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- [ ] Any category you are creating has the minimum requirement of 3 items.
- [BackupPC](https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/) - BackupPC is a high-performance system for backing up to disk.
- [Bareos](http://www.bareos.org/en/) - A fork of Bacula backup tool.
- [Barman](http://www.pgbarman.org) - Backup and Recovery Manager for disaster recovery of PostgreSQL servers.
- [BorgBackup](https://github.com/borgbackup/borg) - A fork of [Attic](https://attic-backup.org) deduplicating backup program written in Python.
- [Burp](http://burp.grke.org/) - Network backup and restore program.
- [DREBS](https://github.com/dojo4/drebs) - AWS EBS backup script that supports strategies.
- [Amanda](https://www.amanda.org/) - Backup and archive many computers on a network to disk, tape changer/drive or cloud storage. ([Source Code](https://github.com/zmanda/amanda)) `MIT``C`
- [Backupninja](https://0xacab.org/liberate/backupninja) - Lightweight, extensible meta-backup system, provides a centralized way to configure and
coordinate many different backup utilities. `GPL-2.0``Shell`
- [BackupPC](https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/) - High-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up to a server's disk.. ([Source Code](https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc)) `GPL-3.0``Perl`
- [Bareos](https://www.bareos.org/) - Cross-network backup solution which preserves, archives, and recovers data from all major operating systems. ([Source Code](https://github.com/bareos/bareos)) `AGPL-3.0``C++/C`
- [Barman](https://pgbarman.org) - Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL. ([Source Code](https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/barman)) `GPL-3.0``Python`
- [BorgBackup](https://www.borgbackup.org/) - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption. ([Source Code](https://github.com/borgbackup/borg)) `BSD-3-Clause``Python`
- [Dar](http://dar.linux.free.fr/) - Which stands for Disk ARchive, is a robust and rich featured archiving and backup software of the tar style. ([Source Code](https://github.com/Edrusb/DAR)) `GPL-2.0``C++`
- [Shield](https://github.com/starkandwayne/shield) - A pluggable architecture for backup and restore of database systems.
- [Snebu](http://www.snebu.com/) – Snapshot backup with global multi-client deduplication and transparent compression.
- [UrBackup](http://www.urbackup.org/) - Another client-server backup system.
- [ZBackup](http://zbackup.org/) - A versatile deduplicating backup tool.
- [Duplicati](https://www.duplicati.com) - Backup client that securely stores encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on cloud storage services and remote file servers. ([Source Code](https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati)) `LGPL-2.1``C#`
- [Duplicity](https://duplicity.gitlab.io/) - Encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup using the rsync algorithm. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity)) `GPL-2.0``Python`
- [Proxmox Backup Server](https://www.proxmox.com/en/proxmox-backup-server) - Proxmox Backup Server is an enterprise-class, client-server backup solution thatis capable of backing up virtual machines, containers, and physical hosts. ([Source Code](https://git.proxmox.com/?p=proxmox-backup.git;a=tree)) `GPL-3.0``Rust`
- [rclone](https://rclone.org/) - Command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers.. ([Source Code](https://github.com/rclone/rclone)) `MIT``Go`
- [Rdiff-backup](https://rdiff-backup.net/) - Reverse differential backup tool, over a network or locally. ([Source Code](https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup)) `GPL-2.0``Python`
- [CloudStack](http://cloudstack.apache.org/) - Cloud computing software for creating, managing, and deploying infrastructure cloud services. ([Source Code](https://github.com/apache/cloudstack))
- [Cobbler](http://cobbler.github.io/) - Cobbler is a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments. ([Source Code](https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler))
- [Mesos](http://mesos.apache.org/) - Develop and run resource-efficient distributed systems.
- [OpenNebula](http://opennebula.org/) - User-driven cloud management platform for sysadmins and devops.
- [Openshift](http://www.openshift.org) - PaaS product from Red Hat.
- [OpenStack](https://www.openstack.org/) - Build private and public clouds.
- [The Foreman](http://theforeman.org/) - Complete lifecycle management tool for physical and virtual servers. FOSS.
- [Tsuru](https://tsuru.io) - Tsuru is an extensible Platform as a Service software.
[Cloud computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing) is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user.
- [BOSH](http://bosh.io/docs/) - IaaS orchestration platform originally written for deploying and managing Cloud Foundry PaaS, but also useful for general purpose distributed systems.
- [Cloud Foundry](https://www.cloudfoundry.org/) - A Platform-as-a-Service suite to provide the orchestration services that make distributed apps a powerhouse of awesomeness.
- [Cloudify](http://getcloudify.org/) - TOSCA-based cloud orchestration software platform written in Python and YAML.
- [CloudSlang](http://www.cloudslang.io/) - Flow-based orchestration tool for managing deployed applications, with Docker capabilities.
- [CloudSlang](http://www.cloudslang.io/) - Flow-based orchestration tool for managing deployed applications, with Docker capabilities. ([Source Code](https://github.com/CloudSlang/score))
- [CloudStack](http://cloudstack.apache.org/) - Cloud computing software for creating, managing, and deploying infrastructure cloud services. ([Source Code](https://github.com/apache/cloudstack))
- [Cobbler](http://cobbler.github.io/) - Cobbler is a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments. ([Source Code](https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler))
- [Genesis](https://github.com/starkandwayne/genesis) - A template framework for multi-environment BOSH deployments.
- [Juju](https://jujucharms.com/) - Cloud orchestration tool which manages services as charms, YAML configuration and deployment script bundles.
- [Kubernetes](http://kubernetes.io/) - Orchestration system for Docker containers - ([Source Code](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes), [Documentation](http://kubernetes.io/docs/)) `Apache-2.0``Go`
- [MCollective](https://puppet.com/mcollective) - Ruby framework to manage server orchestration, developed by Puppet labs.
- [Nomad](https://www.nomadproject.io) - Simple and flexible orchestrator for Docker, Podman, executables, Java, and QEMU - ([Source Code](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad), [Documentation](https://www.nomadproject.io/docs)) `MPL-2.0``Go`
- [Overcast](http://andrewchilds.github.io/overcast/) - Deploy VMs across different cloud providers, and run commands and scripts across any or all of them in parallel via SSH.
- [Salt](http://saltstack.com/) - Fast, scalable and flexible systems management software written in Python/ZeroMQ.
- [Spruce](https://github.com/geofffranks/spruce) - A tool that merges separate YAML files into one. Works well with [Genesis](https://github.com/starkandwayne/genesis).
- [StackStorm](https://stackstorm.com/) - Event Driven Operations and ChatOps platform for infrastructure management. Written in Python.
- [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/) - Terraform works with many cloud providers and creates infrastructure from code.
- [Overcast](http://andrewchilds.github.io/overcast/) - Deploy VMs across different cloud providers, and run commands and scripts across any or all of them in parallel via SSH. ([SOurce Code](https://github.com/andrewchilds/overcast))
### Code Review
**[`^ back to top ^`](#awesome-sysadmin)**
*Web Based collaborative code review system.*
- [Gerrit](https://www.gerritcodereview.com/) - Based on the Git version control, it facilitates software developers to review modifications to the source code and approve or reject those changes.
- [Phabricator](http://phabricator.org/) - Code review tool build by facebook and used by WikiMedia, FB, dropbox etc. Comes with an integrated wiki, bug tracker, VC integration and a CLI tool called arcanist.
- [Review Board](https://www.reviewboard.org/) - Available as free software under the MIT License.
**Please visit [awesome-selfhosted/Software Development - Project Management](https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted#software-development---project-management)**
[Configuration management (CM)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configuration_management) is a systems engineering process for establishing and maintaining consistency of a product's performance, functional, and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information throughout its life.
- [Ansible](http://www.ansible.com/) - It's written in Python and manages the nodes over SSH.
- [CFEngine](https://cfengine.com/) - Lightweight agent system. Configuration state is specified via a declarative language.
- [Chef](https://www.chef.io/chef/) - It's written in Ruby and Erlang and uses a pure-Ruby DSL.
- [Pallet](http://palletops.com/) - Infrastructure definition, configuration and management via a Clojure DSL.
- [Puppet](https://puppet.com/) - It's written in Ruby and uses Puppet's declarative language or a Ruby DSL.
- [Salt](http://saltstack.com/) - It's written in Python.
- [CFEngine](https://cfengine.com/) - Configuration management system for automated configuration and maintenance of large-scale computer systems. ([Source Code](https://github.com/cfengine/core))
- [Chef](https://www.chef.io/products/chef-infra) - Configuration management tool using a pure-Ruby, domain-specific language (DSL) for writing system configuration "recipes". ([Source Code](https://github.com/chef/chef))
- [Puppet](https://www.puppet.com/) - Software configuration management tool which includes its own declarative language to describe system configuration. ([Source Code](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet))
- [Salt](https://docs.saltproject.io/) - Event-driven IT automation, remote task execution, and configuration management software. ([Source Code](https://github.com/saltstack/salt))
- [Diagrams.net](https://app.diagrams.net/) - A.K.A. [Draw.io](https://app.diagrams.net/). Easy to use Diagram UI with a plethora of templates.
- [DrawThe.Net](http://go.drawthe.net/) - Javascript tool that uses a YAML-formatted input to programmatically create large, complex, and visually solid diagrams.
- [Kroki](https://kroki.io) - API for generating diagrams from textual descriptions. ([Source Code](https://github.com/yuzutech/kroki)) `MIT``Java`
- [Mermaid](https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid-live-editor/) - Javascript module with a unique, easy, shorthand syntax. Integrates into several other tools like Grafana.
- [Go IPFS](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs) - Implementation of [IPFS](http://ipfs.io/), a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem that seeks to connect all computing devices with the same system of files.
- [HDFS](http://hadoop.apache.org/) - Distributed, scalable, and portable file-system written in Java for the Hadoop framework.
- [LeoFS](http://leo-project.net) - Unstructured object/data storage and a highly available, distributed, eventually consistent storage system.
- [Lustre](http://lustre.org/) - Parallel distributed file system, generally used for large-scale cluster computing.
- [Minio](https://minio.io/) - Minio is an open source object storage server compatible with Amazon S3 APIs. ([Source Code](https://github.com/minio/minio)) `AGPL-3.0``Go`
- [OpenAFS](http://www.openafs.org/) - Distributed network file system with read-only replicas and multi-OS support.
- [Perkeep](https://perkeep.org/) (née Camlistore) - A set of open source formats, protocols, and software for modeling, storing, searching, sharing and synchronizing data.
- [SheepDog](https://sheepdog.github.io/sheepdog/) - A distributed Blockdevice, Rest, QEMU and distributed Filesystem storage.
- [Swift](http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/) - A highly available, distributed, eventually consistent object/blob store.
- [TahoeLAFS](https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs) - secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant, peer-to-peer distributed data store and distributed file system.
- [XtreemFS](http://www.xtreemfs.org/) - XtreemFS is a fault-tolerant distributed file system for all storage needs.
_See also: [awesome-selfhosted/File Transfer - Object Storage & File Servers](https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted#file-transfer---object-storage--file-servers)_
- [DRBD](https://linbit.com/drbd/) - Distributed replicated storage system, implemented as a Linux kernel driver. ([Source Code](https://github.com/LINBIT/drbd)) `GPL-2.0``C`
- [GlusterFS](https://www.gluster.org/) - Software-defined distributed storage that can scale to several petabytes, with interfaces for object, block and file storage. ([Source Code](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs)) `GPL-2.0/LGPL-3.0``C`
- [Hadoop Distributed Filesystem (HDFS)](https://hadoop.apache.org/) - Distributed file system that provides high-throughput access to application data. ([Source Code](https://github.com/apache/hadoop)) `Apache-2.0``Java`
- [JuiceFS](https://juicefs.com/) - Distributed POSIX file system built on top of Redis and S3. ([Source Code](https://github.com/juicedata/juicefs)) `Apache-2.0``Go`
- [Kubo](https://github.com/ipfs/kubo) - Implementation of IPFS, a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem that seeks to connect all computing devices with the same system of files. `Apache-2.0/MIT``Go`
- [Lustre](https://www.lustre.org/) - Parallel distributed file system, generally used for large-scale cluster computing. ([Source Code](https://git.whamcloud.com/?p=fs/lustre-release.git;a=summary)) `GPL-2.0``C`
- [Minio](https://min.io/) - High-performance, S3 compatible object store built for large scale AI/ML, data lake and database workloads. ([Source Code](https://github.com/minio/minio)) `AGPL-3.0``Go`
- [OpenAFS](https://www.openafs.org/) - Distributed network file system with read-only replicas and multi-OS support. ([Source Code](https://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git;a=summary)) `IPL-1.0``C`
- [Openstack Swift](https://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/) - A highly available, distributed, eventually consistent object/blob store. ([Source Code](https://opendev.org/openstack/swift)) `Apache-2.0``Python`
- [Perkeep](https://perkeep.org/) - A set of open source formats, protocols, and software for modeling, storing, searching, sharing and synchronizing data (previously Camlistore). ([Source Code](https://github.com/perkeep/perkeep)) `Apache-2.0``C`
- [TahoeLAFS](https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs) - Secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant, peer-to-peer distributed data store and distributed file system. ([Source Code](https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs)) `GPL-2.0``Python`
- [XtreemFS](https://www.xtreemfs.org/) - Distributed, replicated and fault-tolerant file system for federated IT infrastructures.. ([Source Code](https://github.com/xtreemfs/xtreemfs)) `BSD-3-Clause``Java`
_Related: [DNS - Control Panels & Domain Management](#dns---control-panels--domain-management)_
### DNS - Control Panels
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- [Bind](https://www.isc.org/bind/) - Versatile, classic, complete name server software. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9)) `MPL-2.0``C`
- [CoreDNS](https://coredns.io/) - Flexible DNS server. ([Source Code](https://github.com/coredns/coredns)) `Apache-2.0``Go`
- [djbdns](http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html) - A collection of DNS applications, including tinydns. ([Source Code](https://salsa.debian.org/debian/djbdns)) `Public Domain``C`
- [dnsmasq](https://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html) - Provides network infrastructure for small networks: DNS, DHCP, router advertisement and network boot. ([Source Code](https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=tree)) `GPL-2.0``C`
- [Knot](https://www.knot-dns.cz/) - High performance authoritative-only DNS server. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.nic.cz/knot/knot-dns)) `GPL-3.0``C`
- [NSD](https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/nsd/about/) - Authoritative DNS name server developed speed, reliability, stability and security. ([Source Code](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/nsd)) `BSD-3-Clause``C`
- [PowerDNS Authoritative Server](https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/) - Versatile nameserver which supports a large number of backends. ([Source Code](https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns)) `GPL-2.0``C++`
- [Unbound](https://nlnetlabs.nl/projects/unbound/about/) - Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver. ([Source Code](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound)) `BSD-3-Clause``C`
- [Yadifa](https://www.yadifa.eu/) - Clean, small, light and RFC-compliant name server implementation developed from scratch by .eu. ([Source Code](https://github.com/yadifa/yadifa)) `BSD-3-Clause``C`
*DNS server control panels.*
- [Atomia DNS](http://atomiadns.com/) - DNS management system.
- [nsedit](https://github.com/tuxis-ie/nsedit) - nsedit is a DNS editor for PowerDNS, working with PowerDNS's new API.
- [PDNS Gui](https://github.com/odoucet/pdns-gui) - WebGUI which aids in administering domains and records for PowerDNS with MySQL.
- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) - A blackhole for Internet Advertisements with a gui for managing and monitoring
- [Poweradmin](http://www.poweradmin.org/) - Friendly web-based DNS administration tool for PowerDNS server.
### DNS - Control Panels & Domain Management
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### DNS - Domain Management
*DNS server control panels, web interfaces and domain management tools*
- [Atomia DNS](https://atomiadns.com/) - DNS management system. ([Source Code](https://github.com/atomia/atomiadns/)) `ISC``Perl`
- [Designate](https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Designate) - DNSaaS services for OpenStack. ([Source Code](https://opendev.org/openstack/designate))
- [DNSControl](https://stackexchange.github.io/dnscontrol/) - Synchronize your DNS to multiple providers from a simple DSL. ([Source Code](https://github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol)) `MIT``Go/Docker`
- [DomainMOD](https://domainmod.org) - Manage your domains and other internet assets in a central location. ([Source Code](https://github.com/domainmod/domainmod.git)) `GPL-3.0``PHP`
- [nsupdate.info](https://www.nsupdate.info/) - Dynamic DNS service. ([Demo](https://www.nsupdate.info/account/register/), [Source Code](https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info)) `BSD-3-Clause``Python`
- [octoDNS](https://github.com/github/octodns) - DNS as code - Tools for managing DNS across multiple providers. `MIT``Python`
- [Poweradmin](https://www.poweradmin.org/) - Web-based DNS control panel for PowerDNS server. ([Source Code](https://github.com/poweradmin/poweradmin)) `GPL-3.0``PHP`
- [SPF Toolbox](https://spftoolbox.com) - Application to look up DNS records such as SPF, MX, Whois, and more. ([Source Code](https://github.com/charlesabarnes/SPFtoolbox)) `MIT``PHP`
- [Authelia](https://www.authelia.com/) - The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps. ([Source Code](https://github.com/authelia/authelia)) `Apache-2.0``Go`
- [Authentik](https://goauthentik.io/) - Flexible identity provider with support for different protocols. (OAuth 2.0, SAML, LDAP and Radius). ([Source Code](https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik)) `MIT``Python`
- [KeyCloak](https://www.keycloak.org) - Open Source Identity and Access Management. ([Source Code](https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak)) `Apache-2.0``Java`
- [Adagios](http://adagios.org/) - Web based Nagios interface for configuration and monitoring (replacement to the standard interface), and a REST interface. ([Source Code](https://github.com/opinkerfi/adagios)) `AGPL-3.0``Docker/Python`
- [Bloonix](https://bloonix-monitoring.org/) - Bloonix is a monitoring solution that helps businesses to ensure high availability and performance. ([Source Code](https://github.com/bloonix)) `GPL-3.0``Perl`
- [Bosun](http://bosun.org/) - Monitoring and alerting system by Stack Exchange ([Source Code](https://github.com/bosun-monitor/bosun)) `MIT``Go`
- [Cabot](http://cabotapp.com/) - Monitoring and alerts, similar to PagerDuty. ([Source Code](https://github.com/arachnys/cabot)) `MIT``Python`
- [cadvisor](https://github.com/google/cadvisor) - Analyzes resource usage and performance characteristics of running containers ([Source Code](https://github.com/google/cadvisor)) `Apache-2.0``Go`
- [checkmk](https://checkmk.com/) - Comprehensive solution for monitoring of applications, servers, and networks. ([Source Code](https://github.com/tribe29/checkmk)) `Python/PHP`
- [dashdot](https://github.com/MauriceNino/dashdot) - A simple, modern server dashboard for smaller private servers. ([Demo](https://dash.mauz.dev/)) `MIT``Nodejs/Docker`
- [EdMon](https://github.com/Edraens/EdMon) - A command-line monitoring application helping you to check that your hosts and services are available, with notifications support. `MIT``Java`
- [eZ Server Monitor](http://www.ezservermonitor.com) - A lightweight and simple dashboard monitor for Linux, available in Web and Bash application. ([Source Code](https://github.com/shevabam/ezservermonitor-web)) `GPL-3.0``PHP/Shell`
- [Healthchecks](https://healthchecks.io/docs/self_hosted/) - Monitoring for cron jobs, background services and scheduled tasks. ([Source Code](https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks)) `BSD-3-Clause``Python`
- [Performance Co-Pilot](http://pcp.io) - Lightweight, distributed system performance and analysis framework.
- [PHP Server Monitor](https://www.phpservermonitor.org/) - Open source tool to monitor your servers and websites. ([Source Code](https://github.com/phpservermon/phpservermon))
- [PhpSysInfo](https://phpsysinfo.github.io/phpsysinfo/) - A customizable PHP script that displays information about your system nicely. ([Source Code](https://github.com/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo))
- [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/) - Service monitoring system and time series database. ([Source Code](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus)) `Apache-2.0``Go`
- [pyDash](https://k3oni.github.io/pydash/) - Small web-based monitoring dashboard for linux. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/k3oni/pydash))
- [Riemann](http://riemann.io/) - Flexible and fast events processor allowing complex events/metrics analysis. ([Source Code](https://github.com/riemann/riemann))
- [rtop](https://github.com/rapidloop/rtop) - an interactive, remote system monitoring tool based on SSH. ([Source Code](https://github.com/rapidloop/rtop))
- [ruptime](https://github.com/alexmyczko/ruptime) - classic system status server ([Source Code](https://github.com/alexmyczko/ruptime)) `AGPL-3.0``Shell`
- [Scrutiny](https://github.com/AnalogJ/scrutiny) - Hard Drive S.M.A.R.T Monitoring, Historical Trends & Real World Failure Thresholds
- [Sensu](https://sensu.io/) - Monitoring tool for ephemeral infrastructure and distributed applications. ([Source Code](https://github.com/sensu/sensu-go))
- [Status](https://github.com/dani3l0/Status) - Simple and lightweight system monitoring tool for small homeservers with a pleasant web interface. ([Demo](https://status-ksk5.onrender.com/)) `MIT``Python`
- [tcollector](http://opentsdb.net/docs/build/html/user_guide/utilities/tcollector.html) - System statistic collection daemon written in Python for OpenTSDB
- [Telegraf](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf) - The plugin-driven server agent for collecting & reporting metrics.
* Dashboards
- [Dashing](http://dashing.io/) - Ruby gem that allows for rapid statistical dashboard development. An all HTML5 approach allows for big screen displays in data centers or conference rooms.
- [Facette](http://facette.io) - Time series data visualization and graphing software written in Go.
- [Freeboard](https://github.com/Freeboard/freeboard) - A damn-sexy front-end real-time dashboard for the internet of things. Transforms raw JSON into delicious UI.
- [Ganglia](http://ganglia.sourceforge.net/) - High performance, scalable RRD based monitoring for grids and/or clusters of servers. Compatible with Graphite using a single collection process.
- [Grafana](http://grafana.org/) - A Graphite & InfluxDB Dashboard and Graph Editor.
- [RRDtool](http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/) - Industry standard, high performance data logging and graphing system for time series data.
* Storage
- [InfluxDB](https://influxdb.com/) - Distributed time series database with no external dependencies.
- [KairosDB](https://github.com/kairosdb/kairosdb) - Fast distributed scalable time series database, fork of OpenTSDB 1.x.
- [OpenTSDB](http://opentsdb.net/) - Store and server massive amounts of time series data without losing granularity.
- [Beats](https://www.elastic.co/beats/) - Single-purpose data shippers that send data from hundreds or thousands of machines and systems to Logstash or Elasticsearch. ([Source Code](https://github.com/elastic/beats)) `Apache-2.0`
- [Collectd](https://collectd.org/) - System statistics collection daemon. ([Source Code](https://github.com/collectd/collectd)) `MIT``C`
- [Diamond](https://github.com/python-diamond/Diamond) - Daemon that collects system metrics and publishes them to Graphite (and others). `MIT``Python`
- [Grafana](https://grafana.com/) - A Graphite & InfluxDB Dashboard and Graph Editor. ([Source Code](https://github.com/grafana/grafana)) `AGPL-3.0``Go`
- [RRDtool](https://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/) - Industry standard, high performance data logging and graphing system for time series data. ([Source Code](https://github.com/oetiker/rrdtool-1.x)) `GPL-2.0``C`
- [Statsd](https://github.com/etsy/statsd/) - Daemon that listens for statistics like counters and timers, sent over UDP or TCP, and sends aggregates to one or more pluggable backend services. `Nodejs``MIT`
- [tcollector](http://opentsdb.net/docs/build/html/user_guide/utilities/tcollector.html) - Gathers data from local collectors and pushes the data to OpenTSDB. ([Source Code](https://github.com/OpenTSDB/tcollector/)) `LGPL-3.0/GPL-3.0``Python`
- [Telegraf](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf) - Plugin-driven server agent for collecting, processing, aggregating, and writing metrics. `MIT``Go`
- [aptly](https://www.aptly.info/) - Swiss army knife for Debian repository management. ([Source Code](https://github.com/aptly-dev/aptly)) `MIT``Go`
- [fpm](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm) - Versatile multi format package creator.
- [omnibus-ruby](https://github.com/chef/omnibus) - Full stack, cross distro packaging software (Ruby).
- [packman](http://packman.readthedocs.org) - Full stack, cross distro packaging software (Python).
- [tito](https://github.com/dgoodwin/tito) - Builds RPMs for git-based projects.
- [fpm](https://fpm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) - Versatile multi format package creator. ([Source Code](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm)) `MIT``Ruby`
- [omnibus-ruby](https://github.com/chef/omnibus) - Easily create full-stack installers for your project across a variety of platforms. `Apache-2.0``Ruby`
- [tito](https://github.com/dgoodwin/tito) - Builds RPMs for git-based projects. `GPL-2.0``Python`
- [Remmina](http://www.remmina.org/wp/) - A Feature rich remote desktop application for linux and other unixes.
- [Tiger VNC](http://tigervnc.org/) - TigerVNC is a high-performance, platform-neutral implementation of VNC (Virtual Network Computing), a client/server application that allows users to launch and interact with graphical applications on remote machines.
- [X2go](http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php) - X2Go is an open source remote desktop software for Linux that uses the NX technology protocol.
- [Remmina](https://www.remmina.org/) - Feature-rich remote desktop application for linux and other unixes. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina))
- [X2go](https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php) - X2Go is an open source remote desktop software for Linux that uses the NoMachine/NX technology protocol. ([Source Code](https://code.x2go.org/gitweb))
### Router
* [DD-WRT](https://dd-wrt.com/) - A Linux-based firmware for wireless routers and access points, originally designed for the Linksys WRT54G series. ([Source Code](https://svn.dd-wrt.com/)) `GPL-2.0``C`
* [OpenWrt](https://openwrt.org/) - A Linux-based router featuring Mesh networking, IPS via snort and AQM among many other features. ([Source Code](https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git)) `GPL-2.0``C`
* [OPNsense](https://opnsense.org/) - An open source FreeBSD-based firewall and router with traffic shaping, load balancing, and virtual private network capabilities. ([Source Code](https://github.com/opnsense)) `BSD-2-Clause``C``PHP`
- [DD-WRT](https://dd-wrt.com/) - A Linux-based firmware for wireless routers and access points, originally designed for the Linksys WRT54G series. ([Source Code](https://svn.dd-wrt.com/)) `GPL-2.0``C`
- [OpenWrt](https://openwrt.org/) - A Linux-based router featuring Mesh networking, IPS via snort and AQM among many other features. ([Source Code](https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git)) `GPL-2.0``C`
- [OPNsense](https://opnsense.org/) - An open source FreeBSD-based firewall and router with traffic shaping, load balancing, and virtual private network capabilities. ([Source Code](https://github.com/opnsense)) `BSD-2-Clause``C``PHP`
- [pfSense CE](https://www.pfsense.org/) - Free network firewall distribution, based on the FreeBSD operating system with a custom kernel and including third party free software packages for additional functionality. ([Source Code](https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense)) `Apache-2.0``Shell/PHP/Other`
### Service Discovery
**[`^ back to top ^`](#awesome-sysadmin)**
- [Consul](https://www.consul.io/) - Consul is a tool for service discovery, monitoring and configuration.
- [Doozerd](https://github.com/ha/doozerd) - Doozer is a highly-available, completely consistent store for small amounts of extremely important data.
- [etcd](https://github.com/coreos/etcd) - distributed K/V-Store, authenticating via SSL PKI and a REST HTTP Api for shared configuration and service discovery.
- [ZooKeeper](http://zookeeper.apache.org/) - ZooKeeper is a centralized service for maintaining configuration information, naming, providing distributed synchronization, and providing group services.
*[Service discovery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_discovery) is the process of automatically detecting devices and services on a computer network.*
- [Consul](https://www.consul.io/) - Consul is a tool for service discovery, monitoring and configuration. ([Source Code](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul)) `MPL-2.0``Go`
- [etcd](https://etcd.io/) - distributed K/V-Store, authenticating via SSL PKI and a REST HTTP Api for shared configuration and service discovery. ([Source Code](https://github.com/coreos/etcd)) `Apache-2.0``Go`
- [ZooKeeper](http://zookeeper.apache.org/) - ZooKeeper is a centralized service for maintaining configuration information, naming, providing distributed synchronization, and providing group services. ([Source Code](https://github.com/apache/zookeeper)) `Apache-2.0``Java/C++`
- [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) - Platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications. ([Source Code](https://www.docker.com/community/open-source/)) `Apache-2.0``Go`
- [LXC](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/) - Userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment features. ([Source Code](https://github.com/lxc/lxc)) `GPL-2.0``C`
- [LXD](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/) – a container "hypervisor" and a better UX for LXC. ([Source Code](https://github.com/lxc/lxd)) `Apache-2.0``Go`
- [OpenVZ](https://openvz.org) - Container-based virtualization for Linux. ([Source Code](https://src.openvz.org/projects/OVZ)) `GPL-2.0``C`
- [Podman](https://podman.io) - Daemonless container engine for developing, managing, and running OCI Containers on your Linux System. Containers can either be run as root or in rootless mode. Simply put: `alias docker=podman`. ([Source Code](https://github.com/containers/podman)) `Apache-2.0``Go`
- [Portainer](https://portainer.io/) - Simple management UI for Docker.
- [Portainer Community Edition](https://www.portainer.io/) - Simple management UI for Docker. ([Source Code](https://github.com/portainer/portainer)) `Zlib``Go`
- [systemd-nspawn](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-nspawn.html) - Lightweight, chroot-like, environment to run an OS or command directly under systemd. ([Source Code](https://github.com/systemd/systemd)) `GPL-2.0``C`
- [Archipel](http://archipelproject.org/) - XMPP based virtualization management platform.
- [ConVirt](http://www.convirture.com/products_opensource.php) - Provides the core functionality for centrally managing your KVM or Xen virtualized environment.
- [Ganeti](http://www.ganeti.org/) - Cluster virtual server management software tool built on top of KVM and Xen.
- [KVM](http://www.linux-kvm.org) - Linux kernel virtualization infrastructure.
- [Hiawatha](https://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/) - An advanced and secure webserver for Unix. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/hsleisink/hiawatha)) `GPL-2.0``C`
- [Lighttpd](https://www.lighttpd.net/) - Secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web server that has been optimized for high-performance environments. ([Source Code](https://git.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4)) `BSD-3-Clause``C`
- [Nginx](https://nginx.org/en/) - HTTP and reverse proxy server, mail proxy server, and generic TCP/UDP proxy server. ([Source Code](https://hg.nginx.org/nginx/file/tip)) `BSD-2-Clause``C`
- [Traefik](https://traefik.io/) - HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy. ([Source Code](https://github.com/traefik/traefik)) `MIT``C/Docker`
- [Traefik](https://traefik.io/) - HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy. ([Source Code](https://github.com/traefik/traefik)) `MIT``Go/Docker`
- [ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/) – Arch Linux Wiki which has really nice written articles valid for other distros.
- [Cloud Native Software Landscape](https://landscape.cncf.io/card-mode?license=open-source&grouping=category) - Compilation of software and tools for cloud computing.
- [ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/) - Arch Linux Wiki which has really nice written articles valid for other distros.
- [Gentoo Wiki](https://wiki.gentoo.org/) - Gentoo Linux Wiki with a lot in-detail description of Linux components.
- [Awesome SysAdmin @ LibHunt](https://sysadmin.libhunt.com) - Your go-to SysAdmin Toolbox. Based on the list here.
- [Ops School](http://www.opsschool.org) - Comprehensive program that will help you learn to be an operations engineer.
- [Digital Ocean Tutorials](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials) - A surprisingly vast resource for getting the basics of certain applications, tools, or even systems administration topics.
- [Digital Ocean Tutorials](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials) - 6,000+ tutorials for getting the basics of certain applications/tools/systems administration topics.
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