Updating python under Gentoo is not always straightforward work. Despite a clean upgrade without any blockers or masked packages, sometimes, on old machines, there might…
Create graph for Linux CPU usage using Grafana, InfluxDB and collectd
This article shows how to make a graph showing a Linux machine’s CPU Usage. The Linux machine is using collectd to gather the load average…
Create graph for Linux Load Average using Grafana, InfluxDB and collectd
This article shows how to make a graph showing a Linux machine’s load average. The Linux machine is using collectd to gather the load average…
Monitor and analyze with Grafana, influxdb 1.8 and collectd under Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
This is an updated version of the previous version of this topic – Monitor and analyze with Grafana, influxdb 1.8 and collectd under CentOS Stream…
How to install collectd in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and in general under Ubuntu
It appears Ubuntu 22.04 LTS still does not include in its packages base one of the best server software to gather metrics from different sources….
Add source InfluxDB 1.8 with basic authentication in Grafana using the web interface
This article shows how to add a new source in Grafana with screenshots. The source is InluxDB 1.8 with basic authentication enabled. The main purpose…
Monitor and analyze with Grafana, influxdb 1.8 and collectd under CentOS Stream 9
This article describes how to build a modern analytic and monitoring solutions for system and application performance metrics. A solution, which may host all the…
Change the LXC container root folder under CentOS with SELinux
The default LXC container folder in CentOS (all versions – 7,8, Stream 8 and Stream 9) is /var/lib/lxc, which may resides in the root partition….
lxc_attach_run_shell: 1333 Permission denied – failed to exec shell
An annoying error when using the LXC container tools like lxc-attach, which is really simple to fix. This error just reports the bash shell in…
DNF install and conflicting requests – nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module
Here there are broken modules in the DNF package manager. It was a result of an upgrade, but it may occur if some unofficial repositories…