Re: system admin question...
On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 04:51:55PM +0200, Mel wrote: > On Friday 12 October 2007 02:43:23 Gary Kline wrote: > > ((A parenthetical note): > > In prep for this posting I finished (or expanded) my > > mail-strip program that eliminates most of the cruft and > > leaves the body. ) > > > > So I'll look at bigsister, conky, nagios, monit, and Ksysguard. > > (Mel, if you have a cheatsheet for Ksysguard, that would be a > > big win.) The more I can automate, the better. > > Hmm, the cheatsheet would be: > - ssh-keygen -d => create passwordless ssh key > - ${EDITOR} ~/.ssh/config => setup configfile to use the passwordless key to > those machines. A nice trick is to use CNAME/A record in your local dns, > with 'sysguard.machinename.local.domain' and set that as Host for the > passwordless key. This allows you to use keys with passwords on normal > hostname, should you desire so. > > The rest is drag'n'drop - create new tabs for a host and drag the infomodule > over that you want displayed. Right-click for properties, like size and graph > type then save the worksheet. Once the worksheet is setup, nothing on the > remote machine is needed and you can set it as default, create/open new ones > etc. This is really personal preference. I create worksheets per type > (load/memory/disks) and have all machines in different tabs, but others might > find it more useful to create worksheets per machine. > I've set up the paswordless ssh keys before. The *rest* of it-- especially using GUI tools--may drive me up the wall! Or maybe not; maybe I'm getting uesd to these graphic tools:-) thanks, and I may tap you on the shoulder, offline! if I get wedged gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: system admin question...
Gary Kline skrev: This is for the system admins out there; I brought up this question last weekend, (re xsysstats, an *old* app), but got no answers, so again: What are the best tools, graphical or otherwise, that I can use on a dedicated Gnome [or CWTM, KDE, Whatever] workspace that will help me track each of my four or five computers? (((Is xosview broken? I have it running here on this pre xorg-7.2 system.))) xsysstats seems reasonable; are there any others? I'd like to be able to spot any overloads of file system snafus before they go critical... . thanks for any|all insights, gary Nagios and Cacti are your friends ;^) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: system admin question...
On Friday 12 October 2007 02:43:23 Gary Kline wrote: > ((A parenthetical note): > In prep for this posting I finished (or expanded) my > mail-strip program that eliminates most of the cruft and > leaves the body. ) > > So I'll look at bigsister, conky, nagios, monit, and Ksysguard. > (Mel, if you have a cheatsheet for Ksysguard, that would be a > big win.) The more I can automate, the better. Hmm, the cheatsheet would be: - ssh-keygen -d => create passwordless ssh key - ${EDITOR} ~/.ssh/config => setup configfile to use the passwordless key to those machines. A nice trick is to use CNAME/A record in your local dns, with 'sysguard.machinename.local.domain' and set that as Host for the passwordless key. This allows you to use keys with passwords on normal hostname, should you desire so. The rest is drag'n'drop - create new tabs for a host and drag the infomodule over that you want displayed. Right-click for properties, like size and graph type then save the worksheet. Once the worksheet is setup, nothing on the remote machine is needed and you can set it as default, create/open new ones etc. This is really personal preference. I create worksheets per type (load/memory/disks) and have all machines in different tabs, but others might find it more useful to create worksheets per machine. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: system admin question...
((A parenthetical note): In prep for this posting I finished (or expanded) my mail-strip program that eliminates most of the cruft and leaves the body. ) So I'll look at bigsister, conky, nagios, monit, and Ksysguard. (Mel, if you have a cheatsheet for Ksysguard, that would be a big win.) The more I can automate, the better. thanks to everybody who emailed me, onlist and off; if I can turn this into a how-to article, i'll publish it on my bsd pages. gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: system admin question...
At 02:57 PM 10/10/2007, Gary Kline wrote: This is for the system admins out there; I brought up this question last weekend, (re xsysstats, an *old* app), but got no answers, so again: What are the best tools, graphical or otherwise, that I can use on a dedicated Gnome [or CWTM, KDE, Whatever] workspace that will help me track each of my four or five computers? (((Is xosview broken? I have it running here on this pre xorg-7.2 system.))) xsysstats seems reasonable; are there any others? I'd like to be able to spot any overloads of file system snafus before they go critical... . thanks for any|all insights, gary I use bigsister, from the ports. There are versions for win32 servers as well, so you can monitor cross-platform. Bigsister's output is webbased, plus there are alerts you can setup. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: system admin question...
Gary Kline wrote: This is for the system admins out there; I brought up this question last weekend, (re xsysstats, an *old* app), but got no answers, so again: What are the best tools, graphical or otherwise, that I can use on a dedicated Gnome [or CWTM, KDE, Whatever] workspace that will help me track each of my four or five computers? (((Is xosview broken? I have it running here on this pre xorg-7.2 system.))) xsysstats seems reasonable; are there any others? I'd like to be able to spot any overloads of file system snafus before they go critical... . thanks for any|all insights, I am a fan of KISS, I would just start snmpd on each server and then hack a quick perl/ruby/shell script to check on the boxes now and then and alert you when something is beyond a configured parameter. Maybe pop open a term window and display the snmpget results or something. DAve -- Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos for other non-international holidays, but nothing for Veterans? Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: system admin question...
On Wednesday 10 October 2007 21:57:59 Gary Kline wrote: > What are the best tools, graphical or otherwise, that I can use > on a dedicated Gnome [or CWTM, KDE, Whatever] workspace that > will help me track each of my four or five computers? > (((Is xosview broken? I have it running here on this pre xorg-7.2 > system.))) xsysstats seems reasonable; are there any others? > I'd like to be able to spot any overloads of file system snafus > before they go critical... . > > thanks for any|all insights, Ksysguard can connect to hosts via ssh, rsh or a command you provide yourself. Part of kdeadmin package. Various things can be monitored, including but not limited to diskspace, process tables, logfiles and system load. Unfortunately it doesn't do well with passwords, so use a passwordless pubkey scheme for ssh. It takes a bit to get used to the interface, but it's highly customizable once you get the hang of it. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: system admin question...
Gary Kline wrote: > This is for the system admins out there; I brought up this question > last weekend, (re xsysstats, an *old* app), but got no answers, > so again: > > What are the best tools, graphical or otherwise, that I can use > on a dedicated Gnome [or CWTM, KDE, Whatever] workspace that > will help me track each of my four or five computers? > (((Is xosview broken? I have it running here on this pre xorg-7.2 > system.))) xsysstats seems reasonable; are there any others? > I'd like to be able to spot any overloads of file system snafus > before they go critical... . You should check out conky: /usr/ports/sysutils/conky If you install this + X client on the remote computers, you can then do xhost +server_ip ssh server_ip export DISPLAY=desktop_ip:0.0 conky & exit Its not the best way but hey its quick. You'll need to set own_window yes on the remote servers in ~/.conkyrc I tend to run it on my desktop and set it to on_windows no If you have a spotting network connection this blows. Also, checkout /usr/ports/sysutils/monit There's always the time honored snmp+mgrt combos Finally, checkout /usr/ports/net/nagios Ticketmaster uses this but on Redhat AS 3 boo! -- Philip M. Gollucci ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) c:323.219.4708 o:703.749.9295x206 Senior System Admin - Riderway, Inc. http://riderway.com / http://ridecharge.com 1024D/EC88A0BF 0DE5 C55C 6BF3 B235 2DAB B89E 1324 9B4F EC88 A0BF Work like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt, and dance like nobody's watching. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"