What is BitLocker? BitLocker is a partition/hard drive encryption software. It is included by default in Windows Vista, Windows7 and Windows Server 2008 and R2. BitLocker provides a secure startup process when in use with a TPM crypto chip on the motherboard. The problem is that BitLocker only likes Microsoft Windows (go figure) and encrypting your Windows partition/hard drive if […]
Thanks to guys from Centos.alt.ru CentALT RPM Repository you can now install Nagios 3.5.0 RPM on CentOS. Nagios 3.5.0 RPM is available in their repository so all you need to do is add their CentALT and EPEL repo to your servers and run “yum install nagios”! Here is a Step-by-Step guide on how to get […]
Lately i was migrating my Nagios monitoring server to a new hardware and also a new CentOS version (CentOS 5.9 -> CentOS 6.4). It was a completely new server with new Linux OS installed and everything was configured perfectly. When i migrated Nagios data to a newly installed server and switched the IP addresses, i started […]
Linux on Android? Yes you can! Here’s how… This is a Review/How to of Android application called “Complete Linux Installer“. It is basically an application that allows you to run Desktop Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Debian, BackTrack, … on your Android device. Your Android device must be rooted! How do they do it? Linux on Android project brings Linux to […]
About My MK802 III It has been some time since i have bought MK802 III mini computer – I bought it in December 2012 to be exact. I also own a Philips 3000 series LCD TV 47PFL3007H for some time now. This is a “dumb” TV – not expensive, but it has a big 47″ screen and supports […]
About Nagios Configuration This is a quick manual on Nagios configuration files. We will be explaining which configuration files you need to edit to add hosts, services, contacts and groups. Learn how to configure your Nagios from Linux console and check the configuration for errors. In this Nagios configuration How To guide we will explain most of […]
About My Nagios Migration I just finished a project of Nagios migration to a new hardware and also a newer CentOS version and architecture. The IP address of the Nagios server didn’t change! I was migrating Nagios from CentOS 5.9 32bit to CentOS 6.4 64bit and of course the objective was to transfer all of […]
About NagVis NagVis is an addon to Nagios monitoring and alerting system. It is a way to vizualize Nagios data. It enables you to create maps and schemas of a part or the whole server and network infrastructure. Viewing these maps you can quickly see which hosts and services or even branches of your company […]
About MK Livestatus MK Livestatus is a completely new approach for accessing status and also historic data from hosts and services in Nagios monitoring and alerting system. Livestatus does not actively write out data. Instead, it opens a socket by which data can be retrieved on demand. The socket allows you to send a request […]
About Nagios Core Perhaps you’ve heard it before, but let’s hear it again – “Nagios Is The Industry Standard In IT Infrastructure Monitoring”. It is used to for monitoring and alerting of your servers, switches applications and services. It is an open source system, network and application monitoring software. Open source also means it is […]
