SysAdmin
SNMP Monitoring with Nagios
June 1st, 2009 by Jason Ellison in
Using Nagios, you can monitor Dell servers with SNMP via Dell's server administration tools.
OpenFiler: an Open-Source Network Storage Appliance
May 1st, 2009 by Bill Childers in
Turn that old computer into a network appliance with OpenFiler, an open-source alternative to a NetApp filer.
PXE: Not Just for Server Networks Anymore!
April 1st, 2009 by Bill Childers in
Using a combination of open-source technologies, you can build an unattended network-based OS installer that can save you huge amounts of time and even can install Windows.
FreeBoo: an Open Architecture for Network Dual Boot
April 1st, 2009 by Cristina Barrado and Sebastian Galiano in
Using FreeBoo, you can restore and boot different operating systems across a network and replace proprietary solutions such as Rembo.
Munin—the Raven Reports
April 1st, 2009 by Patricia Jung in
Long-term monitoring with Munin is not restricted to system parameters. Why not monitor data of personal interest or data of interest to your colleagues?
Solaris-Zones: Linux IT Marbles Get a New Bag
April 1st, 2009 by Victor Burns in
Solaris-Zones provides the ability to run Linux and Solaris on the same machine without all the overhead of full virtualization.
Hack and / - When Disaster Strikes: Hard Drive Crashes
March 1st, 2009 by Kyle Rankin in
All is not necessarily lost when your hard drive starts the click of death. Learn how to create a rescue image of a failing drive while it still has some life left in it.
Hack and / - Chopping Logs
February 1st, 2009 by Kyle Rankin in
Why wait for your awstats job to finish when you need custom log results now? Check out a quick-and-dirty Perl one-liner that creates speedy tallies from log files and is easy to tweak to suit your particular statistics needs.
Automate System Administration Tasks with Puppet
December 1st, 2008 by Sean Walberg in
Use Puppet for configuration management.
Billix: a Sysadmin's Swiss Army Knife
August 1st, 2008 by Bill Childers in
Turn that spare USB stick into a sysadmin's dream with Billix.
Zenoss and the Art of Network Monitoring
August 1st, 2008 by Jeramiah Bowling in
If a server goes down, do you want to hear it?
PXE Magic: Flexible Network Booting with Menus
April 1st, 2008 by Kyle Rankin in
Set up a PXE server and then add menus to boot kickstart images, rescue disks and diagnostic tools all from the network.
Graphic Administration with Webmin
April 1st, 2008 by Federico Kereki in
Administrating a Linux server might be complicated, but Webmin can help you work quickly and safely.
Go Green, Save Green with Linux
April 1st, 2008 by James Gray in
Put Linux to work to save energy, money and the environment.
Backups to the Future: Eliminate Tape Backups with FreeNAS and Bacula
April 1st, 2008 by Jeramiah Bowling in
The future of backups is here, but unfortunately, there aren't any Delorians.
Cfengine for Enterprise Configuration Management
April 1st, 2008 by Scott Lackey in
Cfengine makes it easier to manage configuration files across large numbers of machines.
Hack and / - Mutt Tweaks for System Administrators
April 1st, 2008 by Kyle Rankin in
If digging through your server e-mail bogs you down, use these tips to organize and tweak your mutt configuration and cut through that mailbox like a letter opener through an envelope.
An Ajax-Enhanced Web-Based Ethernet Analyzer
May 1st, 2007 by Paul Barry in
Combine Ruby, Ajax and bash with CGI scripts to monitor server-bound processes.
Work the Shell - Compact Code and Cron Contraptions
March 1st, 2007 by Dave Taylor in
It's a simple job to do a cron job.
Federated Desktop and File Server Search with libferris
December 1st, 2006 by Ben Martin in
How to federate CLucene personal document indexes with PostgreSQL/TSearch2.
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News Flash: Linux Kernel 3.0 to include an on-the-go Expresso machine interface! Ok, maybe not, but Linux is definitely going mobile, from phones to e-readers. Find out more inside about Android, the Kindle 2, the Western Digital MyBook II, The Bug, and Indamixx (a portable recording studio). And if you've gone mobile and you been wanting more Emacs in your life then check out Conkeror.
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