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Welcome to PortIgniter

Build fast. Launch everywhere. Relax—your apps just work with PortIgniter.

Providing North Carolina organizations and businesses with modern, containerized products and IT solutions, resulting in faster releases and fewer incidents, all delivered with a smile.

Services Overview

Build Containers

Build

From concept to container: your app, built right the first time.

Automations

Automate

CI/CD powered. Automate everything and ship faster.

Security for Containers

Secure

Locked down. Security comes standard.

Deploy Applications

Deploy

Deploy in style: one click, no stress.

The world’s biggest marketplace never closes. 3 billion people are online right now.
Are they finding you, or your competition?

Affordable, Custom Development Solutions.

Smart design. Scalable code. Small business pricing.

Services Overview

Self Hosted. Prepackaged Solutions.

Ready‑made apps that solve real problems. Customize or deploy instantly.

Custom Integration

Server & Platform Integration Solutions.

Expert engineering for seamless systems and secure scaling.

Training and Consulting

Everything I Offer, In One PDF.

Take the services catalog with you, or pass it along to your team.

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New New Courses are Live

New Courses Are Live

Self-paced IT training on the PortIgniter LMS, including a 450-page Linux Basics course.

Available Courses

About the LMS

Reef

Reef — host security monitoring, self-hosted

File integrity, audit data, hardening, malware, compliance, and CVE scanning in one clean dashboard. The visibility of a monitoring platform without the licensing bill.

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Docker

Docker Development and Deployment

From new builds to seamless migrations — run anywhere, with confidence.

Docker containerization services

Let’s build something remarkable together.

Book your free 30‑minute consultation — no sales pitch, just solutions.

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Latest News and Support Articles

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Free Powershell Course

Powershell Basics will get you up and running quickly using real-world examples.

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Reef version 2026.10.02 Released!

This release includes ~120 new YARA Rules and a new POAM tracking integration.

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Reef, LMS, and new training courses!

Reef Standard is available, PortIgniter LMS arrives in December, and a 450-page Linux Basics course is live.

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Understanding journald: The Linux System Journal

A practical journald and journalctl primer for web and server security administrators - what it is, how it fits into systemd, and the commands you'll actually use to investigate, filter, and audit logs.

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Basic Commands for AuditD

An easy to follow guide on how to get the most out of AuditD on your Linux system

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PowerShell Basics for JSON Operations

An easy to follow guide on how to use PowerShell for quick local data manipulation

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Zen Perfect Design is becoming PortIgniter

We're changing our name and our focus!

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GREP tricks for Apache Logs

Get insights into your logs using built in GNU/Linux utilities.

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Storage Solutions for Small Business

Learn more about how local storage solutions might be the better option for your small business. This article briefly compares local storage vs cloud storage options and serves as a warning for the uninformed job lead.

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Server Metrics with Prometheus, Node Exporter, and Perses

An easy to follow guide on how to get up and running with Prometheus, Node Exporter, and Perses

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