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Prometheus is a metric collection (scraping), alerting engine, time-series database, and visualisation all-in-one used by some of the largest companies in the world.I like to use it for its main purpose Metric (data) collection benifits of Prometheus is its plantory scale think just like DNS The above is a over simplification but you get the […]
Netdata is one of the single best pieces of software I have come across when looking to get metrics and monitor devices in realtime. Picture the scenario system guy says it the network is at fault the network guy says its the server they both point at the storage well with netdata you have realtime data graphed over […]
CodiMD is the free open source version of HackMD with reduced features and I find it is perfect for creating and standardising documentation for a team as you all get the formatting the same. Installing CodiMD The easiest way of getting up and running with CodiMD is to use the docker-compose provided by CodiMD To […]
Ok getting this blog back on track we will need a docker host or two for easily setting up of Lab solutions. What is Docker ? Docker is the abstraction of the application from the Operating System what this means is you can separate the OS and the app, you can run multiple application on […]
Why Markdown Over the years of being technologist, I have come across many commonalities when working at companies we will call these Rules of Wisdom One such Rule is documentation comes last always last, this is usually not by design but by the pressures placed onto the few that have the knowledge be it technical ability […]
Q. which Linux distro to use? A. the one that is fit for purpose. Fit for purpose There are so many Linux distros but they all have there uses even Hannah Montana Linux so what is fit for purpose here is a quick list of potential question to help find out Do we have the skill to use \ […]
So where do we start should be an easy question but without an easy answer… My Rig What is the hardware I run then will look at the software at a later date Like most of you out there, it is all about efficiency be it cost be if easy of use. To be efficient […]