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Linux Server & Cloud Tools

Web servers, containers, orchestration, automation, remote access and monitoring for servers and the cloud.

Common building blocks for running services on Linux servers and in the cloud.

Part of the Cloud Engineer toolkit, which explains when you would use each tool.

Web servers

Serve web content and act as a reverse proxy.

  • Nginx

    Web server and reverse proxy.

    Open SourceWin / Linux

  • Apache HTTP Server

    Modular, long-established web server.

    Open SourceWin / Linux

Containers

Package services as containers.

  • Docker Desktop icon
    Docker Desktop

    Containerise services.

    FreemiumWin / Mac / Linux

  • Podman icon
    Podman

    Daemonless containers, common on RHEL-family servers.

    Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux

Orchestration

Manage containerised services at scale.

  • kubectl

    Manage Kubernetes.

    Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux

  • Helm

    Deploy applications to Kubernetes.

    Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux

Infrastructure automation

Provision and configure infrastructure with code.

  • Terraform

    Provision infrastructure.

    FreeWin / Mac / Linux

  • OpenTofu

    Open-source infrastructure as code.

    Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux

  • Ansible

    Configure servers.

    Open SourceMac / Linux

Remote access

Secure remote logins.

  • OpenSSH

    The standard for server access.

    Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux

Monitoring

Collect and visualise metrics.

  • Prometheus icon
    Prometheus

    Collect metrics.

    Open SourceLinux

  • Grafana icon
    Grafana

    Visualise metrics.

    Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux

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