A Wanderer's Notebook

Category: BSD*

  • Ubuntu Server remote administration – Monit

    Monit logoI have recently tested some remote administration tools for Ubuntu server (or any other Linux-based server). I have recorded here my findings and installation steps.

    Today I present Monit, a monitoring and control tool for Unix and Unix-like systems.

    This article will be followed by others with different tools. Stay tune, and you can find them all using the following tag remote-server-admin.

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  • Home Server: The Concept

    I’m currently looking for an elegant and easy to maintain solution for the following Home Server concept:

    Running several VMs on top of an hypervisor.

    As told, I have acquired a small server. I want to run on top 2 sets of services:

    • A back-up service;
    • A cloud synchronisation service (à la Dropbox).

    I want to use virtualisation as I want each service in a dedicated sandbox. I’m not interested in containment style virtualisation because:

    • I probably will be adding new hardware nodes in some years as I will probably want to run other services;
    • I might be trying some of the *BSD OS, although I will be running Linux OS only.

    Here are some technologies I want to investigate to see if some fit my needs: