How to Backup and Restore Prometheus

How to Backup and Restore Prometheus

6 min read

Backing up Prometheus is critical for preserving your monitoring history and metrics data. This updated guide for 2026 covers modern backup strategies using the Prometheus Admin API, Velero, and volume snapshots in Kubernetes environments with prometheus-operator.

Send pfSense Logs to Wazuh

Send pfSense Logs to Wazuh

6 min read

Centralizing pfSense firewall logs in Wazuh SIEM provides critical security visibility and threat detection capabilities. This updated guide for 2026 covers pfSense 2.7.x/2.8.x and Wazuh 4.8+ with proper syslog formatting and decoder configuration.

Firewall Ports for AD Domain Join

Firewall Ports for AD Domain Join

4 min read

Joining clients to an Active Directory domain requires specific firewall ports to be open. This updated guide for 2026 covers the minimum and recommended ports for Windows 11/Server 2022+ domain joins, including pfSense firewall configuration examples.