Kali VM Updates – “Not Enough Disk Space”
Obviously the solution is to increase the VM’s disk allowance, but let’s solve this another way. Here’s the issue: To solve this is a simple approach: upgrade each package one …
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 …
Issue After updating OpenWRT to 19.07
I recently updated the installation of OpenWRT on my home AP to 19.07, and immediately ran into an issue that turns out to be a simple fix. I went to …
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: …
Rotate Backups with logrotate
Why recreate the tasks available with logrotate? It’s already installed. Say you’re backing up files something like this: Now you can have logrotate manage rotating the old ones out, keeping …
Track /etc/ changes with git
Imagine system configuration diagnostics with the help of git logs. Or forensic investigations where you can see each change of each file with timestamps. Yeah, good times. Obvious approach here …
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 …