within Norway.
Physics doesn't negotiate. A battle-hardened guide to deploying low-latency edge nodes in Norway using K3s, WireGuard, and NVMe infrastructure to beat the speed of light.
Downtime is expensive. Learn how to architect a bulletproof monitoring stack using Prometheus and Grafana, specifically tailored for the Norwegian market. We cover eBPF basics, GDPR compliance, and why underlying hardware latency matters.
Stop guessing why your production server is stalling. We dive deep into using eBPF tools (BCC, bpftrace) to debug latency and I/O bottlenecks on Linux, explaining why true KVM virtualization is non-negotiable for modern observability.
Most monitoring dashboards are vanity metrics. Learn how to implement actionable Application Performance Monitoring (APM) using Prometheus, Grafana, and eBPF, while navigating Norwegian data sovereignty laws and hardware limitations.
Stop waking up for false positives. A battle-hardened guide to setting up Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager on high-performance infrastructure in Norway, focusing on the Golden Signals and avoiding CPU steal time.
Move beyond basic ping checks. A battle-hardened guide to implementing Prometheus and Grafana on high-performance NVMe VPS infrastructure, specifically tailored for Norwegian data compliance and low-latency environments.
Stop relying on expensive, black-box cloud monitoring that exports your data abroad. Learn how to architect a GDPR-compliant, self-hosted OpenTelemetry stack using Prometheus and Grafana on high-IOPS NVMe infrastructure.
Hope is not a strategy. We dissect the anatomy of a compliant Disaster Recovery plan for 2024, focusing on immutable backups, Norwegian data sovereignty, and minimizing RTO with NVMe storage.
Stop routing local traffic through Frankfurt. We dissect the physics of latency, NIX peering, and practical edge computing configurations to achieve sub-5ms response times.
Why traditional backups fail the RTO test. A technical guide to implementing real-time replication using WireGuard, ZFS, and PostgreSQL 16 on sovereign Norwegian infrastructure.
Stop waking up at 3 AM for false positives. A battle-hardened guide to implementing Prometheus, Grafana, and AlertManager on high-performance Nordic infrastructure without breaking the bank.
Hope is not a strategy. Learn how to architect true resilience using RTO/RPO frameworks, PostgreSQL streaming replication, and ZFS snapshots compliant with Datatilsynet regulations.
Stop managing machine learning experiments in spreadsheets. A battle-hardened guide to self-hosting MLflow with PostgreSQL and MinIO backends on high-performance infrastructure.
A pragmatic CTO's guide to escaping the hyperscaler tax. Learn how to optimize IOPS, leverage Norwegian data sovereignty, and use raw KVM virtualization to slash TCO.
Cloud bills are bleeding your runway. We analyze egress fees, vCPU steal time, and storage IOPS to show why repatriating workloads to high-performance VPS in Norway is the pragmatic move for 2024.
Cloud bills are silently killing European startups. From battling AWS egress fees to leveraging Norwegian NVMe infrastructure, here is the battle-tested roadmap to cutting infrastructure costs by 40% without sacrificing performance.
Most developers confuse 'monitoring' with 'observability'. In this guide, we dismantle standard APM misconceptions, build a Prometheus/Grafana stack from scratch, and explain why underlying hardware isolation (KVM) is critical for accurate metrics in 2023.
Stop relying on default metrics. This guide covers the architecture of a resilient observability stack using Prometheus and Grafana, managing alert fatigue, and why hardware consistency is the hidden variable in reliability.
Monitoring tells you the server is online. Observability tells you why the database query timed out only for users in Bergen. A deep dive into OpenTelemetry, high-cardinality data, and why local NVMe storage matters for your telemetry stack.
Stop relying on support tickets to alert you of downtime. This guide covers deploying a robust Prometheus and Grafana stack, handling Oslo-latency constraints, and why low CPU steal time is the only metric that truly proves your provider's worth.
Physics is the enemy. Learn how to deploy edge nodes in Oslo to reduce latency below 10ms for IoT, gaming, and real-time apps, keeping data compliant with Datatilsynet requirements.
The 'castle-and-moat' security model is dead. This guide details how to implement Zero-Trust using WireGuard micro-segmentation, Nginx mTLS, and rigorous access controls on KVM-based infrastructure, tailored for Norwegian GDPR compliance.
Alert fatigue is killing your DevOps team. Learn how to build a scalable, noise-free monitoring stack using Prometheus and Grafana on high-IOPS NVMe storage, compliant with Norwegian data sovereignty laws.
Downtime isn't just expensive; it's a liability. We dissect the architecture of a compliant disaster recovery plan using local Norwegian infrastructure, automated failover, and verifiable backups available in 2023.