How-to guides. Copy-paste ready.
Practical, tested tutorials for running streaming panels, transcoding pipelines, storage arrays and Linux infrastructure — the exact commands our NOC runs every day.
WireGuard site-to-site VPN setup — encrypted tunnel between two servers
Connect two servers with a persistent WireGuard tunnel — keys, config, subnet routing, keepalive through NAT, and real-world origin/edge use-cases.
How to set up ZFS RAID-Z2 on Ubuntu — bulk storage for VOD and backups
Build a ZFS RAID-Z2 pool on Ubuntu that survives two disk failures — ashift, recordsize tuning, L2ARC cache, scrubs, and drive replacement.
How to serve HLS streaming with nginx — caching, CORS and HTTP/2 tuning
Configure nginx to serve HLS efficiently — correct MIME types, split playlist/segment caching, CORS for browser players, sendfile tuning and HTTPS.
FFmpeg NVENC transcoding setup — hardware video encoding on Ubuntu
Set up FFmpeg with NVENC hardware encoding for live IPTV/streaming — ABR ladders, HEVC/AV1, GPU scaling, and density benchmarks per RTX card.
How to install Xtream UI (XUI.one) on Ubuntu 22.04 — full panel setup
Step-by-step Xtream UI / XUI.one IPTV panel install on Ubuntu 22.04 — from a bare OS to a working admin login, firewall hardening, and bandwidth sizing.