Implementing SaltStack Multi-Master High Availability

To configure a highly available SaltStack environment, you must set up a multi-master architecture where minions can communicate with multiple master servers. Additionally, configuration files, state files, and keys must be synchronized between the primary and secondary masters to ensure consistency during a failover. 1. Configuring Salt Minion ...

Posted on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:52:21 +0000 by dubt2nv

Creating a Proxmox VE Cluster Across Multiple Nodes

Initialize a Cluster on the First Host Log into the initial Proxmox instance, referred to here as host-alpha. Use the cluster management tool to form a new group: pvecm create alpha-group This command generates the Corosync authentication material, writes it to /etc/corosync/authkey, and produces an updated /etc/pve/corosync.conf. The cluster ...

Posted on Sat, 30 May 2026 22:46:28 +0000 by kiss the robot

Implementing Redis Sentinel for High Availability with C#

Redis Sentinel is a system designed to help manage Redis instances, providing high availability through monitoring, notification, and automatic failover. It oversees master and replica instances, promoting a replica to master if the current master fails. This article explains the core concepts of Redis Sentinel and demonstrates how to integrate ...

Posted on Mon, 18 May 2026 10:05:25 +0000 by Cloud

Keepalived High Availability Configuration and Testing

Virtual IP Configuration virtual_ipaddress { 10.0.0.3/24 dev eth0 label eth0:1 } track_script { health_check } Failover Testing [root@lb01 ~]# systemctl is-active nginx active [root@lb01 ~]# ip a | grep 0.3 inet 10.0.0.3/24 scope global secondary eth0:1 [root@lb01 ~]# systemctl stop nginx [root@lb01 ~]# ip a | grep 0.3 # VIP migrated after ...

Posted on Sat, 16 May 2026 22:21:57 +0000 by BrianG

Achieving High Availability for Ceph Cluster Management Nodes

Management High Availability OverviewTo ensure robust administration capabilities, a Ceph cluster requires multiple management nodes. Relying on a single management node creates a single point of failure; if that node goes down, cluster administration becomes impossible. Administrative access is generally divided into two categories: web dashbo ...

Posted on Sat, 16 May 2026 16:47:11 +0000 by Wildthrust

Redis Core Knowledge for Java Backend Interviews

What is Redis Redis is a high‑performance, in‑memory key‑value database that also supports optional data persistence. It is open‑source and written in C, widely used both as a cache and as a primary datastore for specialised scenarios. Why Redis Is So Fast In‑memory storage – data is served directly from RAM, avoiding disk I/O for most operati ...

Posted on Sat, 16 May 2026 00:09:43 +0000 by dave420

Setting Up SQL Server 2019 Always On Availability Groups on Linux with Pacemaker

Environment Preparation Infrastructure Requirements Three servers minimum for a proper cluster setup: Node IP Address Role m191 192.168.1.191 Primary replica m192 192.168.1.192 Secondary replica m193 192.168.1.193 Secondary replica Operating system: CentOS 7.6 with 2 CPU cores, 4GB RAM, and 20GB storage. Pre-Installation Configura ...

Posted on Thu, 14 May 2026 05:18:21 +0000 by frikikip

Foundations of Operations Management and the IT Operations Framework

Operations management encompasses the strategies and practices used to ensure the reliability, efficiency, and continuous evolution of IT services. This article explores the core components, including ITIL service structures, incident and problem management, standardization, automation, high availability concepts, and team organization. ITIL Se ...

Posted on Wed, 13 May 2026 17:03:31 +0000 by kante

Deploying a Proxmox VE Ceph High-Availability Cluster with OVS Bonding

Cluster Installation Refer to the official documentation for basic cluster installation: Proxmox VE Cluster Installation Guide Management and Bussiness Network Setup Confiugre the management and business networks as described in: Proxmox VE Network Configuraton Ceph Network Configuration Create OVS bonds and VLAN interfaces for Ceph traffic ...

Posted on Wed, 13 May 2026 10:30:13 +0000 by mwl707

Configuring Oracle Data Guard for 11g RAC with ASM Storage

Environment Overview The following infrastructure details apply to the Primary and Standby sites. Note that the Standby instance requires only the database software installation; the database itself is created logically during recovery. # /etc/hosts Configuration # Public IPs 192.168.10.10 prod-prm-1 192.168.10.11 prod-prm-2 192.168.10.12 d ...

Posted on Mon, 11 May 2026 00:15:54 +0000 by JohnnyBlaze