server management



Server monitoring: How do you know that everything has fallen before your customers?

Greetings, friends!Imagine this scenario — you wake up at three in the morning to a call from an irate client or a message from management: "The website is down, we are losing orders!". You frantica...

What is Suricata IDS and who needs it to work?

Greetings, friends!In 2026, classical server protection at the port level is no longer enough. Standard firewalls (like iptables or UFW) function like a basic door lock: they either close a port or op...

Game server on VPS: How to set up and destroy lags? The full guide in 2026

Greetings, friends!Anyone who has ever tried to host a game server for Counter-Strike 2, GTA 5 (FiveM), Minecraft, or Rust has faced the three horsemen of the apocalypse: high ping, packet loss, and s...

Why Do People Choose Docker? What Is Portainer and How to Install It on Ubuntu 24.04

Greetings, friends!Are you familiar with that feeling when you try to install some program on a server, and it requires "dependencies" of a specific version? You update one library, and another servic...

How Not to Lose Everything: 2026 Backup Strategy Guide

Greetings, friends!Imagine this: you’ve spent six months configuring your server, optimizing the database, and uploading tons of content. Then... a disk error, a failed update, or (heaven forbid) a ...