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Top 5 IT Tools as of June 3rd
How Shinken Keeps Your Network in Check
Shinken is like Nagios on steroids, it helps sysadmins monitor the status of hosts and services across your entire network. With modular architecture and plugin support, it’s great for managing large, modern IT infrastructures.
EveBox Keeps Suricata Alerts Organized
EveBox is a handy tool for sysadmins working with Suricata. It helps manage and view alerts, letting you catch suspicious activity quickly. It works with Elasticsearch or as a lightweight standalone solution. It can be used with your existing ELK stack or as a standalone Suricata event manager, featuring embedded SQLite for small deployments or Elasticsearch/OpenSearch for larger ones.
The Smart Way Sysadmins Manage Logs
Logrotate saves sysadmins headaches by automatically rotating, compressing, and managing log files. It prevents logs from eating up disk space and keeps things clean and organized without constant babysitting. P.S. Here is a helpful YouTube guideline to get started.
Bmon Makes Bandwidth Monitoring a Breeze
Bmon is a lightweight, real-time bandwidth monitor that shows sysadmins where the network is getting clogged. With an easy-to-use interface and interactive stats, it’s great for troubleshooting network issues fast.
A Tool for Customizable YAML Configuration
Amanda is the sysadmin’s friend for reliable, flexible backups. It allows you to back up multiple systems with a single master server, supporting both Linux/Unix and Windows, making it perfect for mixed environments.
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Rclone is a command-line tool used to manage files on cloud storage. It offers many features that can replace web interfaces provided by cloud storage companies. Rclone works with over 70 cloud storage services, including S3 object stores and both business and consumer file storage options, as well as standard transfer protocols.
SmokePing is an advanced latency measurement tool that measures, stores, and displays latency, latency distribution, and packet loss. It utilizes RRDtool to maintain a long-term data store and generate visually appealing graphs, offering real-time information on the status of each network connection.
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