Tutorials
Step-by-step guides for your cloud servers: installs, configuration and best practices.
How to monitor a website and SSL expiry
Do not let your site go down or your SSL certificate expire without knowing. Here is how to track them automatically.
Updated 10/23/2026Monitoring & loggingHow to monitor database performance
See slow queries, connections and database usage, to keep it fast.
Updated 10/23/2026Storage & filesHow to mount a Backup Box as an extra disk with SSHFS
Attach Backup Box storage straight onto your server, as if it were a local disk, over SSHFS.
Updated 10/23/2026Monitoring & loggingHow to set up alerts when something breaks
Monitoring only helps if it warns you in time. Here is how to get alerts by email or Telegram.
Updated 10/23/2026Monitoring & loggingHow to set up Prometheus and Grafana for metrics
The standard combo for professional monitoring: Prometheus collects metrics, Grafana displays them in dashboards.
Updated 10/23/2026Monitoring & loggingHow to read and manage logs in Linux
Logs tell you what is happening on your server. Here is where to find them and how to search them efficiently.
Updated 10/23/2026Monitoring & loggingHow to centralize logs from multiple servers
When you have several servers, gather all logs in one searchable place.
Updated 10/23/2026Monitoring & loggingHow to monitor uptime with Uptime Kuma
Find out immediately when your site goes down, with Uptime Kuma and email or Telegram notifications.
Updated 10/23/2026EmailHow to use an SMTP relay for reliable delivery
An SMTP relay sends your emails through a service with good reputation, ideal for apps without their own mail server.
Updated 10/23/2026Monitoring & loggingHow to monitor server resources from the command line
Quickly see CPU, RAM and disk usage with the basic Linux tools, without installing anything.
Updated 10/23/2026EmailHow to send email from your app over SMTP
Configure your app to send transactional emails (confirmations, password resets) over SMTP.
Updated 10/23/2026EmailHow to filter spam with Rspamd
Rspamd is a modern, fast spam filter. Here is how to use it to keep your inbox clean.
Updated 10/23/2026