A Pragmatic Pipeline Template Teams Can Copy
Steal this practical CI/CD pipeline template: lint, test, build, scan, and deploy in workflows your team can copy and adapt today.
CI/CD8 min read
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Guides for operators
Practical guides for Linux, containers, CI/CD, self-hosting, and running VPS infrastructure from Netbay Engineering.
599 articles · 24 topics
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Testing Infrastructure Code: Linting, Validation, and Dry-Runs
Guard infrastructure changes with four gates: lint the code, validate syntax, dry-run against real state, and gate applies on the result.
API & Automation8 min read
Backing Up a Small Cluster: etcd and Manifest Backups
Protect a small Kubernetes cluster with etcd snapshots plus manifest exports, and restore them on a fresh k3s install.
Kubernetes7 min read
Cost-Aware Architecture on INR Pay-as-You-Go
Treat each VPS as a line item in INR: right-size roles, delay splits until SLOs demand them, and turn idle nodes off instead of overbuying reserved capacity.
Cloud Architecture8 min read
Profiling Linux Code with perf and Flamegraphs
A hands-on guide to sampling CPU call stacks with perf and rendering them into flamegraphs that clearly expose the real hot functions in your code.
Hardware & Performance8 min read
Audit-Log Every Agent Tool Call in Production
Record who called which tool with which args, hash the result, and keep a replayable JSONL trail so incidents have evidence rather than guesses.
AI Agents8 min read
Fedora Server: Who Is It Actually For?
Fedora Server ships the newest kernel and container stack first, then expires in about 13 months. Learn who benefits and who should run an EL rebuild instead.
Linux6 min read
Host-Based Routing: Multiple Apps on One Server
Run several domain-name apps on a single VPS by routing on the Host header with Nginx server blocks or Caddy host matchers, without any port tricks.
Proxies6 min read
Secrets in CI: Store and Scope Them Safely
Handle API keys and credentials in pipelines without leaking them in logs, artifacts, or pull requests.
CI/CD7 min read
Autovacuum, Bloat, and PostgreSQL Table Care
Read n_dead_tup, tune autovacuum for busy tables, and run targeted VACUUM so PostgreSQL 16 reclaims the heap and index space before bloat wins.
Databases9 min read
Deploy Node.js from Git with Pull Build Restart
Ship a Node.js app with a git pull, npm install, build, and restart script so a tagged commit becomes a repeatable Ubuntu VPS deployment path.
App Deployment8 min read
tmux Essentials for Long-Running Sessions
Keep terminal sessions alive across disconnects with tmux: sessions, windows, panes, and persistence.
Linux6 min read