Goran Štimac Linux Security Hardening: Beyond the Basics
Beyond updates and strong passwords: least privilege, service minimization, firewalling, auditing, and AppArmor — the practical hardening layers that protect a Linux server.
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Linux is the operating system foundation behind many servers, developer environments, cloud instances, and containerized delivery systems.
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It matters because system services, networking, permissions, package tooling, automation, and deployment operations all behave at the operating-system layer.
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These articles use Linux in system administration, hosting, deployment, permissions, automation, and infrastructure operations contexts. It currently appears in 21 articles and crosses 6 categories.
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systemd Deep Dive in 2026: What's Changed
Four systemd releases in nine months brought cgroup v1 removal, SysV init script deprecation, persistent journal defaults, nftables-only NAT, and higher minimum dependencies. What Linux server admins need to know.
File Descriptor Limits and Nginx Worker Connections: A Practical Guide
A practical guide to managing open file descriptor limits and configuring nginx worker_connections for production deployments, covering systemd overrides, SSH session limits, and zero-downtime graceful reloads.
How to Use Podman for Rootless Containers and Small Server Workloads
Podman becomes especially practical when you use it for rootless containers, explicit service management, and small workloads that do not need heavy orchestration.
What Podman Is and When It Fits a Container Workflow
Podman is a daemonless container engine with strong rootless support, and that makes it a practical fit for teams that want simpler container operations and tighter Linux integration.
When Apache Airflow Is Better Than n8n or Temporal for Data Workflows
Airflow is the better choice when the work is data-first, scheduled, and built around DAGs, retries, and operator-driven orchestration.
How Ubuntu 26.04 Is Fixing AI Development
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS improves the security, container, and retrieval layers that AI teams keep fighting during development and deployment.
How to Serve a Static Astro Site With Nginx on Ubuntu 24.04
A practical checklist for deploying a static Astro site with Nginx on Ubuntu 24.04, including caching, permissions, and asset handling.
How to Add a User to www-data on Ubuntu or Debian
Add a user to the www-data group on Ubuntu or Debian so Apache-served files can be managed with the right permissions.
How to Configure Apache MPM Directives on Ubuntu and CentOS
Practical guide to changing Apache MPM directives on Ubuntu and CentOS so tuning decisions turn into actual server configuration.
Apache MPM Modules Explained: Prefork vs Worker vs Event
Learn how Apache Prefork, Worker, and Event MPMs differ so you can choose the right process model for performance and stability.
Apache Swap Thrashing: Why Over-Tuned Servers Crash
Learn why aggressive Apache limits can push a server into swap thrashing and how that leads to slowdowns, instability, and crashes.
Apache MPM Directives Explained
Understand the Apache MPM directives that shape concurrency, memory use, and request handling across Prefork, Worker, and Event.
How to Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 20.04
Install phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 20.04 and lock it down so database management stays accessible without exposing an easy target.
How To Install a LAMP Stack on Ubuntu 20.04
Step-by-step guide to installing Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP on Ubuntu 20.04 so you can host PHP applications on a standard LAMP stack.
How To Install PhpMyAdmin on Ubuntu/Debian Linux Server
PhpMyAdmin je besplatan softverski alat napisan u PHP-u, namijenjen upravljanju MySQL-om preko interneta.
How To Set Up a LAMP Stack on Ubuntu/Debian Linux Server
LAMP is an archetypal model of a set of web services, named as an abbreviation of the names of its original four open components: the Linux operating system, the Apache HTTP server, the MySQL relational database management system (RDBMS), and the PHP programming language.
Fix 'Limit of File Watchers Reached' in Gatsby on Ubuntu or Debian
Increase Linux inotify limits to fix Gatsby's 'limit of file watchers reached' error during local development on Ubuntu or Debian.
How to Install Google Fonts on Ubuntu or Debian
Download and install Google Fonts on Ubuntu or Debian so they are available system-wide to desktop apps and design tools.
How to Add Swap Space on Ubuntu or Debian
Step-by-step guide to creating and enabling swap space on Ubuntu or Debian when a server needs more virtual memory.
How to Enable mod_rewrite in Apache on Ubuntu or Debian
Enable Apache mod_rewrite on Ubuntu or Debian so applications and .htaccess rules can handle clean URLs and redirects.