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Deepak Prasad

Deepak Prasad

R&D Engineer

at · 1797 articles published

Founder of GoLinuxCloud with 15+ years of expertise in Linux, Python, Go, Laravel, DevOps, Kubernetes, Git, Shell scripting, OpenShift, AWS, Networking, and Security. With extensive experience, he excels across development, DevOps, networking, and security, delivering robust and efficient solutions for diverse projects.

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Founder of GoLinuxCloud with 15+ years of expertise in Linux, Python, Go, Laravel, DevOps, Kubernetes, Git, Shell scripting, OpenShift, AWS, Networking, and Security. With extensive experience, he excels across development, DevOps, networking, and security, delivering robust and efficient solutions for diverse projects.

This is page 5 of 60 listing tutorials and guides by Deepak Prasad. GoLinuxCloud publishes 1797 articles from this author on Linux administration, cloud platforms, and DevOps automation.

Articles by Deepak Prasad

devops

Keycloak Token Introspection

POST access tokens to Keycloak token introspection with curl and a confidential client, read active true or false after expiry logout and audience mismatch, and compare local JWT verification on Keycloak 26.7.3.

Deepak Prasad14 min read
devops

Keycloak Device Authorization Grant

Walk through Keycloak Device Authorization Grant on a public CLI client: request device and user codes, poll with interval and slow_down, complete browser verification, and call UserInfo after approval.

Deepak Prasad12 min read
devops

Keycloak Offline Tokens

Request Keycloak offline tokens with offline_access through Authorization Code flow, refresh after SSO logout, tune Offline Session Idle and Max Limited, rotate and revoke safely, and compare offline refresh tokens with …

Deepak Prasad15 min read
devops

Keycloak Client Credentials Grant

Request a Keycloak client_credentials access token with curl and HTTP Basic auth, decode service-account claims (sub, azp, aud, roles), check audience and roles at orders-api, and tell token-endpoint 401 apart from API …

Deepak Prasad16 min read
devops

Keycloak Refresh Tokens

Use Keycloak refresh tokens with curl, enable Revoke Refresh Token and Max Reuse, relate refresh_expires_in to client and SSO sessions, and diagnose invalid_grant after logout, idle timeout, or token reuse on Keycloak …

Deepak Prasad16 min read
devops

Keycloak PKCE Tutorial: Authorization Code Flow with S256

Configure Keycloak PKCE on a public client with S256, generate a code verifier and challenge, complete Authorization Code flow, and prove a stolen code fails without the verifier on Keycloak 26.7.3.

Deepak Prasad13 min read
devops

Keycloak Authorization Code Flow

Walk through Keycloak Standard Flow with a confidential server-side client: build the authorization URL, exchange the code with curl, validate state and nonce, refresh tokens, and reproduce common invalid_grant errors.

Deepak Prasad15 min read
devops

Keycloak Sessions Explained: User, Client and Offline Sessions

Learn how Keycloak user sessions, client sessions and offline sessions work, how they relate to tokens and SSO, and how to view or revoke them.

Deepak Prasad18 min read
devops

Keycloak OpenID Connect Tutorial

Configure a public Keycloak OIDC client with PKCE, run Authorization Code flow, inspect ID and access JWTs, call UserInfo, and validate the bearer token at a small Python API on Keycloak 26.7.3.

Deepak Prasad20 min read
linux

Fix "sshd: ssh-rsa algorithm is disabled" on RHEL

Understand sshd ssh-rsa algorithm is disabled on RHEL 9 and 10, when RSA-SHA2 logins still work, and when to upgrade clients or allow a scoped ssh-rsa exception.

Deepak Prasad11 min read
linux

Fix SSH "Bad server host key: Invalid key length" Error

Fix SSH "Bad server host key: Invalid key length" caused by 1024-bit RSA host keys, RequiredRSASize, RHEL crypto policies, or stale known_hosts entries.

Deepak Prasad16 min read
devops

CKS Tutorial: Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist Course

Free CKS exam prep course covering all six Linux Foundation security domains, with hands-on kubeadm labs for kube-bench, Trivy, Cosign, Falco, and gVisor.

Deepak Prasad2 min read
devops

CKA Tutorial: Certified Kubernetes Administrator Course

Free CKA exam prep course covering all five Linux Foundation domains, with hands-on kubeadm labs on Rocky Linux VMs tested on Kubernetes 1.36.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
devops

CKAD Tutorial: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer Course

Free CKAD exam prep course covering all five Linux Foundation domains, with hands-on labs, 25 practice tasks, and a cheat sheet tested on Kubernetes 1.36.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
devops

Kubernetes Operator Tutorial - Build Production-Ready Operators

Free Kubernetes Operator course on CRDs, controller-runtime, and Go, Helm, and hybrid operators, with hands-on labs tested on Operator SDK 1.42 and kind.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
devops

Kubernetes Tutorial for Beginners & Experienced

Free Kubernetes tutorial from first cluster to Helm, RBAC, and upgrades, with hands-on lessons run on Kubernetes 1.36 kubeadm clusters, local and on AWS.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
programming

Golang Tutorial for Beginners (Hands-On)

Free Golang tutorial for beginners: 200+ runnable lessons on modules, structs, errors, goroutines, HTTP and gRPC APIs, databases, testing, and Docker.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
programming

Java Tutorial for Beginners (with examples)

Free Java tutorial for beginners: 100+ lessons on OOP, collections, lambdas, file I/O, exceptions, and multithreading, with examples run on OpenJDK 17.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
programming

Modern JavaScript Tutorial (ES6+ Hands-On)

Free JavaScript tutorial for beginners: 120+ runnable lessons on ES6+ syntax, arrays, objects, classes, async/await, the DOM, and common error fixes.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
programming

Node.js Tutorial for Beginners (Hands-On)

Free Node.js tutorial for beginners: 60 hands-on lessons on files, async code, HTTPS servers, Express, MongoDB, MySQL, Passport login, and deployment.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
programming

Python Tutorial for Beginners (Hands-On)

Free Python tutorial for beginners: 160+ hands-on lessons on data types, loops, OOP, file I/O, regex, concurrency, and Flask, tested on Python 3.13.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
devops

Podman Tutorial: Complete Container Guide for Linux

Free Podman tutorial tested on RHEL 10.2 with Podman 5.8: run rootless containers, build images, set up networking, and deploy services with Quadlet.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
devops

Git & GitHub Tutorial for Beginners (with examples)

Free Git and GitHub tutorial with hands-on examples tested on Git 2.52: commits, branches, merge and rebase, remotes, undo, and history cleanup.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
cloud

Microsoft Azure Tutorial for Beginners (Hands-On)

Free hands-on Microsoft Azure tutorial for beginners: Entra ID, VMs, App Service, AKS, Blob Storage, VPN, Front Door, ARM templates, and cost control.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
devops

Ansible Tutorial for Beginners [RHCE EX294 Exam]

Free Ansible tutorial and Red Hat RHCE EX294 exam prep with hands-on labs on Rocky Linux 10: playbooks, roles, Vault, and RHCSA tasks automated end to end.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
devops

Keycloak IAM Tutorial: Identity and Access Management Course

Free Keycloak tutorial and IAM course covering realms, clients, OIDC, LDAP federation, SAML, and operations, with Podman labs tested on Keycloak 26.7.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
system-administration

389 Directory Server Tutorial: Complete Administration Guide

Free 389 Directory Server course: dscreate, dsconf and dsidm, TLS, ACIs, password policy, replication, and LMDB tuning, tested on 389-ds-base 3.2.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
security

Keytool & Java Keystore Tutorial for Beginners

Free keytool tutorial for Java keystores and truststores: PKCS12, CSRs, chain imports, cacerts, PKIX fixes, and Spring Boot and Tomcat HTTPS on JDK 21.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
system-administration

OpenLDAP Tutorial for Beginners - Install, Configure, Replicate

Free OpenLDAP tutorial for Linux admins: cn=config and MDB, TLS, ACLs, password policy, SSSD clients, replication, and backup, tested on OpenLDAP 2.6.

Deepak Prasad1 min read
security

OpenSSL & PKI Certificates Tutorial for Beginners

Free OpenSSL and PKI tutorial: generate keys and CSRs, build a root and intermediate CA, issue SAN certificates, set up mTLS, then renew and revoke.

Deepak Prasad1 min read