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Escape the unpredictability of public cloud billing. This guide details how to implement a sovereign Serverless architecture using OpenFaaS and Docker on CoolVDS NVMe instances, ensuring low latency and GDPR compliance in Norway.
Subversion is dead. Move your development team to a private, high-performance Git server hosted in Norway. We cover the setup on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and why latency matters for commit speed.
Stop suffering with Subversion merge conflicts. Learn how to deploy a secure, high-performance private Git server using Gitolite and SSH on a CoolVDS instance. A complete 2010 guide for Norwegian development teams requiring data sovereignty.
Still fighting Subversion merge conflicts? It's 2009. Move your team to a private Git server using Gitosis. We cover the setup, security, and why hosting this in Norway matters for latency and the Personal Data Act.
With GDPR fully enforceable as of May 2018, manual server hardening is a liability. We explore using Ansible and OpenSCAP to automate compliance on CoolVDS instances in Norway.
While the cloud centralizes, performance demands decentralization. Explore how deploying KVM VPS nodes in Oslo solves latency issues for IoT and prepares infrastructure for the looming GDPR enforcement.
Latency kills. Learn how to tune the Linux kernel and Nginx for high-throughput API gateways, specifically tailored for the Norwegian network topology available in 2017.
Stop routing your Norwegian traffic through Frankfurt. We explore practical Edge Computing architectures using Nginx, Varnish, and local VPS nodes to crush latency and satisfy Datatilsynet.
It's 2011 and LulzSec is on the loose. Default configurations are a death sentence. Here is the battle-tested guide to locking down CentOS 6 and Debian Squeeze.
Stop gambling with 'burstable' RAM. We break down the architecture of Xen PV vs HVM, kernel tuning for Linux guests, and why true hardware isolation is the only path for serious Norwegian infrastructure.
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Stop relying on US-based hosting for your proprietary code. A battle-hardened guide to setting up a high-performance, self-hosted Git server on CentOS using SSH and CoolVDS infrastructure.
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