Podman Basics: Rootless Containers and Quadlets
Run containers without root and manage them with systemd Quadlets — a rootless-first workflow that fits systemd-based VPS hosts cleanly.
Containers & Orchestration7 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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Managing Terraform State: Local, Locking, and Caution
Manage Terraform state safely: keep it in a remote backend with locking, never hand-edit it, and use state commands for real renames.
API & Automation7 min read
sqlite3 CLI: .schema, EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN, ANALYZE
Use sqlite3 .schema, EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN, and ANALYZE on the live file to see what SQLite stores, how it will read it, and which indexes it trusts.
Databases8 min read
Let's Encrypt with Certbot and Nginx on Ubuntu
Issue a Let's Encrypt certificate with certbot and nginx on Ubuntu, complete HTTP-01, and wire the live cert into a working TLS server block.
DNS & TLS8 min read
SSH ControlMaster Multiplexing for Slow Links
Reuse one SSH TCP handshake with ControlMaster and ControlPersist so scp, git, and extra shells stay fast on high-latency links into Lucknow.
Linux Administration8 min read
Deployment Strategies Review: Blue-Green, Canary, Rolling
Compare blue-green, canary, and rolling deployments, and learn how CI gates each so you release with less risk and faster rollback.
CI/CD8 min read
Hosting Your Own RSS Reader With Miniflux
Deploy Miniflux on a VPS to aggregate thousands of feeds into a fast, keyboard-driven RSS reader with a Postgres backend and complete privacy.
Self-Hosting5 min read
Disk Quotas and Capacity Monitoring: VPS Basics
Per-user and per-filesystem disk quotas on Linux, plus a capacity monitoring loop with thresholds and alerting so no volume ever fills silently.
Hardware & Performance6 min read
Q4 vs Q5 vs Q8 GGUF on a RAM-Limited CPU VPS
Compare Q4, Q5, and Q8 GGUF sizes on an 8 GB Intel Xeon Platinum VPS and pick the quantization that fits RAM without killing tokens per second.
AI Infrastructure8 min read
Ingress Basics: One Public Entry Point for Your Kubernetes Apps
Route external traffic to multiple services through a single Ingress on k3s, using host-based and path-based rules with Traefik.
Kubernetes7 min read
API Authentication Options Ranked: Keys, Tokens, mTLS
Compare API keys, bearer tokens, and mTLS to pick the right authentication method for your machine-to-machine API clients and workloads of every kind.
API & Automation7 min read
Hybrid Search with Keyword Plus Embeddings
Combine FTS5 or Postgres tsvector with cosine top-k, fuse ranks with RRF, and retrieve identifiers that pure embeddings miss on a single VPS.
AI Infrastructure8 min read