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Checking time over SNMP

November 3, 2011 - Geek , Linux , Windows - by admin - No Comments

Not content with watching clocks drift on servers, I thought it might be prudent to keep an eye on such things. We already monitor our NTP server drift with Nagios, so why not extend it to all of our Linux servers? The only catch here is that not all servers […]

Nagios and SNMP Storage Checks

October 12, 2011 - Geek , Linux - by admin - 1 Comment

Not content with ruining my life with Nagios, a while back I thought it would be wise to keep an eye on disk usage with Nagios. Admittedly most of this is documented in the documentation at http://nagios.manubulon.com/snmp_storage.html but I thought one thing should be highlighted – the ability to exclude […]

Upstart & pywws

February 2, 2011 - Computers , Geek , Home Automation - by admin - 2 Comments

Not content with some shonky bash script launched from rc.local, I had a quick look at Upstart. It’s a million times easier than I expected. Simply stick the following into /etc/init/pywws.conf and let upstart do the rest. If you want to start the app, just run service pywws start after […]

Race the Runway 2010

January 28, 2011 - Motorsport - by admin - No Comments

Back in July 2010 Edinburgh Airport and many others were involved in Race the Runway. To raise money for Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow and Edinburgh’s St Columba’s Hospice. I was involved in the timing of Race the Runway 2010 back in July, and only now have […]

Networking Serial Ports

December 28, 2010 - Computers , Home Automation , Linux - by admin - No Comments

i have a variety of gear that I attach to my server in order to monitor and control the home. As is the fashion these days, it’s a USB device that has a serial port on the end of it. However as the home control software runs on a virtual […]