syslog server

Setup central syslog server on raspberry pi 2 (and other debian based distros)

Central log server using rsyslog is an asset of your sysadmin life! It may get you on the surface on really critical failures when you manage xyz number of servers and some of them go down. In my case raspberry pi 2 with rasbian (debian wheezy for arm processors) does the job very well, without […]

Server monitoring - remote monitor a server with GKrellM via ssh tunnel 1

Server monitoring – remote monitor a server with GKrellM via ssh tunnel

Hostname/systemname display. Clock/calendar. SMP CPU monitor that can chart individual CPUs and/or a composite CPU. Temperature, fan, and voltage sensor monitors if supported by the kernel and the mainboard hardware. Linux requires lm_sensors modules, sysfs sensors for kernels >= 2.6.0 or a running mbmon daemon. Sensors can also be read from mbmon on […]