Practical, no-fluff walkthroughs from the team that runs the servers — PowerShell, Windows Server, Docker, security, networking and DevOps.

Thank you for choosing Windows Server 2012/R2 as a trusted part of your organization for the past decade. As we reach the…
One of the most frustrating errors the sysadmin comes across when working with Nginx is the 502 error. The text accompanying this…
While the domination of Linux on the server scene is undisputed, managing servers isn’t for everyone. One big reason is that people…
While the Linux system comes with mail-reading facility built in, the environment is really not convenient for those who don’t love the…
When it comes to enterprise-grade network and service monitoring, there are few challengers to OpenNMS. It provides a simple web-based interface to…
Editing PDF files is a common enough task; but unfortunately, there’s no good solution for it in Ubuntu by default. While a…
The default font collection on Ubuntu 16.04 leaves a lot to be desired. In fact, it was the case with much of…
The good thing about Ubuntu 16.04, as far as the Python programming environment is concerned, is that it comes with pre-installed Python3…
Just like SSL, Docker has made it way up the ‘nice-to-have’ things list to among the top five ‘must-haves.’ The unprecedented success…
For the uninitiated, RDP stands for Remote Desktop Protocol. And just like the expanded form suggests, it’s a protocol for a machine…