About Unix4Life

The goal is to share knowledge and tips about cool things (that's for me ;-)

Something about me:

  • Works professionally since 1994 and before playing with PCs/Windows/Linux
  • Building complete Unix & Linux environments within small and large companies.
  • Manages a wide range of systems running on HP-UX & AIX & Linux
  • Enterprise monitoring (HP OpenView, CA Unicenter and Nagios)
  • Enterprise clusters on Unix (IBM's HACMP/PowerHA, HP's MCserviceguard)
  • Have all kinds of flavors on Unix systems/hardware at home (discontinued several years ago)
  • Start playing with Raspberry Pi's from 2014
  • This website was started in 2014 and has since been running 24x7 on Raspberry Pi hardware (tuned for high performance)

Something about the fun stuff (offline = not dependent on your internet connection, so this also works offline!!):

  • Set up Nagios monitoring (offline)
  • Using OpenVPN and AdGuardHome to access secure and filtered internet via remote devices (iPhone/MacBook/Mobile/Laptop)
  • Creating an app for opening the garage door (switched via wired connection from Raspberry Pi)
  • Turn on/off indoor/outdoor lights via a transmitter (433MHz) controlled by sunset schedule and app
  • Using Google Charts offline to create charts/graphs (offline)
  • Set up a fully functional calendar like Google Calendar and store de items in MySQL/MariaDB (offline)
  • Create Google charts of many things, such as: indoor/outdoor temperature, electricity and gas consumption, website users (offline)
  • Store a lot of metrics & data in MySQL/MariaDB and in ElasticSearch

 

Hopefully the information on this website can help you set up and discover new features...

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  If you like my website, feel free to donate via the Paypal button. Thank you!