Before diving into the tools themselves, it's crucial to understand the key metrics that indicate the health of a Linux system. These include CPU utilization, memory usage, disk activity, and network ...

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Linux systems provide a number of commands that make it easy to report on system activity. In this post, we’re going to look at several commands that are especially helpful. The watch command is one ...

Speaking of Proxmox, I also appreciate the extra graphs added to PVE 9, as they let me check the resource contention on my ...

Veteran sysadmin and tech blogger Rachel Kroll posted a cryptic warning yesterday about a popular Linux system monitoring tool. Maybe it's better to be safe than sorry.… The post is titled: "You might ...

How to monitor events on your Linux data center servers with auditd Your email has been sent The Linux Auditing System is an outstanding way for sysadmins to create a log rule for nearly every action ...

How to monitor a Linux log file in real time Your email has been sent This must-know Linux command will make troubleshooting considerably easier. Quick: What’s the first thing you do when you need to ...

Failed logins can be legitimate human error or attempts to hack your Linux system, but either way they might flag something that warrants attention. Repeated failed ...