Alpine Linux Beyond Containers: Server Roles and musl Notes
Alpine already dominates containers; as a full server it is a tiny router, DNS, VPN, or monitor. Learn the musl quirks and OpenRC service model here.
Linux6 min read
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Practical guides for Linux, containers, CI/CD, self-hosting, and running VPS infrastructure from Netbay Engineering.
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Set Node max-old-space-size on a 2 GB VPS
Cap the V8 old space on a 2 GB Ubuntu VPS so Node cannot starve the kernel, nginx, and the page cache before the Linux OOM killer fires first.
App Deployment7 min read
Structured JSON Output That Agents Can Parse
Force models to emit JSON Schema, then validate locally before any tool runs, so a stray fence or trailing sentence never crashes your agent loop.
AI Agents8 min read
Understanding Swap, Partitions, and LVM on a VPS
How swap space, disk partitions, and LVM logical volumes work together to manage storage on a Linux VPS.
Linux7 min read
Migrating from CentOS to Rocky Linux or AlmaLinux Step by Step
CentOS 7 and 8 reached end of life years ago. Convert a server to Rocky Linux or AlmaLinux using the official scripts: snapshot, convert, verify, no reinstall.
Linux8 min read
Linux Distro Release Cycles and Support Windows, Explained
Point releases, rolling releases, and short-cadence models compared, with the support windows and EOL facts that should drive your server distro choice.
Linux6 min read
Code-Review Agent That Posts PR Comments
Run a review agent on pull request diffs that comments on systemd, firewall, and secret leaks instead of style nits, then posts one GitHub review.
AI Agents8 min read
API Error Handling: Consistent Error Shapes
One error shape for every failure, stable machine-readable codes, and readable messages. Design the error contract before it designs you.
API & Automation6 min read
Tagged Releases and Semantic Versioning in CI
Automate version numbers and Git tags from a semantic versioning scheme so every release is traceable and rollbackable.
CI/CD8 min read
auditd: Auditing Events on Production Linux Servers
Deploy auditd to record who ran what on production, watch key files and syscalls, and turn the kernel audit log into usable, searchable incident evidence.
Linux Security7 min read
Docker CLI and Compose Commands: A Cheat Sheet
A practical cheat sheet of docker and docker compose commands — run, logs, exec, inspect, build, and the compose lifecycle — for daily work on a Docker VPS.
Containers8 min read
Certificates for Internal-Only Self-Hosted Services
Give internal self-hosted apps real HTTPS with mkcert or a local ACME CA so your private dashboards stop showing scary certificate warnings.
Self-Hosting7 min read