House of Logic
Welcome to the House of Logic Technology Blog
Lemmy from Motorhead was once asked what they brought to heavy rock, to which he replied 'Nothing, nada, zero. We brought nothing, we took it away...And what we left was real.' The House of Logic blog is intended to take this approach - cut to the chase, skip the dead air, and take away the nonsense and hype on actually how to use tech for what you want to get done.
Featured Posts
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How to use Active Directory to deploy the Prometheus Windows Exporter
Prometheus Deployment with Active Directory If you are using Prometheus for Windows monitoring, you will have encountered the setup process for installing the Windows Exporter on each host, where you have to run the MSI installer on each server to get the service running. Whilst not a huge headache for a few servers, the time and effort of clicking through manual MSI installations adds up. However, if the servers are Active Directory domain members, AD has a built in mechanism that can take care of this.
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How to Monitor Linux and Windows with Prometheus and Grafana
Monitoring Windows and Linux with Prometheus and Grafana One of the most useful things about using Prometheus to collect metrics is how versatile it is as a solution. There are metric exporters available for a variety of services, hypervisors and operating systems - including Windows. “Why post about Windows?” you may ask. Well, the reality of many IT systems and environments is that they are not “greenfield” sites, but are rather “brownfield” - places that have been built on before, meaning that you may not have the luxury of starting from scratch - and very often a combination of different operating systems running different workloads.
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How to Monitor Network Devices using Ping with Prometheus and Grafana
Network Monitoring using Ping with Prometheus and Grafana Whilst network monitoring is an essential to work network environments and cloud services, it is often overlooked within the home. However, with increasing numbers of devices in the home and the expectation of them being always available, some network monitoring can save you from some nasty surprises when you are in a hurry. Devices such as printers and access points can have a nasty habit of being offline when you need them, so a simple solution is to apply some network monitoring using ICMP - ping testing.