CodeIgniter 4 & Zabbix Checks
I am using my Zabbix server to track for issues with various web sites (namely to alert if a site goes offline). I then recently upgraded CodeIgniter, which powers my …
rsyslogd Duplicate Logging To Local syslog
After setting up a central log storage server, I found that incoming messages from remote hosts were being logged properly to /var/log/%HOSTNAME/%PROGRAMNAME%.log as well as /var/log/syslog Not a fan of …
Tracking Kids Grades With Zabbix
There are plenty of Zabbix resources online so I won’t be rehashing a ‘how-to’. Instead, I’ll detail some of the more unique tasks I’ve managed to pull off with custom …
Monitoring Home Network’s Internet Connections
There is a lot that goes into the backend of this, each deserving of its own several posts that I have yet to write up. Yesterday, however, I finally got …
Home Wallboard
I have setup a Zabbix server in my home, with zabbix clients throughout the network where possible and custom scripts to handle the others. While Zabbix setup is worthy of …
Track Packets per Second In Zabbix
Since this metric was not available on all my monitored devices, I had to create a solution. First, create this script and put it where it goes, chmod as needed: …
De-docker Grafana Installation
While docker is a fantastically powerful tool, as it turns it out, it’s not perfect for everything everywhere. I ran into this recently and needed to move my Grafana setup …
RFID/HID Card Explorations
Going through my collection of random circuit boards I came across a 125KHz RFID reader that I had forgotten about, so I started playing with it. At first I wired …
Maxine’s Pi
By adding a cheap OBD-to-Bluetooth adapter to my Jeep (affectionately named Maxine. I’m building it out with a Mad Max theme), I am able to toss a Raspberry Pi in …