Systems Administration Articles and Tutorials


How Do You Start In The Tech Sector?
April 9, 2018

How Do You Start In The Tech Sector?

The tech sector, if you know what you’re doing, is easier than most fields to get started in. However, you do have to know what you’re doing. In this post, I’m going to step through a series of ways to get started, in case you’re not sure.

How To Protect Against Brute Force Logins With Fail2Ban
April 6, 2017

How To Protect Against Brute Force Logins With Fail2Ban

One of the most common attack vectors against servers is bruteforce login attempts. This is where attackers attempt to access your server, by trying endless combinations of usernames and passwords. So how do you defend yourself against this kind of attack?

Whoops, I Forgot The Error Handler
April 20, 2016

Whoops, I Forgot The Error Handler

Ever experienced HTTP 500’s, but found that your error logs are empty. Ever had no clue why or how this could be happening? Perhaps you forgot to enable the Whoops error handler.