This project needs properly documenting, but in short it’s a Diecimila with a network module a 6V buzzer and tri-colour LED connected to PWM which provides an audible and visible alert upon the receipt of specific new emails. I run Ubuntu and Evolution mail on a wireless laptop which has a filter configured to pipe [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2009
CentOS 5.3 Smokeping 2.4.2 Install (quick)
Install the latest smokeping (without distributed polling) on a virgin Centos 5.3 minimal box… It’s probably the best (free) tool for monitoring network latency at a glance. Examples: Pipe Ten Derby and Pipe Ten Sheffield.
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CentOS 5.3 Zabbix 1.6.5 Install (quick)
A quick reference for a from-scratch Zabbix install on CentOS 5.3. We’ve used Zabbix for the past 3 or 4 years and just implementing 1.6.5 across multiple Xen nodes for funky distributed monitoring.
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