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Bash, Linux

Install and Configure Checkmk on CentOS 8 and Monitor Linux Hosts using Checkmk agent

Jan 18, 2020 by Grzegorz Juszczak 1 Comments check mk host monitoring, check_mk host monitoring, check_mk nagios alternatives, checkmk host monitoring, install check_mk agent fedora 30, install check_mk centos 8, install checkmk agent on fedora linux, linux server monitoring, monitor linux with checkmk

If you have important production servers or critical services in your network, having monitoring tools becomes a must. In case of any hardware or software failures, it is crucial to get alerted as soon as possible and take appropriate actions to fix the failure.
In this article I would like to take a look at checkmk – a powerful monitoring software, developed by tribe29 GmbH with tons of configuration options and a user-friendly WebGUI, which can help you fully automate monitoring activities of your hardware and operating systems.
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Bash, Linux

Configure Postfix SMTP Relay (Smart Host) on CentOS 8

Jan 17, 2020 by Grzegorz Juszczak 2 Comments configure postfix smart host centos 8, install configure postfix centos 8, postfix cyrus sasl authentication centos 8, postfix mailq centos 8, postfix relay host centos 8 configuration, postfix smtp authentication centos 8, send email from command line, sendmail from command line, smtp relay to ssl0.ovh.net

Postfix is a Mail Transport Agent (MTA), which can be easily configured as a private relay host, passing mail to other mail servers. Unlike Sendmail, Postfix is considered a very secure MTA, offering a high level of flexibility and ease of administration.
In this article, I am configuring Postfix on CentOS 8, running on CinderCloud VPS, as SMTP smart host (relay host) using SASL authentication to send out mail further to the OVH mail server.
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Bash, Linux

Configure Sendmail MTA on CentOS 8 to work as SMTP Relay

Jan 5, 2020 by Grzegorz Juszczak 2 Comments install configure sendmail centos 8, install configure smart host centos 8, install configure smtp relay centos 8, send email linux command line, send email via ovh smtp relay, sendmail authenticated smtp relay, sendmail authsmtp authenticated smart host, sendmail command line verbose, smtp relay via ssl0.ovh.net

Sendmail is easy to implement, lightweight electronic Mail Transport Agent (MTA), which enables you to automate the process of sending e-mail messages from your Linux host. It can play a significant role as a background mechanism for processing outbound emails from monitoring software to deliver status notifications to the system administrators or send diagnostic information at a specified time schedule.
In this article, I present how to install and configure Sendmail on CentOS 8 to work as SMTP Relay for outbound traffic to the OVH mail server.
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Linux

High Availability Apache Galera Cluster with HAProxy Load Balancer

May 5, 2019 by Grzegorz Juszczak 4 Comments apache galera haproxy cluster, galera mariadb cluster centos 7, galera mariadb cluster installation, haproxy http redirection, haproxy roundrobin galera mariadb, high availability http mariadb php server, high availability LAMP server, high available apache galera cluster, http galera haproxy cluster, install galera cluster centos 7

Using a high-availability LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL/MariaDB PHP) server may totally eliminate the risk of server’s downtime, which can be crucial in case of a production HTTP server, serving critical business application. We can set a redundant, fully functional, high-avalability production HTTP server for free, using well known and proven technologies like Apache server, MariaDB/Galera cluster software and HAProxy load balancer.
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Linux, Storage, Virtualization

Install Nextcloud with Docker on Debian 10 Buster

Apr 23, 2019 by Grzegorz Juszczak 14 Comments docker nextcloud deployment debian, install dockerized nextcloud, launch nextcloud docker container, nextcloud containerization debian buster, nextcloud docker container debian, nextcloud docker debian 10, nextcloud docker debian buster, nextcloud docker installation, nextcloud docker port forwarding

Nextcloud is a lightweight, open-source StaaS (Storage as a Service) platform, written i PHP and JavaScript, which provides file sync, file sharing and creative collaboration services. The software can be installed on local hardware as a perfect alternative for commercial StaaS solutions like Dropbox, OneDrive, Hightail, etc…
Nextcloud is a typical LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) software, but instead of ardous and problematic LAMP environment installation and file sharing platform implementation, we can deploy a turnkey Nextcloud platform in just a few minutes, using Docker containers, preferably with docker-compose.

In this article I am launching Nextcloud platform in two Docker containers: nextcloud and mariadb which use local Docker volumes as a file and database storage. This solution will enable us to quickly and painlessly upgrade our Nextcloud to a newer versions in future.
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Cloud Computing, Linux

OpenStack Pike TripleO Overcloud Deployment using VLAN based Network Isolation

Feb 10, 2019 by Grzegorz Juszczak 9 Comments openstack pike active-backup bonding, openstack pike network bonding, openstack pike network isolation, openstack pike overcloud network architecture, openstack pike overcloud network setup, openstack pike vlan deployment, openstack tripleo network isolation, openstack tripleo vlan configuration, tripleo active-backup bond vlan

The basic OpenStack TripleO deployment utilises the so called provisioning / control plane network for all types of traffic (internal API, tenant, storage, storage management, etc…), that run across the whole OpenStack installation. The Undercloud node, which is used for Overcloud deployment, becomes a kind of a gateway for Overcloud nodes to the external network. This solution has a major disadventage: the single point of access which is here the Undercloud node, can quickly turn into a single point of failure, if Undercloud fails, cutting us out from Overcloud nodes. Moreover, any diagnostic steps, in case of network issues, bottle necks, etc., become more difficult , since all the traffic runs in one big tube, which is provisioning / control plane network.
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