--- title: "Miguel Alpañez Alcalde (@malpanez) | Hashnode" description: "DevOps, Linux SysAdmin. Read the latest articles by Miguel Alpañez Alcalde on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@malpanez" --- @malpanez # Miguel Alpañez Alcalde @malpanez · Dublin, Ireland · Joined July 2021 DevOps, Linux SysAdmin [Website](https://homelabforge.dev/) ### [Harden PAM on Linux: pwquality, faillock and MFA (with Ansible + Molecule)](https://blog.homelabforge.dev/harden-pam-on-linux-pwquality-faillock-and-mfa-with-ansible-molecule?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) From manual config to idempotent IaC — covering RHEL/Rocky/Alma and Debian/Ubuntu 6 min read · [blog.homelabforge.dev](https://blog.homelabforge.dev/harden-pam-on-linux-pwquality-faillock-and-mfa-with-ansible-molecule?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Mar 5](https://hashnode.com/posts/harden-pam-on-linux-pwquality-faillock-and-mfa-with-ansible-molecule/69a94d8048d1b2300981d1e2) ### [Surviving Cloudflare Terraform Provider v5: Pain, Breaking Changes, and a Free Template for GitHub Pages](https://blog.homelabforge.dev/surviving-cloudflare-terraform-provider-v5-pain-breaking-changes-and-a-free-template-for-github-pages?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A DevOps engineer’s journey through Cloudflare chaos — and the free Terraform solution you can clone today. 4 min read · [blog.homelabforge.dev](https://blog.homelabforge.dev/surviving-cloudflare-terraform-provider-v5-pain-breaking-changes-and-a-free-template-for-github-pages?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Nov 12, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/surviving-cloudflare-terraform-provider-v5-pain-breaking-changes-and-a-free-template-for-github-pages/69144cc047008f3aca31a4dc) ### [Welcome to HomelabForge](https://blog.homelabforge.dev/welcome-to-homelabforge?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Production DevOps for Homelabs 1 min read · [blog.homelabforge.dev](https://blog.homelabforge.dev/welcome-to-homelabforge?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Nov 4, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/welcome-to-homelabforge/6909c7d3c0f0701c0f33dff4) ### [A Cloud Guru Challenge - Improve Application Performance using ElastiCache Redis](https://blog.homelabforge.dev/acg-challenge-2021-elasticache-redis-terraform?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Submission for A Cloud Guru’s Jul 31, 2021 challenge: reduce API latency ~10s→0.3s using AWS ElastiCache (Redis) and Terraform. Architecture, code, benchmar 3 min read · [blog.homelabforge.dev](https://blog.homelabforge.dev/acg-challenge-2021-elasticache-redis-terraform?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Jul 31, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/acg-challenge-2021-elasticache-redis-terraform/6105688233a2a43971a2d316)