cmhChecking a FreeNAS host for available updates from the command lineNOTE: this is accurate at least for the current version (9.10) of FreeNAS at the time of writing this post.Sep 27, 2016Sep 27, 2016
cmhGenerating a constant value in collectdI use collectd to gather system metrics and send them to Graphite, and then use Icinga2 to monitor those values and alert me if anything…Sep 26, 2016Sep 26, 2016
cmhScaling metrics in collectdI’m a bit of a metrics nerd — I gather metrics using collectd on just about every system I run. This includes a bunch of Raspberry Pi…Sep 4, 2016Sep 4, 2016
cmhHow to hide apps with the Apple WatchI got an Apple Watch. Thankfully, I got it from work and paid very, very little for it, because if I paid full price for it, I’d be pretty…Mar 29, 2016Mar 29, 2016
cmhBIND named not listening on all interfaces after rebootRan into an annoying little problem — have BIND installed and configured on one of my CentOS 7 systems, and when I reboot, it isn’t…Mar 29, 2016Mar 29, 2016
cmhDisabling CrashPlan service on a macI run CrashPlan to back up my FreeNAS system to their cloud service. (I tried running the FreeNAS Crashplan plugin, but it’s just too much…Jan 28, 2016Jan 28, 2016
cmhReplacing telnet with pythonA coworker was trying to diagnose network issues with a system, and tried to use telnet… but in modern versions of linux, that’s not…Jan 22, 2016Jan 22, 2016
cmhGetting heart rate data from Apple Watch into GraphiteI recently got an Apple Watch as part of our health plan. Pretty cool perk, and something I never would have bought on my own. One of the…Jan 22, 2016Jan 22, 2016
cmhUsing the negate plugin with Icinga2I’m a monitoring nerd. I run Icinga2 at home to monitor my network. I also use pfsense as my router, although at one point, I somehow…Jan 13, 2016Jan 13, 2016
cmhGetting started with data logging on the Raspberry PiI’ve got a friend who just got a Raspberry Pi and wants to try doing some projects. One of the first things that he wants to do is track…Jan 5, 2016Jan 5, 2016
