There are times when accessing a computer with remote desktop is essential. However, what do you if you forget to enable remote desktop before you deploy the machine at a remote location. The only difference between enabling remote desktop and disabling it is a simple registry setting. Thankfully we can remotely edit the registry to enable remote desktop.
Tags: registry editor, remote desktop, Terminal ServicesNagios is an application that monitors any device on a network that is addressable. It is easily configured to monitor a servers availability on the network from just simple TCP/IP ping requests, to more advanced service monitors such as http, dns, and telnet. With plugins it can also monitor health status of devices such as CPU load, memory utilizaton and drive usage.
Before nagios can be configured it needs to be installed. That documentation can be found here: Nagios 2.6 Installation on Ubuntu 6.06 Linux
Tags: linux, Nagios, ubuntuThere are times when you may want to add a second or multiple IP addresses to your linux system. It’s fairly straightforward to add a sub-interface to your current configuration. In fact, it’s just as easy to add ten sub-interfaces as it is one.
Tags: ip addresses, linux, multiple ip, ubuntuNagios is an open source tool that monitors any device on a network that is IP addressable. I use it extensively on a daily basis at my workplace. It is easily configured to monitor a servers availability on the network from just simple TCP/IP ping requests, to more advanced service monitors such as http, dns, telnet, smtp and snmp. With additional plugins it can also monitor health status of devices such as CPU load, memory utilization and drive space consumption.This tutorial is created as a way for me to document the steps I took to install Nagios. There are many ways to install Nagios into a functional system, this just happens to be the way that I got it to work. If you are looking for an easy way to build your own Nagios server follow along and you’ll have your own running in no time.
Tags: cpu load, linux, memory utilization, Nagios, service monitors, snmp, ubuntu
Here is a little glimpse of the next article I’m writing. It’ll be a step-by-step tutorial on installing Nagios on Ubuntu. It’s a little lengthy so it’s taking me a little time to get all the screenshots organized. I’ll get the tutorial out the door as fast as I can. In the meantime, here is a link out to the Nagios web site for more information.
Terminal Services Remote Administration mode is a great tool for gaining access to servers at remote sites. It allows for a maximum of two sessions to allows administrators to connect and perform their duties. By default broken connections are set to go into a disconnected state rather than resetting. This allows system updates, patches or other tasks being performed on the server to continue even if the remote session gets interrupted.
Tags: administration mode, rdp client, Terminal Services, terminal serverIf you’re anything like me you tend to have several tabs open in Firefox at any given time. Anytime I’m reading an article and I come across a link I want to follow I’ll open it in a new tab with the intent of checking it out when I’m done with my current page. More often than not this tends to leave me with 1-2 dozen tabs open at any given time.
Tags: Firefox, tabsSince I covered configuring DHCP Addressing for Ubuntu Linux yesterday, I figured it would be a good idea to post a quick article about assigning static IP addresses to your system. Often when you install Ubuntu on a network with a live DHCP server, it will not give you the chance to statically set your IP when you are installing. After the install it’s easy to go in and make the necessary changes.First there are a few decisions you need to make. You will need to decide what IP address, subnet mask, network id, broadcast address and gateway address you will be using on your system. It is beyond the scope of this article to help you caclulate the necessary settings. If there is enough demand, maybe I’ll write a TCP/IP subnetting tutorial.
Tags: broadcast address, gateway address, linux, network id, static ip addresses, subnet mask, tcp ip, ubuntu
