Draft Status Page Copy with an Incident Agent
Turn alerts and recent deploys into a status-page draft plus an internal timeline so on-call writes facts first and publishes only after a human review.
AI Agents8 min read
NetBay journal
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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Retrieval-Augmented Agents on a Single VPS
Ground agent answers in local files and SQLite on one Lucknow VPS, then call the model API only with retrieved chunks instead of the whole corpus.
AI Agents8 min read
ufw vs firewalld vs nftables: Choosing a Server Firewall
Compare ufw, firewalld, and nftables for a Linux VPS and pick the right filtering layer for your distro, workflow, automation, and threat model.
Linux Security7 min read
openSUSE Leap on Servers: Zypper, Patterns, and YaST Overview
How zypper, patterns, and YaST fit together on openSUSE Leap, plus the patching commands, repository layout, and ncurses tools server admins use daily.
Linux6 min read
Enforcing Commit Conventions (Conventional Commits) With CI
Adopt Conventional Commits and let CI enforce, lint, and validate them so releases and changelogs generate automatically.
CI/CD5 min read
Composite Actions: Between Step and Workflow Size
Bundle repeated step groups into reusable composite GitHub Actions that run inside the calling job with no extra checkout, to keep your pipeline files DRY.
GitHub6 min read
Auto-Assigning Reviewers and Labeling Pull Requests
Auto-assign reviewers from a rotating team list and label every PR by what it touches, so review load stays fair and nobody misses a change.
GitHub6 min read
Self-Hosting Vaultwarden: A Password Manager
Run Vaultwarden, the lightweight Bitwarden-compatible server, with hardened TLS, invitation-only signup, and encrypted off-box vault backups.
Self-Hosting6 min read
Versioning an API Without Breaking Your Clients
Versioning is a trust exercise: increment deliberately, overlap old and new versions, and retire v1 only when real traffic says it is time.
API & Automation7 min read
TLS for Proxy Operators: Chains, Ciphers, Renegotiation
Read certificate chains, pick sane ciphersuite defaults, and understand why renegotiation matters when you operate an HTTPS proxy edge.
Proxies6 min read
Postgres and SQLite Vector Store Without a Vendor
Store float32 embeddings in SQLite or Postgres on one VPS, skip a hosted vector database, and run honest nearest-neighbor search you can backup.
AI Infrastructure8 min read
Linux Filesystem Hierarchy (FHS): Where Everything Lives
A practical map of the FHS standard directories, what goes in each, and why the layout matters for server administration.
Linux6 min read