Cleaning Up Memory Usage
- May
- 06
- Posted by TKH Specialist
- Posted in System Administration
I noticed my Ubuntu desktop was using a rather large portion of available memory. I usually have a lot running on my system, multiple terminals, background jobs, etc so this is nothing unusual. Today however I noticed my system was sluggish so I started digging. Memory use was near 100%. I closed all of my […]
read moreThe Root of Missing Mail
- Apr
- 30
- Posted by TKH Specialist
- Posted in redhat, System Administration
Like all conscientious system administrator I like to keep tabs on my servers. One way of doing this is checking root’s email daily. This is a great idea if you have a few servers and never take vacation! I manage close to 100 servers, so I need a more efficient way of “hearing” my servers […]
read moreSplunk Installation
- Feb
- 13
- Posted by TKH Specialist
- Posted in History, Logging, System Administration
Fairly short and sweet to get the agent installed; details are below. 1) Install the appropriate package from a designated and trusted source: 2) The default installation path, ${INSTALL_PATH} = /opt/splunkforwarder 3) Next, create a file with the path /opt/splunkforwarder/etc/system/local/deploymentclient.conf with the contents: [deployment-client] [target-broker:deploymentServer] targetUri = splunkdeploy.uits.uconn.edu:8089 4) Run the following (supplying your own […]
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