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Create CoreOS Container Linux Ignition File

With all recent changes within CoreOS’s Container Linux distribution one of the most notable change is related to the Ignition file, basically this file handles the configuration for any Container Linux installation and we can say that it is pretty powerful. The concept behind this is somehow simple but as we have already said, quite powerful, allowing the users to configure the operating system right from the start with all basic and advanced settings needed. In this short tutorial we will cover the basics of how to create a simple .yaml CoreOS Container Linux ignition config file and how to […]

Category: General | Published: 10/01/2020 | Updated: 10/01/2020

Setup a Private Docker Registry

Setting up a private Docker registry locally for our organisation or maybe for personal use can be seen as a must if we don’t want to expose publicly our custom Docker images. It is true that we can easily get a private repository if we would go for a paid subscription to one of the providers available out there on the market that are offering such services, but why doing so when we can simply do it by ourselves, internally, completely isolated and being under our control. Having a private Docker repository / registry will give us the ability to […]

Category: Docker | Published: 20/12/2019 | Updated: 31/12/2019

AWS Switch Role Setup

AWS Switch Role Setup is our next tutorial where we will explain how to setup IAM Policies and IAM Roles in order to switch between multiple AWS accounts without using various credentials for each individual account. Setting up Role Switching within AWS may seem difficult or maybe confusing but in reality this is quite simple and easy to implement. Such a solution will definitely ease your user management tasks and in the same time will give you the flexibility to manage users access in a more granular fashion. For this specific tutorial, which will be a very short one, we […]

Category: AWS | Published: 15/10/2019 | Updated: 15/10/2019

Setup AlibabaCloud OSS on Windows VM

Setting up AlibabaCloud OSS on Windows VM (ECS) is our next tutorial where we will demonstrate how easy is to setup AlibabaCloud Object Storage Service on a Windows VM or Elastic Compute Service (ECS) how is the product called. AlibabaCloud may not be so popular outside China borders but we can say that is quite a major player on the cloud market, their offering is as good as Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure but the only thing that makes AlibabaCloud appealing is the fact that currently is the only company that provides a full range of cloud […]

Category: AlibabaCloud | Published: 09/09/2019 | Updated: 24/09/2019

Setup Squid proxy with caching on CentOS

Squid Proxy setup with caching on CentOS is our next short tutorial where we will learn how to install Squid in just a few easy steps, with caching enabled on a CentOS VM. Squid is still one of the best software for setting up a proxy that comes packed with many great features like caching, authentication and many others despite the fact that it has a very small footprint in terms of resources compared to many other solutions available on the market. By using Squid’s caching feature we can save a lot of bandwidth and we can even reduce the […]

Category: General | Published: 26/08/2019 | Updated: 13/09/2019

Secure NGiNX with Let’s Encrypt SSL on CentOS 7

Just another tutorial from Tufora where we will be showing you how to secure NGiNX with Let’s Encrypt SSL on CentOS 7. As you are well aware NGiNX is a very powerful software that can be used for various applications and workloads being as HTTP server, reverse proxy, load balancer and nowadays even as router for containers, pretty good portfolio we would say. On this tutorial we will be focusing on securing a NGiNX deployment with a SSL certificate issued by Let’s Encrypt (letsencrypt) using certbot utility on a CentOS 7 server. Table of contents Package instalation Generate Diffie–Hellman Exchange […]

Category: Security | Published: 31/05/2019 | Updated: 19/07/2019