As I started to deploy BixAgent from BixData widely, I built an easy way to install the software on remote/local machines. The usual way to install BixAgent is to install the Apple Developer tools, upgrade the tools, download bixagent, compile and then run it. There is a good article around here.
You may get bixagent […]
Here I am again with a problem to solve. I’ve become problem solver to my self-created problems. Duh. Now what I need to solve is regarding a new monitoring software recently ported to Mac os X. It’s been one month now that BixData ported their suite, BixAgent; BixServer; BixDesktop, to my platform of predilection.
BixData’s suite […]
If you are all about making decisions backed by numbers and statistics, you must get Cacti on your organization. Cacti is a PHP front end that uses mysql and rrdtool in the back end to store and generate graphics.
This short article is all about the mechanism that drives Cacti, how to install and how to […]
Keeping track on a Unix based system of what users are doing is imperative. Lots of software/freeware are available to serve you right with this. After a friend of mine asked me how could he make sure no one hacked his server, I did a little investigation. Here is the story.
Everything starts with a weird […]
As part of my reinstallation that is going on, I need to reconfigure the SNMP service on the new machine. I use SNMP to monitor stuff. Basically, I use tools, such as Cacti, to pull data out of those snmp-enable device and create reports. Those reports could be from ping latency, to incoming mail rate […]