Introduction Gitea is a lightweight, self-hosted Git service with features comparable to GitHub, including Git LFS, CI/CD actions, and package registries. This tutorial shows you how to deploy a production-ready Gitea instance on an Onidel VPS in Singapore with enterprise-grade…
Introduction Upgrading MySQL from 8.0 to 8.4 LTS in production environments requires careful planning to maintain high availability and prevent data loss. With MySQL 8.4 LTS offering enhanced performance, security improvements, and long-term support, the upgrade provides significant benefits for…
Introduction Choosing the right GitOps tool for your k3s cluster can significantly impact your deployment workflow and operational overhead. With the growing adoption of GitOps practices in 2025, Argo CD and Flux v2 have emerged as the two leading solutions…
Introduction Upgrading PostgreSQL in production environments requires careful planning to avoid service disruptions. While traditional upgrade methods like pg_dump and pg_upgrade require downtime, logical replication enables zero-downtime PostgreSQL upgrades by maintaining a synchronized replica during the transition. This comprehensive tutorial…
Setting up comprehensive point-in-time recovery (PITR) for MySQL 8.4 LTS is crucial for production databases. This tutorial demonstrates how to implement a robust backup strategy combining MySQL Shell’s logical dumps with binary log backups to S3-compatible storage, enabling recovery to…
Choosing the right message broker can make or break your distributed system’s performance and reliability. In 2025, three solutions dominate the landscape: NATS JetStream, RabbitMQ, and Apache Kafka. Each offers distinct architectural approaches to messaging, with trade-offs in throughput, latency,…
Performance benchmarking is crucial for understanding your VPS capabilities and ensuring optimal resource utilization. Whether you’re running a high-performance database, web application, or microservices architecture, knowing your system’s limits helps with capacity planning and performance tuning. This comprehensive guide walks…
Introduction Single Sign-On (SSO) has become essential for modern organizations managing multiple applications and services. Authentik is an open-source identity provider that offers comprehensive authentication and authorization capabilities, supporting both OIDC and SAML protocols. Unlike traditional authentication systems, Authentik provides…
Choosing the right MySQL proxy solution for your VPS deployment can dramatically impact your database performance, availability, and scaling capabilities. As applications grow and database loads increase, implementing a proper proxy layer becomes essential for connection pooling, read/write splitting, and…
Managing database connections efficiently is crucial for scaling PostgreSQL applications on VPS infrastructure. Connection pooling proxies reduce the overhead of establishing new connections, enable better resource utilization, and protect your database from connection exhaustion. In this comprehensive comparison, we’ll analyze…
