Smokeping will do what you want, but last stable version is a bit dated. Nagios, Zabbix, Sensu, Prometheus will all do simple host checks, but might be overkill for your needs. Of these 4 I wouldn't bother with Nagios (or its forks) or Zabbix if you plan to take it further than just simple host status checks.

@emad-r said in Seriously Windows 10, you cant mount Webdav with custom ports ?:

@marcinozga

Yh 3rd party works like charm, but wanted it to work natively to make it easier for end users.

I've never found anything in Windows to work the way I or users wanted it. Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, Movie Maker, the list goes on.

I ran pfSense on ESXi before and experienced exactly the same behavior. I ended up putting it on bare metal, as no solutions worked. Rebuilding it, including config takes minutes, so I saw no benefits in virtualizing it, only issues.

https://www.google.com/search?q=automate+osx+with+ansible&rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS751US751&oq=automate+osx+with+ansible&aqs=chrome..69i57.8542j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

And a few picks:
https://blog.vandenbrand.org/2016/01/04/how-to-automate-your-mac-os-x-setup-with-ansible/
http://www.nickhammond.com/automating-application-installs-with-ansible-on-osx/
https://daemonza.github.io/2017/03/06/using-ansible-to-automate-my-macbook-setup/

Basically Ansible with Homebrew.

I implemented it at work about a week ago. Aside from sexy looks, it works like a charm. I plan to implement it at home, and use it as a internal DNS and DHCP server too.

@aaronstuder said in Pi Hole:

What about installing it on Vultr?

You can install it on any supported Linux system, mine runs in Centos 7 LXD container. It's how you set it up as DNS proxy/server. Although local DNS is always preferred, once your queries are cached, latency is much lower than querying cloud instance.

@nerdydad said in Pi Hole:

@nerdydad said in Pi Hole:

@scottalanmiller said in Pi Hole:

@nerdydad said in Pi Hole:

@marcinozga said in Pi Hole:

@aaronstuder said in Pi Hole:

What about installing it on Vultr?

You can install it on any supported Linux system, mine runs in Centos 7 LXD container. It's how you set it up as DNS proxy/server. Although local DNS is always preferred, once your queries are cached, latency is much lower than querying cloud instance.

Plus, the Raspberry Pi will pay for itself within a year of Vultr use.

Not realistically. Figure $60 for a working RP setup minimum, not including space, heat or power draw (all small, but non-zero.) Vultr would be $30. It would take two years to break even, three years to RP cost savings minimum.

If it lasts 3 years. Typically, power failure will cause the SD card to corrupt. Then, you'd have to reinvest into another SD card and start all over.

I mean, its not hard to install Raspbian, sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade, then curl Pi Hole. Could have another setup in an hour after failure.

With containers and ansible, I had mine ready in probably less than 3 minutes. You can probably do it by hand just as fast.

GlobalShop EPR, that thing is written in cobol ffs. You can virtualize it, but only on ESXi - like this matter at all, but that's what they support, it runs on PervasiveSQL. So basically one big wtf.

Autodesk Vault, you're tied up to MSSQL, no cloud equivalent, no plans to support other databases. They also force you to run built-in backup tool, so your existing VM level backup system, like Veeam, has to backup twice as much data. Other Autodesk software is not much better.

Mastercam, they force you to use USB dongle for licensing, and using USB boxes over ethernet is unsupported. It might work but you won't be able to update the licenses on the dongle. So say hello to physical Windows box in your server room.

Other than that almost any ERP system that runs strictly on Windows. They will do anything so you run it on physical box, and if client runs in web browser, it will be Internet Explorer only, god forbid if it's newer than version 8. Ideally you should run Windows XP with IE 6.

I also have some quality control equipment from Pratt & Whitney, software runs on 32bit Windows 7 only. So I have one zombie PC.

I feel any software that touches manufacturing sector will be like that, stuck in the past.

@momurda said in What Industry Apps Are Awful and You Are Stuck With?:

@marcinozga Company i work for just bought GlobalShop. I wasnt consulted about the decision at all, then they asked me to install the server and client. Ive got it working on Server 2012 running on top of Xenserver no problems. That client though, wow. Cant be installed automatically. Needs manual input like a dozen times during the install.
Still, so far is better than what theyve been using for the last 20 years(Excel spreadsheets and Parts&Vendors).

Oh it will work on any virtualization platform, it's just Global Shop support is free to tell you to pound sand when you have issues, because you're using non-Vmware hypervisor, that's all. I wouldn't be so sure about being better than excel part though...

@scottalanmiller said in Oracle Laid Off Most Of Solaris Team:

@marcinozga said in Oracle Laid Off Most Of Solaris Team:

I hope all these devs form some entity and continue to work on Solaris fork. I'd love to see OpenSolaris come to life again.

Often they can't because they've seen too much closed code

What if they move north of the border? Or south...

@aaronstuder said in Pi Hole:

Hmmmmmm......

https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-088A

Keep your DNS private, behind NAT and firewall and don't expose it to internets.

Hey, I lived in Warsaw Pact country during cold war.

Poland.

Look at their server mainboards and cases. They have single socket boards too.

I found that Dell rackmount workstation: http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/desktops-workstations/precision-rack-7000-series-7910/spd/precision-r7910-workstation
I'm positive it cost a lot and it's far from quiet, but you won't build anything that comes close in terms of quality and reliability.

@eddiejennings said in iOS 11 annoyances:

Looks like the Send-Money-To-Individuals-With-Apple-Pay hasn't been rolled out yet.

I won't be sending money to anyone, so I'm not really concerned about it. Although it would be nice to receive some

It's really annoying in some games, where landscape mode is all you have available.

@dave247 Why? ISP DNS servers are the worst thing you can pick. If you don't want to mess with OpenDNS, go with Google servers.

@nerdydad said in Online TV Providers:

@hobbit666 It is location locked. We have to subscribe to BBC America on cable or satellite and they won't allow anybody outside of the UK watch online. It kind of sucks.

Use VPN.