About Prisma Academy
We are infrastructure engineers and DevOps practitioners who believe that powerful, privacy-respecting server software should be within reach of every technical professional — not just large enterprises with dedicated platform teams.
Our Mission
Prisma Academy was created by the team at PrismaTechWork — an infrastructure and cybersecurity consultancy serving businesses across the MENA region. After years of deploying and managing self-hosted services for clients, we noticed the same question repeated constantly: "Where do I find a clear, complete guide for this?"
The answer was usually scattered forum threads, outdated blog posts, and documentation that assumed too much prior knowledge. We decided to build the resource we always wished existed: concise, video-first tutorials with automated scripts, written references in both Arabic and English, and real explanations of what each service does and why it matters.
Every tutorial on this site reflects hands-on experience running these services in production environments — not theoretical knowledge. We deploy the exact same Docker stacks we teach in client engagements.
- Make self-hosting approachable for sysadmins and developers at every level
- Provide bilingual content (Arabic & English) for the underserved MENA technical community
- Publish everything free — no paywalls, no accounts required
- Keep all scripts open-source and auditable on GitHub
Areas of Expertise
The Prisma Academy content team brings professional experience across the full stack of modern infrastructure:
🐳 Docker & Container Orchestration
Years of experience deploying production containerized workloads using Docker Compose. Deep knowledge of networking, volumes, image management, and container security hardening.
🔒 VPN & Network Security
Designed and deployed WireGuard, OpenVPN, and mesh VPN solutions for multi-branch enterprises. Hands-on experience with firewall configuration, IPsec, and zero-trust network architectures.
🖥️ Linux Server Administration
Ubuntu and Debian server administration including OS hardening, automated patching, fail2ban, ufw, systemd service management, and log monitoring across fleets of servers.
📊 Monitoring & Observability
Deployed uptime monitoring, real-time metrics dashboards, and alerting pipelines for client infrastructure. Proficient with Netdata, Uptime Kuma, Beszel, and Grafana stacks.
📧 Self-Hosted Email
Configured complete self-hosted email stacks including Mailcow and Mailu with proper DNS configuration (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) for reliable deliverability.
Company Information
PrismaTechWork
PrismaTechWork is a registered technology consultancy based in Egypt, specializing in IT infrastructure, server management, and cybersecurity services for businesses across the MENA region.
Meet the Founder
Mohammed Ali Elshikh is a senior IT infrastructure engineer and cybersecurity specialist with years of hands-on experience deploying and managing production server environments for businesses across Egypt and the MENA region.
He founded PrismaTechWork to make professional-grade infrastructure knowledge accessible to Arabic-speaking technical communities. Every tutorial on Prisma Academy is built from real client deployments — not theoretical guides. He specializes in Docker containerization, VPN architecture (WireGuard, OpenVPN, mesh networks), Linux server hardening, self-hosted email stacks, and cybersecurity tooling.