DevOps Camp 2019

Das DevOps Camp [https://devops-camp.de/] ist wieder einmal Geschichte und das natürlich viel zu schnell. Die Veranstaltung ist als BarCamp [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcamp] angelegt, genauere Informationen findet man hier [https://devops-camp.de/das-devops-camp/]. Nachdem vorher nur grob ein Themenrahmen gesteckt wird, findet wie immer eine kurze…

Server Management

Server management on daily basis in a growing environment could be a challenge. Most of the tasks is here done with ClusterSSH [http://clusterssh.sf.net] in help with a homebrew mail notification [http://ftp.cyconet.org/debian/archive/restricted/config-apt-update]. Unfortunately this workflow is not scaling well for 200+…

Creative destruction

Today short before ending business hours I was noticed that there is a problem with a server system (domU). Login with unprivileged user was possible but using "su" didn't worked, also login in as root via privkey failed. Fortunately I was able to connect via xen…

Fixing muninlite for up interfaces without link

Usually I'm monitoring stuff with Icinga [http://www.icinga.org] (Nagios in the past). But for my small network, I primary needed monitoring of bandwidth. In our commercial environment we are using a closed source software for accounting traffic. There is also a license for testing purpose with…

Debian 6.0 'squeeze' released

Our baby [http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/] was released [http://identi.ca/notice/63798194] just some moments ago. Many thanks to all who made this happen, I'm very proud! Also many thanks to the release team, ftpmaster, cd people, www-team, press folks and all who worked so…

(old) L-root DNS Server "stolen" (for a short time)

After shutdown of the old L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET the IP address formerly associated with it, the IP continued to answer requests. More informations can be found at the ICANN Blog [http://blog.icann.org/?p=309] UPDATE: Before bothering around, if you read the ICANN Blog [http://blog.icann.org/…

Pimp my T5725

Yesterday my ordered HP Thin Client T5725 [http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-321959-338927-89307-3221863.html] arrived. The clue is, Debian sarge [http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/] is and no moving parts (no noise) are inside. It's a really nice thin client and it…