Introduction In modern cloud environments, auto scaling  is critical for high availability, performance, and cost optimization. Instead of running multiple servers all the time, AWS allows you to automatically scale EC2 instances based on load . In this blog, we will configure: Apache Web Server on EC2 Auto Scaling Group (ASG) Launch Template Target Tracking Policy Scale out when CPU > 5% Automatically launch a second Apache instance This setup is ideal for: Web applications

System integrity is one of the most overlooked areas in Linux security. Firewalls, SELinux, and antivirus tools are common, but they do not tell you if critical system files were modified silently . This is where AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment)  fits perfectly. In this blog, I’ll walk through what AIDE is, how it works, how to configure it properly , and how to interpret its output  on RHEL, Rocky Linux, and CentOS . All commands shown below were executed manu

Push notifications are no longer limited to mobile apps or big SaaS platforms. With ntfy , you can send instant push notifications to your mobile or desktop using simple HTTP requests. This makes it extremely useful for DevOps alerts, cron jobs, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring systems, and server-side scripts . In this blog, we’ll set up ntfy  on a Rocky Linux / RHEL  server and securely expose it using Nginx  as a reverse proxy. What is ntfy? ntfy  is a lightweight, open-source

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