Hi, I'm Ricardo.
Linux is what I do.

I'm a Linux System Administrator with over 15 years of experience managing production servers, e-commerce platforms, and hosting infrastructures for agencies and businesses worldwide.

I started SysBalance because I saw too many good developers spending their nights firefighting server issues instead of building. That's my job — not yours.

🇵🇹 Portugal, EU 15+ years experience Serving clients worldwide
Ricardo Loureiro

Ricardo Loureiro

Linux System Administrator
Founder, SysBalance

Linux WHM/cPanel Security
15+
Years of experience
50+
Servers managed
99%
Uptime maintained
<4h
Avg. response time

What I've been doing

For over 15 years I've been the person behind the curtain — keeping servers stable, secure and fast for agencies, e-commerce businesses and SaaS companies.

I've managed everything from shared hosting environments with hundreds of accounts to dedicated infrastructure for high-traffic WooCommerce and PrestaShop stores handling thousands of daily transactions.

My background is purely technical — no fluff, no outsourcing, no account managers. When you work with SysBalance, you work directly with me.

How I work

I'm proactive, not reactive. I don't wait for things to break — I monitor, patch, and harden before problems happen.

Every client gets a monthly report showing exactly what was done on their server. No black boxes, no vague "maintenance" charges — just transparent, documented work.

I treat every server like it's my own. Because a server going down at 2am costs you clients, revenue and reputation — and I take that seriously.

What I specialize in

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Linux Administration

AlmaLinux, CloudLinux, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian — bare metal and VPS production server management from the ground up.

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WHM / cPanel

Full WHM stack management — account provisioning, DNS, email, SSL, backups and performance tuning.

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Server Security

CSF & UFW Firewall, Imunify360, malware scanning, brute-force protection, hardening and vulnerability patching.

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Bare Metal & VPS

Production server setup without cPanel — Nginx, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, PHP-FPM on bare Linux environments.

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eCommerce Platforms

Server-level optimization for PrestaShop, WooCommerce and Magento — PHP-FPM, MySQL tuning, cache and CDN.

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CloudLinux & Hosting

Resource isolation, CageFS, LVE limits, Docker basics and shared hosting stability on CloudLinux environments.

Let's work together

Book a free server audit. I'll review your setup, find what's wrong, and tell you exactly what needs fixing — no commitment required.

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