on March 19, 2012 by Wolf Halton in Linux, Network Services, Comments (4)

Nagios: Monitor Remote Disk Free Space

I was working with Nagios-3.3.1, which I love because it shows me everything I want to know and is easier than Zabbix to set up.

Yes, I had to write a shell script to make the config file-generation faster and less troublesome, but after I got that part done, I really started to see a great system.  Nagios sends emails to me when it has an issue, like being unable to access a given server for a test or if the web server is down.  All of this went up in a relatively simple way.  Not as easy as Pandora FMS but still pretty simple, if you consider command-line configuration files simple to edit. Read more…

Is Open Source For You?

on March 14, 2012 by Wolf Halton in Website Development, Comments (0)

Created by Lyrasis, a 501c(3) library association based in Atlanta GA, this site was created specifically for libraries but it is useful for other organizations when trying to understand […]

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USING THE grep UTILITY

on September 20, 2011 by Wolf Halton in Guest Blog, Comments (0)

[This was originally published by Mike Brooks as a wiki entry and I have moved it here - Wolf] USING THE grep UTILITY Since the acquisition of certain data is […]

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Installing DSpace 1.7 on Ubuntu 10.04

on August 28, 2011 by Wolf Halton in DSpace, Linux, Comments (4)

Original wiki entry by Peter Dietz. The goal of this guide is to provide a simple path that will get a user up-and-running as quickly as possible. Peter Dietz did […]

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Tuning Postgresql-9.0 with pgtune

on by Wolf Halton in Linux, PostgreSQL, Comments (1)

Presuming you have PostgreSQL-9.0 installed, you are probably running the default configuration. The default configuration is designed to work with a variety of hardware, and is tuned for the weakest […]

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Updating to Postgresql-9.0 from Postgresql-8.4

on by Wolf Halton in PostgreSQL, Comments (1)

Upgrading PostgreSQL-8.4 to PostgreSQL-9.0 on Ubuntu 10.04 Wolf Halton 8/17/2011 This is something I was working on, on our Ubuntu 10.4LTS servers.  Since I had several to do, I thought […]

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Installing OpenSRF for Evergreen-ILS

on July 14, 2011 by Wolf Halton in Linux, Open-Source Projects, Comments (0)

I am installing Evergreen-ils and getting OpenSRF installed is the second step in the journey. The Evergreen Project develops an open source ILS (integrated library system) used by approximately 800 […]

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Installing PostgreSQL 8.4 on Ubuntu 11.04

on by Wolf Halton in Open-Source Projects, PostgreSQL, Website Development, Comments (2)

I am working on getting evergreen-ils running on a test server for later use. The Evergreen Project develops an open source ILS (integrated library system) used by approximately 800 libraries.  […]

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Atlanta Linux Freedom Fest 7/23/11

on by Wolf Halton in Linux, Open-Source Projects, Comments (0)

Welcome to the next installment of the quarterly ITT-Tech-Atlanta-South Linux Freedom Fest The details are as follows:   SATURDAY, July 23rd, 2011 ~ 9am to 5pm: ALE.ORG / SourceFreedom.com Linux […]

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Atlanta Linux Freedom Fest 2/19/2011

on February 20, 2011 by Wolf Halton in Linux, Comments (0)

More than 60 people attended the ALE.org/SourceFreedom.com Linux Freedom Fest at ITT Tech in Atlanta. Four speakers provided us with information on how to: Understand the implications of open source […]

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