Managed Operations
Linux Support
24×7 Linux support from UK engineers: Ubuntu, RHEL, Debian and more, monitored, patched, hardened and fixed, on-premises and in the cloud.
Proper Linux support, around the clock
Linux runs more of British business than most boards realise: web platforms, databases, file transfer, monitoring, phone systems, half the appliances in the rack. What it often doesn’t have is proper support. It gets installed by a contractor, inherited by whoever seemed most technical, and quietly becomes the estate nobody patches. Next2IT gives Linux the same 24×7 care as everything else we run.
What we support
Servers and virtual machines. Ubuntu, RHEL, Debian, Rocky, Alma and SUSE, running on-premises, in Azure or on AWS, managed as first-class citizens alongside your Windows estate.
The workloads on top. Web servers, reverse proxies, databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB, mail relays, file transfer, monitoring stacks and the line-of-business applications that quietly depend on them.
Containers and automation. Docker hosts and Kubernetes clusters, plus configuration management with Ansible so servers are rebuilt from code rather than folklore.
What you get
24×7 monitoring and response. Availability, performance, disk, services, certificates and security events watched continuously from our network operations centre, with engineers who fix things rather than just acknowledge alerts.
Patching that actually happens. Scheduled kernel and package updates in agreed maintenance windows, emergency patching when critical vulnerabilities drop, and the compliance reporting auditors ask for. See our dedicated patch management service for the full picture.
Hardening and security. CIS-aligned configurations, SSH and firewall policy, least-privilege access, fail2ban and audit logging, so your Linux estate stops being the soft target.
Documentation and continuity. Every system we take on gets discovered, documented and captured in monitoring, so support never again depends on one person’s memory.
Why Next2IT
Plenty of MSPs support Windows and tolerate Linux. Our engineers work across both every day, under one contract and one monitoring platform, and our operations centre runs 24×7 as standard. If it boots and matters to your business, we’ll support it properly.
The benefits
The benefits of Linux Support
What you gain when linux support is delivered and managed by Next2IT.
Every major distribution
Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian, Rocky, Alma and SUSE, supported by engineers who live in the terminal.
24×7 monitoring and response
Servers watched around the clock for availability, performance, disk, services and security events.
Patching and hardening
Scheduled kernel and package updates, CIS-aligned hardening and vulnerability management with audit trails.
Cloud and on-premises
The same support whether your Linux estate runs in Azure, AWS, a data centre or the comms room.
Linux servers nobody owns?
We monitor, patch and support your Linux estate around the clock, alongside everything else you run.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
All the major ones: Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, SUSE and Amazon Linux, plus the specialist appliances built on them. If your estate mixes distributions, that's fine; our engineers work across them daily.
Around the clock. Our operations centre monitors Linux estates continuously and engineers respond to incidents day and night. A database server that falls over at 3am gets fixed at 3am, not triaged at 9.
Yes, and most of our clients run exactly that mix. We support Linux and Windows side by side under one contract, one monitoring platform and one team, so nothing falls between two suppliers and nobody plays pass-the-parcel with a ticket.
Yes. We run scheduled patching for kernels and packages with maintenance windows you approve, emergency out-of-band patching when serious vulnerabilities land, and reporting that proves your estate is current for audits, Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001.
This is one of the most common calls we get. One engineer built everything, then moved on, and now there are servers nobody understands. We start with a discovery exercise to map what's running and document it, stabilise anything fragile, then take on the ongoing management so the knowledge never walks out the door again.
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