Linux & Infrastructure



GrayLog Who needs it and why is it needed at work?

Greetings, friends!Imagine a typical scenario: you don't just have one server running in your infrastructure, but five, ten, or several dozen. They host Nginx web servers, databases, backend Docker co...

SSL certificates in 2026: Why pay if you have Let's Encrypt?

Greetings, friends!If you administer websites, you have surely noticed how much the internet security landscape has changed. About ten years ago, a commercial SSL certificate was purchased for 3–5 y...

Server monitoring: How do you know that everything has fallen before your customers?

Greetings, friends!Imagine this scenario — you wake up at three in the morning to a call from an irate client or a message from management: "The website is down, we are losing orders!". You frantica...

Game server on VPS: How to set up and destroy lags? The full guide in 2026

Greetings, friends!Anyone who has ever tried to host a game server for Counter-Strike 2, GTA 5 (FiveM), Minecraft, or Rust has faced the three horsemen of the apocalypse: high ping, packet loss, and s...

Windows vs Linux on the server: What should I choose for your project?

Greetings, friends!As a person working in the hosting provider industry and representing the MivoCloud infrastructure, I often see how the question of which OS to choose for a server becomes a stumbli...