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Troubleshooting notes on servers, DNS, virtualization, cloud, Linux, DevOps and backup. Written from real work, not rewritten vendor documentation.

DevOps 23 Sep 2026 11 min

Terraform State: Common Problems, Locking and Recovery

Learn how Terraform state works, why state locking matters, common state problems, safe recovery methods, remote backends, state backups and production best practices.

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DevOps 23 Sep 2026 9 min

Argo CD: Complete GitOps Deployment Guide

Learn how to deploy applications to Kubernetes with Argo CD. This complete guide covers installation, Git repositories, Applications, synchronization, auto-sync, rollback, drift detection, secrets and production best practices.

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DevOps 23 Sep 2026 6 min

GitOps Explained: Why Teams Are Moving from CI/CD to GitOps

Learn what GitOps is, how it differs from traditional CI/CD, and why teams use Git as the source of truth for Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure deployments.

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Azure 23 Sep 2026 9 min

Azure Load Balancer vs Application Gateway: Technical Comparison

Azure Load Balancer vs Application Gateway explained with a technical comparison of Layer 4 and Layer 7 load balancing, routing, TLS termination, WAF, health probes, backend pools and common use cases.

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Azure 23 Sep 2026 9 min

Azure Cost Optimization: How to Find and Reduce Wasted Resources

Learn how to identify wasted Azure resources and reduce cloud costs by finding idle VMs, unattached disks, unused public IPs, oversized workloads, unnecessary snapshots and inefficient architectures.

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Azure 23 Sep 2026 10 min

Azure Storage Security: Common Configuration Mistakes

Learn how to secure Azure Storage Accounts by avoiding common configuration mistakes involving public access, shared keys, SAS tokens, RBAC, networking, encryption, HTTPS, logging and data protection.

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Azure 23 Sep 2026 11 min

Azure NSG Explained: How Network Security Groups Actually Work

Understand how Azure Network Security Groups work, including inbound and outbound rules, priorities, subnet and NIC associations, service tags, application security groups, troubleshooting and common configuration mistakes.

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Azure 23 Sep 2026 10 min

Azure VM Troubleshooting: Common Problems and Solutions

A practical guide to troubleshooting Azure Virtual Machines, including SSH and RDP failures, boot issues, disk problems, CPU and memory bottlenecks, NSG rules, networking, VM extensions and performance issues.

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AWS 23 Sep 2026 10 min

AWS EBS Volume Troubleshooting and Performance Optimization

Learn how to troubleshoot AWS EBS volume issues, diagnose disk space and performance problems, monitor IOPS and throughput, expand filesystems, and optimize EBS volumes for production workloads.

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