Tech Couch

A Comfy Corner for Software, Security, Cloud, and AI

A practical guide to filesystems

Picking the best option to format your next drive

A primer on LVM

Making the most of your storage devices

Automated security hardening on RockyLinux with OpenSCAP

Securing enterprise linux in less than a minute

Choosing the right RAID setup

Making sense of pros and cons for RAID configurations

A gentle introduction to systemd

A broad overview of systemd components and features

Advanced Docker Compose features

Getting more out of container stacks

Understanding permissions on linux files and directories

Defining who can access what on the filesystem

Setting up Grafana to monitor Kubernetes metrics and logs

Combining Grafana, Prometheus and Loki for a robust monitoring stack

Managing users on linux

A guide on users, groups and authentication

Forwarding docker container logs to Grafana Loki

Advanced log processing for local container environments