HAProxy is open source proxy that can be used to enable high availability and load balancing for web applications. It was designed especially for high load projects so it is very fast and predictable, HAProxy is based on single-process model. In this post I’ll describe… Read More »Failover and Load Balancing using HAProxy
Most of Linux distributions comes with Linux Auditing System that makes it possible to track file changes, file accesses as well as system calls. It’s pretty useful functionality for sysadmins who wish to know who and when accessed and/or changed sensitive files like /etc/passwd, /etc/sudoers… Read More »Track file changes using auditd
cpulimit is a small program written in C that allows to limit CPU usage by Linux process. Limit is specified in percentage so it’s possible to prevent high CPU load generated by scripts, programs or processes. I found cpulimit pretty useful for the scripts running… Read More »Limit CPU usage of Linux process
Some time ago I came across NagMap addon for Nagios and found it pretty helpful for monitoring multiple hosts around the world. For example, there are some production servers in Europe, US and others in India and New Zealand and it’s much better see their… Read More »Geolocation for Nagios
In this post you will find set of password managers for Linux which provides secure storage for your passwords for sensitive data. If you still keep the passwords in plain text then you must consider one of available password managers so this article is for… Read More »Top 5 Password Managers for Linux [Guest Post]
It’s hard to believe but I didn’t know about Grub fallback feature. So every time when I needed to reboot remote server into a new kernel I had to test it on local server to make sure it won’t panic on remote unit. And if… Read More »Grub Fallback: Boot good kernel if new one crashes
Mosh (stands for Mobile Shell) is replacement of SSH for remote connections to Unix/Linux systems. It brings a few noticeable advantages over well known SSH connections. In brief, it’s faster and more responsive, especially on long delay and/or unreliable links. Key benefits of Mosh Stays… Read More »Why Mosh is better than SSH?
If you add new physical network interface to the hardware that runs XenServer it won’t appear in XenCenter by default. In order to attach it to VMs or change its settings you’ll need to type in a few commands to XenServer’s CLI. 1. Connect XenServer… Read More »Add physical NIC to XenServer
Citrix XenServer is powerful hypervisor that is based on Linux (Redhat/Centos/Fedora family) and competes with Vmware ESXi and offer wide range of virtualization features for data centers. In general you can do a bare-metal installation of XenServer to your hardware server and create multiple virtual… Read More »Attach ISO image stored in XenServer local storage
The latest update of Linux Mint Debian has been rolled out today. Update pack 4 is applicable for all LMDE users and includes the following updates: Gnome 2 has been upgraded to Gnome Shell, kernel is now 3.2 version, Cinamon and Mate desktops are now… Read More »Linux Mint Debian Update Pack 4 is out