Apache CloudStack — Architecture & Core Concepts
Part 1 of the Apache CloudStack series: components, the zone/pod/cluster/host hierarchy, system VMs, and the object model.
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Hands-on infrastructure and automation tutorials: VMware vSphere and ESXi, hypervisors, Kubernetes platforms, storage, CI/CD, and home lab build notes.
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Apache CloudStack Series — Learning Path & Roadmap
A hands-on Apache CloudStack series covering architecture, installation, networking, storage, VM lifecycle, API automation, and operations — built from the …
How to Build a Grafana OSS Observability Stack (Prometheus, Loki, Tempo) on Ubuntu 24.04
Deploy Prometheus, Loki, Tempo and Grafana with Docker Compose, instrument a demo app to emit metrics, logs and traces, and correlate all three signals from a …
How to Run RustFS (S3-Compatible Object Storage) on Linux
Install and configure RustFS as an S3-compatible object store on Ubuntu 24.04, set credentials, create buckets, upload/download objects, verify integrity, and …
How to Install and Configure GitLab Community Edition
Install and configure GitLab Community Edition on Linux, covering the initial setup, the required configuration changes, and how to get a project running …
Getting sterted with Gitness
Get started with Gitness, the self-hosted Git hosting platform: preparing a Linux host, running the container with its SQLite database, and creating a …
Installation of Kubernetes and KubeSphere on Linux
Install Kubernetes and KubeSphere on Linux, deploying the CNCF-certified container platform online or air-gapped and managing cloud-native workloads from the …
How to setup microstack openstack
Set up an OpenStack cloud on Ubuntu using MicroStack, which brings up a ready-to-use private cloud with Nova, Glance, Cinder, Neutron, and Horizon on a single …
How to setup Canonical MicroCloud in VMware vSphere using OpenTofu
Deploy Canonical MicroCloud in VMware vSphere using OpenTofu, automating the same cluster that was built by hand in the previous post, with the code hosted on …