Index
A
- Amazon Machine Image (AMI) / How to do it…
- Ansible
- about / Installing Ansible
- installing / Getting ready
- used, for installing Sensu / Using Ansible to install Sensu, How to do it…
- used, for creating EC2 hosts / Using Ansible to create EC2 hosts, How to do it…
- ansible-galaxy command / How to do it
- ansible-playbook command
- reference / How to do it…
- Ansible ad-hoc tasks / Introduction
- Ansible control node
- installing, on Ubuntu / Installing an Ansible control node on Ubuntu
- installing, on CentOS / Installing an Ansible control node on CentOS, Getting ready, How to do it…, See also
- Ansible facts
- URL / How to do it…
- Ansible galaxy
- Ansible module user
- references / See also
- Ansible node
- reference / How to do it…
- Apdex
- URL / How to do it…
- Application Performance Monitoring (APM) / Introduction
- Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools / Gathering basic OS statistics
- Application Performance Monitoring tool (APM)
- about / Introduction
- application server role
- creating, Tomcat and Ansible used / Creating an application server role using Tomcat and Ansible, Getting ready, How to do it…
- aptly
- aptly configuration documents
- URL / How to do it…
- Apt mirror
- creating, aptly used / Creating an Apt mirror using aptly, How to do it…
- automated installation
- PXE boot and Preseed file, used / Automated installation using PXE boot and a Preseed file, Getting ready, How to do it…
- automation
- about / Introduction
- AWS
- signing up / Signing up for AWS, See also
- URL / How to do it…
- reference links / See also
B
- basic Docker operations
- performing / Performing basic Docker operations, How to do it…
- basic OS statistics
- gathering / Getting ready, How to do it…
C
- check prerequisites
- installing / Installing check prerequisites
- Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) format / How to do it…
- cobbler project
- command line snapshots
- managing / Managing command-line snapshots, How to do it…
- common
- about / Adding a disk check
- common role
- creating / Creating a common role, How to do it…
- community checks
- finding / Finding community checks, How to do it…
- URL / How to do it…, See also
- community disk checks
- URL / See also
- compatibility, ESXi
- URL / Getting ready
- connections
- monitoring, with ss command / Monitoring connections using the ss command, How to do it…
- container
- running, interactively / Running a container interactively
- running, in detached mode / Running a container in detached mode, See also
- saving / Saving and restoring a container, Getting ready, How to do it…
- restoring / Saving and restoring a container, How to do it…
- containerization
- about / Introduction
- continuous integration (CI) / Introduction
- CPU check
- adding / Adding a CPU check, How to do it…
- URL / See also
D
- dash boarding
- URL / See also
- dashboards
- creating, with Grafana / Creating dashboards with Grafana, How to do it…
- data
- exploring, with InfluxDB data explorer / Exploring data with the InfluxDB data explorer, How to do it…
- database performance
- observing, with New Relic / Observing database performance with New Relic, How to do it…
- data explorer
- URL / See also
- disaster recovery (DR) / Introduction
- disk check
- adding / Adding a disk check, How to do it…
- Distributed Version Control Software (DVCS) / Introduction
- DNS check
- adding / Adding a DNS check, How to do it…
- URL / See also
- DNS record types
- URL / How to do it…
- Docker
- about / Introduction
- installing / Installing Docker
- Docker containers
- building, Jenkins used / Building Docker containers using Jenkins, How to do it…
- Dockerfile
- creating / Creating a Dockerfile, How to do it…
- Domain Name Services (DNS)
- managing, with route53 / Managing DNS with route53, How to do it…
- Do not repeat yourself (DRY) / How to do it…
- DSL (Domain Specific Language)
- about / Introduction
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server / Automated installation using PXE boot and a Preseed file
E
- e-mail alerts
- creating / Creating e-mail alerts, How to do it…
- e-mail handler
- URL / See also
- EC2 Ansible module
- URL / See also
- EC2 host
- about / Creating your first EC2 host
- creating / How to do it…
- URL / See also
- creating, with Ansible / Using Ansible to create EC2 hosts, How to do it…
- EC2 pricing
- URL / How to do it…
- Elastic Block Store (EBS) / How to do it…
- Elastic Load Balancers
- about / Using Elastic Load Balancers
- using / How to do it…
- URL / See also
- Elasticsearch
- logs importing, with Logstash / Importing logs into Elasticsearch with Logstash, How to do it…
- ElasticSearch
- installing / Installing ElasticSearch, Logstash, and Kibana, How to do it…
- URL / See also
- esxcli command
- URL / How to do it…
- ESXi
- installing / Installing ESXi, How to do it…
- URL / Getting ready
- configuring / How to do it…
- references / How to do it…
- SSH access, allowing to / Allowing SSH access to ESXi, How to do it…
- ESXi command line
- used, for starting guests / Using the ESXi command line to start, stop, and destroy guests, How to do it…
- used, for stopping guests / Using the ESXi command line to start, stop, and destroy guests, How to do it…
- used, for destroying guests / Using the ESXi command line to start, stop, and destroy guests, How to do it…
- ESXi customizer
- URL / How to do it…
- ESXi documentation
- URL / See also
- ESXi software
- URL / Getting ready
- events
- logging, with InfluxDB REST API / Logging events with the InfluxDB REST API, How to do it…
- existing Git repository
- cloning / Cloning an existing Git repository, How it works…
- Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) / How to do it…
F
- FPM
- URL / Getting ready
- freeform commands
- executing, with Ansible / Executing freeform commands with Ansible
G
- Git
- URL / See also
- Git branch
- creating / Creating a Git branch, How to do it…, How it works…
- git checkout -b command / How it works…
- Git client
- installing / Installing and configuring a Git client, How to do it…
- configuring / Installing and configuring a Git client, How to do it…
- Git clone
- URL / See also
- git merge command / How it works…
- Git plugin
- installing / Installing the Git plugin, How to do it…
- Git remote repository
- changes, pushing to / Pushing changes to a Git remote, Getting ready, How it works…
- Git repository
- creating / Creating a new Git repository, How it works…
- changes, checking / Checking changes into a Git repository, How to do it…
- Grafana
- about / Installing Grafana
- installing / Getting ready…, How to do it…
- URL / See also
- used, for creating dashboards / Creating dashboards with Grafana, How to do it…
- graph / How to do it…
- Single Stat option / How to do it…
- text option / How to do it…
- dashboard list / How to do it…
- guest
- resources, allocating to / Allocating resources to a guest, How to do it…
- guest performance
- host, tuning for / Tuning the host for guest performance, How to do it…
H
- HAProxy
- installing, with Ansible / Installing and managing HAProxy with Ansible, How to do it…
- managing, with Ansible / Installing and managing HAProxy with Ansible, How to do it…
- historical resource usage
- viewing, with SAR / Viewing historical resource usage with SAR, How to do it…
- host
- tuning, for guest performance / Tuning the host for guest performance, How to do it…
- host only network
- using / Using the host only network, Getting ready
- hosts / How to do it…
- host statistics
- gathering, with Telegraf / Gathering host statistics with Telegraf, How to do it…
- Hugo static blog engine
- hypervisor
- URL / How to do it...
I
- IAM
- setting up / Setting up IAM, How to do it…
- policies, URL / How to do it…
- URL / See also
- Icinga
- URL / Introduction
- idempotency / Introduction
- images
- managing, with private registry / Managing images with a private registry
- pushing, to private registry / Pushing images
- pulling, from private registry / Pulling images
- InfluxDB
- about / Introduction
- installing / Installing InfluxDB, How to do it…
- installing, URL / See also
- line protocol, URL / How to do it…
- URL / See also, How to do it…
- REST API, URL / See also
- InfluxDB database
- about / Creating a new InfluxDB database
- creating / Getting ready, How to do it…
- InfluxDB data explorer
- used, for exploring data / Exploring data with the InfluxDB data explorer, How to do it…
- InfluxDB REST API
- used, for logging events / Logging events with the InfluxDB REST API, How to do it…
- Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS)
- about / Introduction
- disadvantages / Introduction
- installation
- InfluxDB / Installing InfluxDB, How to do it…
- Grafana / Getting ready…, How to do it…
J
- Java agent
- URL / See also
- Java application
- deployment to Tomcat, Ansible used / Deploying a Java application to Tomcat with zero downtime using Ansible, How to do it…
- Jenkins
- installing / Installing Jenkins, How to do it…
- Docker containers, building with / Building Docker containers using Jenkins, How to do it…
- Jenkins job
- creating / Creating your first Jenkins job, How to do it…
- Jenkins slave
- installing / Installing a Jenkins slave, How to do it…
K
- Kibana
- installing / Installing ElasticSearch, Logstash, and Kibana, How to do it…
- URL / See also
- reference link / See also
- Kibana queries
- used, for exploring data / Using Kibana queries to explore data, How to do it…
- used, for examining data / Using Kibana queries to examine data, How to do it…
- URL / See also
- KVM
- about / Introduction
- URL / Introduction
L
- lineinfile module
- reference / How to do it…
- Log forwarder
- URL / See also
- Logical Volume Manager (LVM) device / How to do it…
- Logrotate utility
- used, for managing log rotation / Managing log rotation with the Logrotate utility, How to do it…
- logs
- centralizing, with Syslog / Centralizing logs with Syslog, How to do it…
- importing into Elasticsearch, with Logstash / Importing logs into Elasticsearch with Logstash, How to do it…
- Logstash
- installing / Installing ElasticSearch, Logstash, and Kibana, How to do it…
- URL / See also
- used, for importing logs into Elasticsearch / Importing logs into Elasticsearch with Logstash, How to do it…
- reference link / How to do it…
- used, for importing logs into Elasticsearch / How to do it…
M
- mailer
- about / How to do it…
- Microsoft HyperV
- about / Introduction
- URL / Introduction
- Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) / How to do it…
- MySQL
- installing, Ansible used / Installing MySQL using Ansible, Getting ready, How to do it…
- about / Installing MySQL using Ansible
N
- Nagios
- URL / Introduction
- network details
- monitoring, with IP command / Monitoring network details with the IP command, How to do it…
- network interfaces
- controlling / Controlling network interfaces
- configuring / How to do it…
- new guest
- creating / Creating a new guest, How to do it...
- New Relic
- database performance, observing with / Observing database performance with New Relic, How to do it…
- release performance, monitoring with / Release performance monitoring with New Relic, How to do it…
- New Relic, using SSL
- URL / How to do it…
- New Relic account
- signing up for / Signing up for a New Relic account, How to do it…
- URL / How to do it…
- New Relic Java agent
- installing / Installing the New Relic Java agent, How to do it…
- New Relic server monitoring solution
- URL / See also
- New Relic SQL monitoring
- URL / See also
- Nginx documentation
- reference / See also
- nginx logging
- URL / How to do it…
- NTP servers
- URL / How to do it…
O
- options, for stopping virtual machine
- soft / How to do it…
- hard / How to do it…
- force / How to do it…
- Oracle Virtualbox
- about / Introduction
- URL / Introduction
P
- packages
- installing, with Ansible / Installing packages with Ansible, Getting ready, See also
- performance bottlenecks
- locating, with Transaction Traces / Locating performance bottlenecks with Transaction Traces, How to do it…
- performance overview
- Personal Package Archive (PPA) / How to do it…
- Platform as a service (PAAS)
- about / Introduction
- post install tasks
- automating / Automating post-installation tasks, How to do it…
- private Docker registry
- running / Running a private Docker registry, How to do it
- process check
- adding / Adding a process check, How to do it…
- URL / See also
- public Docker registry
- image, pulling from / Pulling an image from the public Docker registry, How to do it…
- PXE booting environment
- setting up / How to do it…
- python-simplejson
- installing, raw module used / Using the raw module to install python-simplejson, How to do it…
R
- RabbitMQ
- URL / Getting ready
- RAM check
- adding / Adding a RAM check
- URL / See also
- raw module
- using, for installing python-simplejson / Using the raw module to install python-simplejson, How to do it…
- Redis
- URL / Getting ready
- release monitoring
- URL / See also
- release performance
- monitoring, with New Relic / Release performance monitoring with New Relic, How to do it…
- resources
- allocating, to guest / Allocating resources to a guest, How to do it…
- route53
- using, with Domain Name Services (DNS) / Managing DNS with route53, How to do it…
- URL / See also
- Rsyslog
S
- scaffold playbook
- creating / Creating a scaffold Playbook, How to do it
- security group
- about / Creating your first security group
- creating / How to do it…
- URLS / See also
- Sensu
- URL / Introduction, See also
- about / Introduction
- installing, Ansible used / Using Ansible to install Sensu, Getting ready, How to do it…
- Sensu Ansible role
- URL / See also
- Sensu check format
- URL / See also
- Sensu client
- installing / Installing a Sensu client, How to do it…
- URL / See also
- Sensu extensions
- URL / How to do it…
- Sensu handlers
- URL / See also
- Sensu server
- installing / Installing a Sensu server, Getting ready, How to do it…
- Server Monitoring
- with New Relic / Server Monitoring with New Relic, How to do it…
- ServerSpec
- using, for testing playbook / Using ServerSpec to test your Playbook, How to do it…
- ServerSpec Homepage
- URL / See also
- services
- restarting, with Ansible / Restarting services using Ansible
- signup process
- URL / See also
- SMART alerts
- URL / How to do it…
- SMS alerts
- creating / Creating SMS alerts, How to do it…, See also
- ssh-copy-id to copy keys
- SSH access
- allowing, to ESXi / Allowing SSH access to ESXi, How to do it…
- SSH key
- creating, for Git / Creating an SSH key for Git, How to do it
- SSH keys
- managing, with Ansible / Managing SSH keys with Ansible, How to do it...
- summary screen
- URL / See also
- Syslog
- logs, centralizing with / Centralizing logs with Syslog, How to do it…
- syslog templates
- using / Using syslog templates, How to do it…
- System Activity Report (SAR) tool / Viewing historical resource usage with SAR
T
- Telegraf
- used, for gathering host statistics / Gathering host statistics with Telegraf, How to do it…
- URL / See also
- Time Ranges
- URL / How to do it…
- time series database / Introduction
- Transaction Traces
- performance bottlenecks, locating with / Locating performance bottlenecks with Transaction Traces, How to do it…
- Transaction Tracing
- URL / See also
- Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server / Automated installation using PXE boot and a Preseed file
- Twilio
- URL / Creating SMS alerts
- reference / How to do it…
- limitations / How to do it…
- Twilio plugin
- URL / See also
U
- Uchiwa
- URL / See also
- users
- managing, with Ansible / Managing users with Ansible, See also
V
- virtualization
- about / Introduction
- advantages / Allocating resources to a guest
- virtual private cloud (VPC) / How to do it…
- vmkfstools utility
- URL / How to do it...
- vSphereClient
W
- webserver
- creating, Ansible and Nginx used / Creating a webserver using Ansible and Nginx, How to do it…
X
- Xen
- about / Introduction
- URL / Introduction
Y
- YAML (Yet Another Markup Language)
- about / Introduction