Monit: Monitor SickRage process status

Monitor Sickrage

Monit can monitor SickRage and notify you if it stops running for some reason. Setting up a completely automated home server is awesome. But what if one of your apps fails and you did not even know? You may be waiting for your movie or episode to be downloaded but … read more

Monit: Monitor SickBeard process status

Monitor Sickbeard

Monit can monitor SickBeard and notify you if it stops running for some reason. Setting up a completely automated home server is awesome. But what if one of your apps fails and you did not even know? You may be waiting for your movie or episode to be downloaded but … read more

Monit: Monitor CouchPotato process status

Monitor Couchpotato

Monit can monitor CouchPotato and notify you if it stops running for some reason. Setting up a completely automated home server is awesome. But what if one of your apps fails and you did not even know? You may be waiting for your movie or show to be downloaded but … read more

Presenting AtoMiC ToolKit 2.0 – with GUI and more features

Atomic Toolkit 2.0 | Smarthomebeginner

After editing over 200 files, 3000 lines of code, and 150 hours of hard work I am happy to announce the release of AtoMiC ToolKit 2.0. Many have praised the AtoMiC ToolKit for how easy it makes managing apps such as CouchPotato, SickBeard, Torrent clients, and more. After the initial … read more

Monit: Monitor web server status (Apache, NGINX, and MySQL)

Monit Config Examples Hdd Storage

Monit allows you to monitor web server status. If you are running a home server or a large-scale Linux server, you may also be using Apache and MySQL for serving websites. Or you may just be using Apache for reverse proxies and MySQL as Kodi library. Setting up reverse proxies … read more

SickRage being developed fast, but too many errors

Sickrage Interface Ft | Smarthomebeginner

Couple of years back, I compared SickRage and SickBeard and concluded by saying that I will be moving to SickRage. Today, I feel differently and here is why. The two years before I moved to SickRage, I had little to no issues with SickBeard. SickRage offered more and so I … read more

AtoMiC ToolKit January 2016: Overhaul and Webmin support

Atomic Toolkit From Htpcbeginner.com

AtoMiC ToolKit (Automated Media Center), automates home server software installation and maintenance. We have written in detail about how AtoMiC ToolKit works. In October 2015, I summarized several upgrades that were done to AtoMiC ToolKit, including support for Headphones and Mylar. Today, I happy to announce that it has received … read more

Monit: Monitor file server status (Samba and NFS)

Monit Config Examples Hdd Storage

Monit allows you to monitor file server status. If you are running a home server or a large-scale Linux server, you may also be using SAMBA or NFS as file servers. For streaming content within your home network to Kodi boxes, I have recommended using NFS on your home server. … read more

Monit: Monitor Hard drive SMART health and temperature

Monit Config Examples Hdd Storage

Lets face it, NAS / Server drives fail and for that reason it is important to monitor hard drive SMART health and temperature so you can take precautionary actions such as backing up or increase cooling. Monit is an automatic monitoring, maintenance, and repair utility for Unix systems. If the … read more

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