Nagios-- Basic Setup -- Basic Administration -- Hosts, Commands, Plug Ins -- Using NRPE for Remote Monitoring -- Logging all updates to a Database -- Graphing based on above logging to troubleshoot errors after they happen (random load spikes, Disk I/O, swap usage due to a horrid cron job at 2am)
MySQL -- Partitioning -- What is Fragmenting, and how can it help speed up a database? -- Is Disk I/O important, if so, can I spread my databases over multiple disks to increase read/write speeds? Apache 2.2 -- Advanced Logging to a MySQL Database for Reporting -- Setting up Graphing based on above logging IPTables -- How to use it, and why -- Is it secure? Bind -- Setting up and administering a DNS system for your network -- Configuring your DNS server as a primary resource, and the WWW as a secondary for your internal network There's plenty more, but those are some ideas of items I've been diving into quite a bit and will use often. -William On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Doran L. Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Thursday 11 December 2008 10:10:55 William Attwood wrote: > > Really, the subject matter and location are the two most important items > > for me to attend. If it's something that I can use to professionally > grow, > > and, it's a decent location, I'll attend. > > And what topics could you use to professionally grow? > > -- > Doran L. "Fozz" Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Open-source developer, sysadmin, consultant, and all-around geeky dude > "Beware of the wandering hourse that he shall not take fright as you pass > him by. Do not explode the exhaust box at him. Go soothingly by." > -- Seen in a Tokyo traffic handbook > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
