Monitoring

1. Sensu
1. http://portertech.ca/2011/11/01/sensu-a-monitoring-framework/ 
2. http://petey5king.github.io/2012/03/30/sensu-a-collectd-replacement.html
2. Zabbix
1. https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/
2. Plugins:  http://code.google.com/p/mikoomi/
3. Nagios
4. CollectD
5. StatsD
6. and about a million more

Duply and Duplicity

http://duply.net/?title=Duply-documentation

http://duplicity.nongnu.org/duplicity.1.html

Useful lists

http://lifehacker.com/30-essential-things-you-should-keep-in-your-car-1263514115

http://lifehacker.com/15-brilliant-things-you-can-do-with-command-hooks-1355369802

Backing up to AWS S3

http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/11/11/duplicity-s3-easy-cheap-encrypted-automated-full-disk-backups-for-your-servers/

Duplicity to create incremental, encrypted backups.  Duply to simplify duplicity more.

Linux Volumes

pvdisplay - physical volume display

lvdisplay - logical volume display
vgdisplay - can contain PVs and LVs

lvcreate -L10G -s -n rootsnapshot /dev/server1/root
//creates a logical volume of size '10gig' named 'rootsnapshot' that is a snapshot of '/dev/server1/root'
Then run 'lvdisplay' and check for  'LV snapshot status'
mount - mount device @ location



tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
http://www.tutonics.com/2012/11/ubuntu-lvm-guide-part-1.html
http://www.tutonics.com/2012/12/lvm-guide-part-2-snapshots.html

AWS - EC2 AMI Tools

The Amazon EC2 AMI Tools are command-line utilities to help bundle an Amazon Machine Image (AMI), create an AMI from an existing machine or installed volume, and upload a bundled AMI to Amazon S3. 

http://aws.amazon.com/developertools/368

AWS - Web Console

https://console.aws.amazon.com

AWS - EC2 API Tools

The API tools serve as the client interface to the Amazon EC2 web service. Use these tools to register and launch instances, manipulate security groups, and more.

http://aws.amazon.com/developertools/351

and tutorial:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/SettingUp_CommandLine.html

MongoDB on AWS EC2

http://docs.mongodb.org/ecosystem/platforms/amazon-ec2/

Puppet - PuppetForge

Yay free modules:
http://forge.puppetlabs.com/

Puppet - Notes

Resources = types of things and attributes
Manifests = Resources + Functions + Flow Control
Classes = named block of puppet code can enclose resources, functions, flow control
Module = directory with files including manifests

Resource ordering is sneaky. {before, require, notify, subscribe}

Vagrant - Resources

Docs
http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/

Getting Started
http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/getting-started/index.html

Puppet - Resources

Configuration Management.
Written in Ruby.
Puppet Manifests.
vs Chef?

Docs
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/

HTTP - HAL

Hypertext Application Language.
http://stateless.co/hal_specification.html

Python - Magic Methods

 __MagicMethods
http://www.rafekettler.com/magicmethods.html