by Zen Admin | Apr 9, 2025 | Articles, Linux, VPS
Shared hosting is the starter apartment of the web world—cheap, cozy, and fine until you realize the walls are paper-thin and the neighbors are throwing ragers every night. It’s great for launching a blog or a small portfolio, but as your site grows, the cracks start...
by Zen Admin | Apr 8, 2025 | Articles
Imagine a landfill stretching across the horizon—piles of discarded wrappers, broken gadgets, and forgotten trinkets, all left to rot under the sun. Now picture that same mess, but invisible, humming away in sleek, air-conditioned buildings. Welcome to the modern...
by Zen Admin | Apr 8, 2025 | DevOps, Linux, VPS
Introduction In the world of DevOps, automation is everything. Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines streamline code changes, ensuring rapid delivery and consistent environments. GitHub Actions, launched by GitHub in 2019, provides a...
by Zen Admin | Mar 24, 2025 | ARM64, DevOps, Docker, Linux, Tutorials, VPS
In our previous post, we tackled how to build a scalable Kubernetes cluster on ARM VPS servers. In this post, we will tackle the reason we use Kubernetes at all: Scalability. Scaling Workloads with Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) The Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA)...
by Zen Admin | Mar 24, 2025 | ARM64, DevOps, Docker, Linux, Tutorials, VPS
Introduction In recent years, ARM-based virtual private servers (VPS) have emerged as a powerful alternative to traditional x86-based cloud infrastructure. ARM processors, known for their efficiency and cost-effectiveness, now support a variety of workloads, including...
by Zen Admin | Mar 24, 2025 | ARM64, DevOps, Linux, Tutorials, VPS
The fediverse is buzzing with activity, and Mastodon has emerged as one of the most popular decentralized social networking platforms. Unlike centralized platforms like Twitter or Facebook, Mastodon allows you to take control of your social media experience by hosting...
by Zen Admin | Mar 20, 2025 | ARM64, Linux, VPS
As cloud computing and virtualization evolve, the choice between ARM-based VPS (Virtual Private Server) and x86-based VPS has become an important consideration for developers, businesses, and enterprises. ARM architecture, once dominant in mobile and embedded systems,...
by Zen Admin | Mar 18, 2025 | Linux, Security, System Administration
SSH (Secure Shell) is a powerful tool for remotely accessing Linux systems, but its default configuration can leave your server vulnerable to attacks. In this guide, we’ll walk through three key steps to harden your SSH setup: changing the default port, restricting...
by Zen Admin | Mar 14, 2025 | Linux, System Administration
Managing disk space is a crucial task for any Linux user or admin. Two command-line tools, df and du, make it easy to monitor disk usage. While they both deal with space, they serve different purposes. Here’s how to use them effectively. df: Disk Free Overview The df...
by Zen Admin | Mar 14, 2025 | Linux, System Administration, Tutorials
When it comes to text processing in Unix-like environments, awk and sed are two powerhouse tools that often confuse newcomers due to their overlapping capabilities. While both are designed to manipulate text, they serve distinct purposes and shine in different...
