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Extending Zabbix monitoring using the Rust programming language

Since Zabbix release 2.2.0, users and developers of Zabbix can now extend Zabbix monitoring features by using loadable modules.

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Rust low-level bindings to libzmq

ZeroMQ is a lightweight messaging library which makes it fairly easy for developers to design and implement distributed systems.

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VMware monitoring with vPoller in the Zabbix Cookbook

A few days ago I’ve received my copy of the Zabbix Cookbook by Patrik Uytterhoeven.

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Recover SAM password for Windows from GNU/Linux

Security Account Manager (SAM) in Windows is used to store users’ passwords and can be used to authenticate local users on your Windows systems.

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A simple traceroute(8) implementation in Python

traceroute(8) is one of these tools that sysadmins often use when a networking issue arises and needs troubleshooting.

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Remove file handles with gdb(1)

A process holding an open handle to a file and eventually removing that file while the process still runs often results in a stale file handle.

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Connecting to Juniper SSL VPN using OpenConnect on GNU/Linux

Network Connect has been replaced by Junos Pulse for some time already, but GNU/Linux users were left in the dark, since there is currently no official package provided by Juniper for Junos Pulse on GNU/Linux.

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Using Juniper Network Connect on GNU/Linux

Connecting to a Juniper VPN from a GNU/Linux system using Network Connect could be a bit tricky, so here are instructions on how to properly configure your GNU/Linux system for establishing connection to a Juniper VPN using Network Connect.

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Python vSphere Client with a dialog(1) interface

PVC is an interactive text-mode VMware vSphere Client with a dialog(1) interface for GNU/Linux systems built on top of the pyVmomi VMware vSphere API Python bindings.

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Disable SSL verification in Python

With Python 2.7.9 release the default HTTPS behaviour has changed, which is now to always verify the remote HTTPS certificate to which you are initiating a connection.

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