On the Check_mk web UI visit:WATO menu > Monitoring Agents In the list on check agents you should find the nginx_status. Clicking on it shows the code for the check. Copy that code to the client server. The location on web001 for the check (for me... » More
The scenario here is that I would like to add a 'custom notes' link to any services with the word 'postfix' in the name of the service. I started by visiting WATO and drilling down to a host and one of the services I was interested in adding notes... » More
By default check_mk places icons under a 'hamburger' icon as shown below. I wanted the 'Custom Notes' icon to be visible at all times rather than being located under the actions icon. To do that visit the 'Global Settings' menu item and under... » More
On an EC2 instance with an EBS volume of 200GB I right-clicked the volume and chose to 'Modify Volume', then set a new size for the disk. On the OS (RHEL 7.6) you can check that the new size of the disk is visible with: fdisk... » More
On a server where normal reboot commands such as 'shutdown -r now' are not working and if you don't have access to an iDrac or similar the following worked:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger
Requirement was to run a process on a server on a new port but the original port was hard-coded into the client so we needed to redirect all traffic bound for the original port to the new port. First check the IP Forwarding is enabled. sysctl... » More
Had difficulty accessing an old iDRAC 6 interface with a more recent release of a web browser. Some of the drac interface shows but you get 404 error messages. The solution was accessing it via the compatability mode on IE: Then add the... » More
In the past I have been too willing to use bash scripts for grepping and awking CSV files. The code snippet below is a starter for doing similar with python and while far from perfect, demonstrates calling another system command and manipulating... » More
With a basic CRUD Laravel app containing API routes I wanted to protect the API behind Oauth. So I followed the instructions on the Laravel documentation and a great video by Andre Madarang on Youtube. After following the steps of requiring... » More
Simple wee python script for renaming files in a directory. I had a bunch of mp4 files that had a reference code at the end rather than the front so renaming to put the reference code at the front would keep them in order e.g. myfile-m6-03.mp4 to... » More
On the Check_mk web UI visit:WATO menu > Monitoring Agents In the list on check agents you should find the nginx_status. Clicking on it shows the code for the check. Copy that code to the client server. The location on web001 for the check (for me... » More
