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Aus der Nagios Dokumentation: »Nagios® ist eine System- und Netzwerküberwachungsapplikation. Sie überwacht Hosts und Services, die Sie angeben, und alarmiert Sie, wenn sich die Dinge verschlechtern und wenn sie wieder besser werden.«
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Wer Server im Internet betreiben möchte, sollte sich immer zunächst über deren Sicherheit Gedanken machen. Neben einer Backupstrategie und regelmäßiger Aktualisierungen fängt das bereits mit der Anmeldung am Server an. Ein frisch installiertes Linux System wird zunächst erst einmal lediglich eine Anmeldung mit dem Systembenutzer root und einem Passwort auf dem ssh Standard-Port 22 zulassen und das...
As I briefly mentioned in the post “Building a Media Center”, I use Kodi on various devices to access my media collection. Here, I’d like to go into more detail about the installation and configuration that make this possible.
This configuration requires a device that, in addition to SMB/CIFS (Windows) shares, also offers the ability to host a MySQL/MariaDB database. In my case...
The Xbox Media Center (XBMC), which evolved from several media players for Microsoft’s Xbox starting in 2002, was an early alternative to Microsoft Media Center—which could be optionally installed with Windows. Although it required a bit more configuration, it offered many additional features and codecs. With version 14 (Helix, March 2015), the project was renamed Kodi. It was...
On October 5, Microsoft released the new Windows 11, which had previously been available through Microsoft Insider. Although Windows 10 was supposed to be the last version of Windows, the original “Windows as a Service” (WaaS) model remains in place, with the option to obtain a free upgrade using an existing Windows license—almost. While it’s still possible to use a Windows 7/8/10 license key for...