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DevOps

June 202512 min read

Disaster Recovery Planning for VPS: Backups, RTO, and Actual Tested Recovery

A practical VPS disaster recovery plan with automated backups, defined RTO/RPO targets, and a recovery runbook you can actually execute when things go wrong at 2 AM.

DevOps

June 202510 min read

Container Registry Strategy on GCP: From GCR to Artifact Registry

Google shut down Container Registry on March 18, 2025. Here is how to migrate to Artifact Registry, set up vulnerability scanning, and build a proper Docker image management workflow.

DevOps

June 202511 min read

VPC Networking for Developers: A Practical Guide to Cloud Network Isolation

Understand VPC networking concepts — subnets, routing tables, firewall rules, peering, and NAT — with practical examples for GCP and DigitalOcean deployments.

DevOps

June 202510 min read

Cloud Storage vs MinIO: Choosing Your Object Storage for Production

An honest comparison of managed cloud object storage (GCS, S3) versus self-hosted MinIO — covering cost, performance, operational overhead, and the licensing change that changes the calculus.

DevOps

June 202511 min read

GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runners: Complete Setup and Security Guide

How to set up, secure, and scale GitHub Actions self-hosted runners on your own VPS or GCP instance — with ephemeral mode, runner groups, and the security practices that matter.

DevOps

June 202512 min read

HashiCorp Vault for Production Secrets Management: Setup and Best Practices

How to deploy and configure HashiCorp Vault for production secrets management — dynamic credentials, audit logging, auto-unseal, and integrating with Kubernetes and CI/CD.

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