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1,400+ tutorials covering everything from a 5-minute Next.js deploy to BGP communities for advanced routing. Updated weekly.

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$ hostengine
  deploy
  --region fra1
WordPress Beginner

Deploy a Next.js 15 app to App Platform in 6 minutes

From `git init` to a TLS-signed public URL with preview deploys.

AR Aditi Rao
6 min
$ hostengine
  ufw
  --region fra1
Linux Beginner

Hardening a Debian 12 VPS with UFW + fail2ban

A practical baseline for any production droplet — copy/paste ready.

LE Lukas Engström
9 min
$ hostengine
  tuning
  --region fra1
Forex Intermediate

Tuning a Forex VPS for MT5 and 4 expert advisors

Pinning CPU, disabling timer coalescence and the right registry tweaks.

MH Marc Hollingsworth
12 min
$ hostengine
  private
  --region fra1
Networking Advanced

Building private VLANs across regions with BGP communities

A guided walk-through of our SDN with examples for each region.

JC Jules Carter
18 min
$ hostengine
  k8s
  --region fra1
Kubernetes Intermediate

Bootstrapping a managed Kubernetes cluster with Argo CD

Production GitOps in 30 minutes. Includes Helm charts and policies.

RS Ravi Sengupta
22 min
$ hostengine
  wordpress
  --region fra1
WordPress Intermediate

Running a 200-site WordPress multisite on managed hosting

Object cache strategy, plugin governance, daily backup hygiene.

DO Diana Okafor
14 min
$ hostengine
  nginx
  --region fra1
Linux Advanced

Edge-caching dynamic Magento with HostEngine CDN

Surrogate-Key headers, ESI fragments, and the cache-purge API.

PK Priya Krishnan
16 min
$ hostengine
  anycast
  --region fra1
Networking Advanced

Routing traffic with anycast for global game servers

How to geo-pin players to the right PoP with one Terraform plan.

JC Jules Carter
11 min
$ hostengine
  managed
  --region fra1
Linux Intermediate

Tuning managed Postgres for write-heavy workloads

WAL settings, checkpoint tuning, and what we set on our flagship plan.

PK Priya Krishnan
13 min
$ hostengine
  mt4
  --region fra1
Forex Intermediate

Running MT4 in a multi-account cluster on Forex VPS

Profile sharing, license routing, and how to cleanly clone a setup.

MH Marc Hollingsworth
10 min
$ hostengine
  secure
  --region fra1
WordPress Beginner

WordPress security: a 17-step audit checklist

Run this once a quarter. Your future self (and clients) will thank you.

DO Diana Okafor
8 min
$ hostengine
  k8s
  --region fra1
Kubernetes Advanced

Kubernetes cost control: budgets, requests, and right-sizing

Cap runaway pods with PodDisruptionBudget and Vertical Pod Autoscaler.

RS Ravi Sengupta
15 min
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✓ image debian-12 ready · ssh keys attached
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