When it comes to rendering graphical representation of all the metrics I gather, I generally use RRDtool . Yes, I’m that old ;-) But I also have a Grafana instance from which I render stuff that can’t be done using RRDgraph. But, so far, I couldn’t generate a static PNG file from a panel to insert in a static web page.
But this was until I found the Grafana Image Rendered plug-in.Continue reading...
As I was testing OpenBSD on my refurbished ThinkPad T480s, I noticed that the fan kept blowing even though the laptop was IDLE. Given that I am a vigilant reader of misc@ , I already knew a few ThinkPads had been reported to be sluggish because of some BIOS settings regarding Thunderbolt.Continue reading...
While discovering FreeBSD Jails, I wrote on how to run a web browser inside a FreeBSD jail . Time has passed and a couple of testing later, I ended up changing a bit the way I use my Web Browser jails.Continue reading...
For reasons, I have a laptop running both Slackware Linux or OpenBSD. To have both available, I split the storage space in two and installed both systems. But if mainstream Linux distros use GRUB, Slackware has an historical love for LILO; and elilo when it comes to EFI-based computers.Continue reading...
I was today years old when I needed to change some of the parameters of my Prometheus service on OmniOS. It runs via pkgsrc and the provided SMF. And modifying the running parameters is not as simple as editing an rc.d file.Continue reading...