From 99ee8420d2cbc5765887ff00b3ae26d5185d49cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francisco Augusto Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:50:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Initial commit --- README.md | 200 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 198 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f37e835..8e03739 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,200 @@ -awesome-sysadmin +Awesome Sysadmin ================ -A curated list of amazingly awesome sysadmin open source resources inspired by Awesome PHP. +A curated list of amazingly awesome sysadmin open source resources inspired by [Awesome PHP](https://gist.github.com/Xanza/7663627) + +### Categories + +* [Backups](#backups) +* [Cloning](#cloning) +* [DevOps Tools](#devops-tools) +* [Hosting](#hosting) +* [IMAP/POP3](#imappop3) +* [LDAP](#ldap) +* [Monitoring](#monitoring) +* [Newsletter](#newsletter) +* [NoSQL](#nosql) +* [RDBMS](#rdbms) +* [SMTP](#smtp) +* [SSH](#ssh) +* [Statistics](#statistics) +* [Ticketing systems](#ticketing-systems) +* [Project Management](#project-management) +* [Version control](#version-control) +* [Virtualization](#virtualization) +* [VPN](#vpn) +* [Web](#web) +* [Webmails](#webmails) +* [Wikis](#wikis) +* [Resources](#resources) + * [Websites](#websites) + +### Backups +*Backup software.* + +* [Amanda](http://www.amanda.org/) - Client–server model backup tool. +* [Bacula](http://www.bacula.org) - Another Client-server model backup tool. +* [UrBackup](http://www.urbackup.org/) - Another client/server backup system. + +### Cloning. +*Cloning software* + +* [Clonezilla](http://clonezilla.org/) - Partition and disk imaging/cloning program. +* [Fog](http://www.fogproject.org/) - Another computer cloning solution. + +### DevOPs Tools +*Configuration management tools.* + +* [Ansible](http://www.ansibleworks.com/) - It's written in Python and manages the nodes over SSH. +* [CFEngine](http://cfengine.com/) - Lightweight agent system. Configuration state is specified via a declarative language. +* [Chef](http://www.opscode.com/chef/) - It's written in Ruby and Erlang and uses a pure-Ruby DSL. +* [Puppet](http://puppetlabs.com/) - It's written in Ruby and uses Puppet's declarative language or a Ruby DSL. +* [Salt](http://www.saltstack.com/) - It's written in Python. + +*Network configuration management tools.* + +* [RANCID](http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/) - Monitors network device's configurarion and maintain history of changes. +* [rConfig](http://www.rconfig.com/) - Another network device configuration management tool. + +### Hosting +*Web hosting control panels* + +* [ISPConfig](http://www.ispconfig.org) - Hosting control panel for Linux. +* [Virtualmin](http://www.virtualmin.com/) - Control panel for Linux based on webmin. + +### IMAP/POP3 +*IMAP/POP3 mail servers.* + +* [Courier IMAP/POP3](http://www.courier-mta.org/imap/) - Fast, scalable, enterprise IMAP and POP3 server. +* [Cyrus IMAP/POP3](http://cyrusimap.org/) - Intended to be run on sealed servers, where normal users are not permitted to log in. +* [Dovecot](http://www.dovecot.org/) - IMAP and POP3 server written primarily with security in mind. +* [Qpopper](http://www.eudora.com/products/unsupported/qpopper/) - One of the oldest and most popular server implementations of POP3. + +### LDAP +*LDAP servers.* + +* [389 Directory Server](http://port389.org) - Developed by Red Hat. +* [Apache Directory Server](http://directory.apache.org/) - Apache Software Foundation project written in Java. +* [OpenDS](https://opends.java.net/) - Another directory server written in Java. +* [OpenLDAP](http://openldap.org/) - Developed by the OpenLDAP Project. + +### Monitoring +*Monitoring software.* + +* [Cacti](http://www.cacti.net) - Web-based network monitoring and graphing tool. +* [Icinga](https://www.icinga.org/) - Fork of Nagios. +* [Munin](http://munin-monitoring.org/) - Networked resource monitoring tool. +* [Nagios](http://www.nagios.org/) - Computer system, network and infrastructure monitoring software application. +* [Zabbix](http://www.zabbix.com/) - Eenterprise-class software for monitoring of networks and applications +* [Zenoss](http://community.zenoss.org) - Application, server, and network management platform based on Zope. +* [Xymon](http://www.xymon.com/) - Network monitoring inspired by Big Brother. + +### Newsletter +*Newsletter software.* + +* [phpList](http://www.phplist.com/) - Newsletter manager. + +### NoSQL +*NoSQL servers.* + +* [Cassandra](http://cassandra.apache.org/) - Distributed DBMS designed to handle large amounts of data across many servers. +* [CouchDB](http://couchdb.apache.org/) - Ease of use, with multi-master replication document-oriented database system. +* [MongoDB](http://www.mongodb.org/) - Another document-oriented database system. +* [Redis](http://redis.io/) - Networked, in-memory, key-value data store with optional durability. +* [Riak](http://basho.com/riak/) - Another fault-tolerant key-value NoSQL database. + +Comparison of NoSQL servers: http://kkovacs.eu/cassandra-vs-mongodb-vs-couchdb-vs-redis + +### RDBMS +*Relational DBMS.* + +* [MariaDB](https://mariadb.org/) - Community-developed fork of the MySQL. +* [MySQL](http://dev.mysql.com/) - Most popular RDBMS server. +* [Percona Server](http://www.percona.com/software) - Enhanced, drop-in MySQL replacement. +* [PostgreSQL](http://www.postgresql.org/) - Object-relational database management system (ORDBMS). +* [SQLite](http://sqlite.org/) - Library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL DBS. + +### SMTP +*SMTP servers.* + +* [Exim](http://www.exim.org/) - Message transfer agent (MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge. +* [Qmail](http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html) - Secure Sendmail replacement. +* [Postfix](http://www.postfix.org/) - Fast, easy to administer, and secure Sendmail replacement. +* [Sendmail](http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/) - Message transfer agent (MTA). + +### SSH +*SSH tools.* + +* [Cluster SSH](http://sourceforge.net/projects/clusterssh/) - Controls a number of xterm windows via a single graphical console. +* [parallel-ssh](http://code.google.com/p/parallel-ssh/) - Provides parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools. +* [SSH Power Tool](http://code.google.com/p/sshpt/) - Execute commands and upload files to many servers simultaneously without using pre-shared keys. + +### Statistics +*Analytics software.* + +* [Piwik](http://piwik.org/) - Free and open source web analytics application. + +### Ticketing systems +*Web-based ticketing system.* + +* [Bugzilla](http://www.bugzilla.org/) - General-purpose bugtracker and testing tool originally developed and used by the Mozilla project. +* [MantisBT](http://www.mantisbt.org/) - Another web-based bug tracking system. +* [osTicket](http://osticket.com/) - +* [Request Tracker](http://www.bestpractical.com/rt/) - Ticket-tracking system written in Perl. + +### Project Management +*Web-based project management and bug tracking systems.* + +* [Redmine](http://www.redmine.org/) - Written in ruby on rails. +* [The Bug Genie](http://www.thebuggenie.com/) - Written in PHP. +* [Trac](http://trac.edgewall.org/) - Written in python. + +### Version control +*Software versioning and revision control.* + +* [Git](http://git-scm.com/) - Distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) with an emphasis on speed. +* [Mercurial](http://mercurial.selenic.com/) - Another distributed revision control. +* [Subversion](http://subversion.apache.org/) - Client-server revision control system. + +### Virtualization +*Virtualization software.* + +* [KVM](http://www.linux-kvm.org) - Linux kernel virtualization infrastructure. +* [OpenVZ](http://openvz.org) - Container-based virtualization for Linux +* [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/) - Virtualization product from Oracle Corporation. +* [Xen](http://www.xenproject.org/) - Virtual machine monitor for 32/64 bit Intel / AMD (IA 64) and PowerPC 970 architectures. + +### VPN +*VPN software.* + +* [OpenVPN](https://community.openvpn.net) - Uses a custom security protocol that utilizes SSL/TLS for key exchange. +* [strongSwan](http://www.strongswan.org/) - Complete IPsec implementation for Linux. + +### Webmails +*Webmail applications.* + +* [RainLoop](http://rainloop.net/) - Simple, modern & fast web-based IMAP client. +* [Roundcube](http://roundcube.net/) - Browser-based IMAP client with an application-like user interface. + +### Web +*Web servers.* + +* [Apache](http://httpd.apache.org/) - Most popular web server. +* [Cherokee](http://cherokee-project.com/) - Lightweight, high-performance web server/reverse proxy. +* [Lighttpd](http://www.lighttpd.net/) - Web server more optimized for speed-critical environments. +* [Nginx](http://nginx.org/) - Reverse proxy, load balancer, HTTP cache, and web server. + +### Wikis +*Wiki software.* + +* [DokuWiki](https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki) - Simple to use and highly versatile wiki that doesn't require a database. +* [Mediawiki](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki) - Used to power Wikipedia. + +## Resources +Various resources, such as books, websites and articles, for improving your skills and knowledge. + +### Websites +*Useful sysadmin related websites.* + +* [Ops School](http://www.opsschool.org) - Comprehensive program that will help you learn to be an operations engineer. +* [Dotdeb](http://www.dotdeb.org/) - Repository with LAMP updated packages.