Choosing between a Hong Kong VPS and a Singapore VPS is one of the most common decisions for businesses targeting users across Asia. Both locations offer excellent regional connectivity,...
CentOS 8 reached end-of-life (EOL) on December 31, 2021, meaning no official security patches or updates are available. Running it in production exposes systems to unpatched vulnerabilities. In 2026,...
CentOS Stream (9 or 10 in 2026) inherits Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s robust tuning ecosystem. With kernel 6.12+ in Stream 10, modern hardware support (including x86-64-v3 baseline), and continuous...
SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) is enabled and set to enforcing mode by default on CentOS Stream, providing mandatory access control that significantly improves security by confining processes beyond standard DAC...
Effective user and permission management forms the foundation of Linux security on CentOS Stream (aligned with RHEL 9/10). The goal is principle of least privilege — grant only the...
Nginx excels as a high-performance web server, reverse proxy, and load balancer, handling thousands of concurrent connections with minimal resource usage. On CentOS Stream 9 or 10 (the active...
In 2026, when people refer to CentOS, they almost always mean CentOS Stream — the actively developed, community-driven distribution maintained by the CentOS Project with close collaboration from Red...
FirewallD remains the recommended dynamic packet filtering frontend in CentOS Stream 9 and 10. It provides zone-based policy application, rich rule expressiveness, runtime changes without service interruption, and clean...
Docker remains the de-facto standard for containerization, enabling consistent, portable, and scalable application deployment. On CentOS Stream (the active CentOS variant in 2026), Docker Engine installs cleanly from the...
Below is a concise, production-focused list of the most impactful hardening measures for CentOS Stream servers. Emphasis is placed on rationale, correct modern defaults, and practical trade-offs rather than...