Install MariaDB 11.4 on Ubuntu 24.04
Summary: Ubuntu 24.04’s repo installs MariaDB 10.11.x. This guide adds MariaDB’s official APT repo to install MariaDB 11.4, secures the […]
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Install Python 3.11 on Ubuntu 24.04 (Keep System 3.12) with pyenv
Need Python 3.11 on Ubuntu 24.04 (which ships 3.12)? Use pyenv to install 3.11 side-by-side without touching /usr/bin/python3. At a
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How to Install Kafbat UI for Kafka 4.0 with SASL/PLAIN and HAProxy SSL Termination
In this post, we’ll set up Kafbat UI, a modern web-based Kafka management interface, to work with a secure Kafka
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How to Enable Username/Password Authentication (SASL/PLAIN) in Kafka 4.0 with HAProxy SSL Termination
In the previous post, How to Install Kafka 4.0 on a Single Ubuntu 24.04 Node with HAProxy SSL Termination, we
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How to Install Kafka 4.0 on a Single Ubuntu 24.04 Node with HAProxy SSL Termination
Introduction Apache Kafka 4.0 introduces KRaft mode (ZooKeeper-free) as the default. In this guide, we’ll install Kafka 4.0 on a
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Simulating Geo-Distributed Network Latency with tc on Ubuntu 24.04
When deploying Ceph RGW Multisite, it’s common to span zones across different regions—Asia, Europe, America—connected by wide-area networks. These connections
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All-in-One Ceph S3 Test Environment on a Single Node
In this post, we combine and simplify the following two guides into a single-node Ceph test environment: This setup is
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How to Add HAProxy with SSL Termination and Load Balancing for Ceph RGW and Dashboard
In our previous post, we installed Ceph Squid v19 with RGW S3 and the Ceph Dashboard on three Ubuntu 24.04
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How to Install Ceph Squid v19 RGW S3 on Bare Metal Ubuntu 24.04
In this guide, we’ll install Ceph Squid v19 on three Ubuntu 24.04 bare-metal nodes, using cephadm. We’ll deploy: What is
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How to Set Up KVM and Cockpit on Ubuntu 24.04
Looking to run virtual machines on your Ubuntu 24.04 system without a desktop GUI? This guide walks you through installing