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## Pull Requests
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## Issues
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**A curated list of amazingly awesome open source sysadmin resources.** Please read [CONTRIBUTING](./CONTRIBUTING.md) if you wish to add software and consider [donating](https://github.com/n1trux/awesome-donations) to the FLOSS projects you use regularly.
**A curated list of amazingly awesome open source sysadmin resources.** Please read [CONTRIBUTING](./.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) if you wish to add software and consider [donating](https://github.com/n1trux/awesome-donations) to the FLOSS projects you use regularly.
* [Awesome Sysadmin](#awesome-sysadmin)
* [Automation](#automation)
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* [Websites](#websites)
* [Wikis](#wikis)
## Automation
*Automation build.*
* [Apache Ant](https://ant.apache.org/) - Automation build tool, similar to make, written in Java.
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* [Gradle](http://gradle.org/) - Another build automation system.
* [Rake](https://github.com/ruby/rake) - Build automation tool similar to Make, written in and extensible in Ruby.
## Backups
*Backup software.*
* [Amanda](http://www.amanda.org/) - Client-server model backup tool.
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* [DREBS](https://github.com/dojo4/drebs) - AWS EBS backup script that supports strategies.
* [ZBackup](http://zbackup.org/) - A versatile deduplicating backup tool.
## Build and software organization tools
*Build and software organization tools.*
* [EasyBuild](https://easybuild.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) - EasyBuild builds software and modulefiles for High Performance Computing (HPC) systems in an efficient way.
* [environment-modules Lmod](https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/research-development/tacc-projects/lmod) - Lmod is a Lua based module system that easily handles the MODULEPATH Hierarchical problem.
* [HPCBIOS](http://hpcbios.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) - HPCBIOS is an effort to setup a common, well-documented and reproducible, environment spanning across multiple HPC systems & sites, *inclusive* of documentation.
## ChatOps
*Conversation-driven development and management. See https://www.reddit.com/r/chatops for more information.*
* [CloudBot](https://github.com/CloudBotIRC/CloudBot) - The simple, fast, expandable Python IRC bot.
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* [Lita](https://www.lita.io/) - A robot companion for your company's chat room.
* [Abot](https://github.com/itsabot/abot) - A digital assistant framework in Go.
## Client management
*Managing software on desktop computers.*
* [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) – Windows CLI package manager written in .NET/PS, based on [NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/).
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* [WAPT](https://dev.tranquil.it/wiki/WAPT_-_apt-get_pour_Windows/en) - Network-wide (un)installation, configuration and upgrades of Windows based software.
* [WPKG](http://wpkg.org/) - Software deployment, upgrade and removal program for Windows.
## Cloning
*Cloning software.*
* [Clonezilla](http://clonezilla.org/) - Partition and disk imaging/cloning program.
* [Fog](https://www.fogproject.org/) - Another computer cloning solution.
## Cloud Computing
* [AppScale](https://github.com/AppScale/appscale) - Cloud software with Google App Engine compatibility.
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* [The Foreman](http://theforeman.org/) - Complete lifecycle management tool for physical and virtual servers. FOSS.
* [Tsuru](https://tsuru.io) - Tsuru is an extensible Platform as a Service software.
## Cloud Orchestration
* [BOSH](http://bosh.io/docs/) - IaaS orchestration platform originally written for deploying and managing Cloud Foundry PaaS, but also useful for general purpose distributed systems.
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* [Spruce](https://github.com/geofffranks/spruce) - A tool that merges separate YAML files into one. Works well with [Genesis](https://github.com/starkandwayne/genesis).
* [StackStorm](https://stackstorm.com/) - Event Driven Operations and ChatOps platform for infrastructure management. Written in Python
## Code Review
*Web Based collaborative code review system.*
* [Gerrit](https://www.gerritcodereview.com/) - Based on the Git version control, it facilitates software developers to review modifications to the source code and approve or reject those changes.
* [Phabricator](http://phabricator.org/) - Code review tool build by facebook and used by WikiMedia, FB, dropbox etc. Comes with an integrated wiki, bug tracker, VC integration and a CLI tool called arcanist.
* [Review Board](https://www.reviewboard.org/) - Available as free software under the MIT License.
## Collaborative Software
*Collaborative software or groupware suites.*
* [Citadel/UX](http://www.citadel.org/) - Collaboration suite (messaging and groupware) that is descended from the Citadel family of programs.
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* [SOGo](http://www.sogo.nu/) - Collaborative software server with a focus on simplicity and scalability.
* [Zimbra](https://www.zimbra.com/open-source-email-overview/) - Collaborative software suite, that includes an email server and web client.
* [Jenkins](http://jenkins-ci.org/) - An extendable continuous integration server.
## Control Panels
*Web hosting and server or service control panels*
*Web hosting and server or service control panels.*
* Web hosting
* [Froxlor](https://froxlor.org/) - Easy to use panel for Linux with Nginx and PHP-FPM support.
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* [Cockpit](http://cockpit-project.org/) - New multi-server web interface for Linux servers written in C.
* [Webmin](http://www.webmin.com/) - Linux server control panel.
## Deployment Automation
*Tools and scripts to support deployments to your servers.*
* [Capistrano](http://capistranorb.com/) - Deploy your application to any number of machines simultaneously, in sequence or as a rolling set via SSH (rake based).
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* [sup](https://github.com/pressly/sup/) - Super simple deployment tool - just Unix - think of it like 'make' for a network of servers.
* [Vlad the Deployer](https://github.com/seattlerb/vlad) - Deployment automation (rake based).
## Distributed Filesystems
*Network distributed filesystems.*
* [Camlistore](https://camlistore.org/) - A set of open source formats, protocols, and software for modeling, storing, searching, sharing and synchronizing data.
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* [TahoeLAFS](https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs) - secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant, peer-to-peer distributed data store and distributed file system.
* [XtreemFS](http://www.xtreemfs.org/) - XtreemFS is a fault-tolerant distributed file system for all storage needs.
## DNS
*DNS servers.*
* [Bind](https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/) - The most widely used name server software.
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* [Unbound](http://unbound.net/) - Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
* [Yadifa](http://www.yadifa.eu/) - Lightweight authoritative Name Server with DNSSEC capabilities powering the .eu top-level domain.
## Domains
*Domain management.*
* [DomainMOD](https://domainmod.org) - Manage your domains and other internet assets in a central location.
## Editors
*Open source code editors.*
* [Atom](https://atom.io/) - A hackable text editor from Github.
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* [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) - An open source cross-platform extensible code editor from Microsoft
* [Nano](http://nano-editor.org) - Easy to use, customizable text editor.
## Identity Management
*LDAP servers and other tools to manage accounts and identities.*
### LDAP
* [389 Directory Server](http://www.port389.org/) - Developed by Red Hat.
* [Apache Directory Server](http://directory.apache.org/) - Apache Software Foundation project written in Java.
* [FreeRADIUS](http://freeradius.org/) - High performance and highly configurable multi-protocol policy/authentication server, supporting RADIUS, DHCPv4 and VMPS.
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* [FreeIPA](http://www.freeipa.org/) - Based on 389-DS. Includes Kerberos, DNS, as well as host based access control.
### Tools and web interfaces
* [Fusion Directory](https://www.fusiondirectory.org) - Improve the Management of the services and the company directory based on OpenLDAP.
* [Indieauth](https://indieauth.com/) - Sign in with your domain name (using the rel-me-auth protocol).
* [Libravatar](https://www.libravatar.org/) - Libravatar is a service which delivers your avatar (profile picture) to other websites.
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* [Samba](https://www.samba.org/) – Active Directory and CIFS protocol implementation.
* [BounCA](https://bounca.org/) - A personal SSL Key / Certificate Authority web-based tool for creating self-signed certificates.
## IT Asset Management
*IT Assets Management software.*
* [GLPI](http://www.glpi-project.org/spip.php?lang=en) - Information Resource-Manager with an additional Administration Interface.
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* [Ralph](https://github.com/allegro/ralph) - Asset management, DCIM and CMDB system for large Data Centers as well as smaller LAN networks.
* [Claws Mail](http://www.claws-mail.org/) - Old school email client (and news reader), based on GTK+.
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* [Sylpheed](http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/) – Still developed predecessor to Claws Mail, lightweight mail client.
* [Thunderbird](https://www.mozilla.org/de/thunderbird/) - Free email application that's easy to set up and customize.
## Monitoring
*Monitoring software.*
* [Adagios](http://adagios.org/) - Web based Nagios interface for configuration and monitoring (replacement to the standard interface), and a REST interface, [SourceCode](https://github.com/opinkerfi/adagios), [Documentation](https://github.com/opinkerfi/adagios/wiki))
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* [Performance Co-Pilot](http://pcp.io) - Lightweight, distributed system performance and analysis framework.
* [PhpSysInfo](https://phpsysinfo.github.io/phpsysinfo/) - A customizable PHP script that displays information about your system nicely.
* [PHP Server Monitor](https://www.phpservermonitor.org/) - Open source tool to monitor your servers and websites
* [psdash](https://github.com/Jahaja/psdash) - A linux system information web dashboard using psut
ils and flask.
* [psdash](https://github.com/Jahaja/psdash) - A linux system information web dashboard using psut ils and flask.
* [pyDash](https://k3oni.github.io/pydash/) - Small web-based monitoring dashboard for linux.
* [Riemann](http://riemann.io/) - Flexible and fast events processor allowing complex events/metrics analysis.
* [rtop](https://github.com/rapidloop/rtop) - an interactive, remote system monitoring tool based on SSH.
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* [Zabbix](http://www.zabbix.com/) - Enterprise-class software for monitoring of networks and applications.
* [Zenoss](http://community.zenoss.org) - Application, server, and network management platform based on Zope.
## Metric & Metric Collection
*Metric gathering and display software.*
* Collectors only
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* [Packetbeat](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats) - Captures network traffic and displays it in a custom Kibana dashboard for easy viewing.
* [GestióIP](http://www.gestioip.net/) - An automated web based IPv4/IPv6 IP Address Management tool.
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* [rConfig](http://www.rconfig.com/) - Another network device configuration management tool.
* [trigger](https://github.com/trigger/trigger) - Robust network automation toolkit written in Python.
## Newsletters
*Newsletter software.*
* [DadaMail](http://dadamailproject.com/) - Mailing List Manager, written in Perl.
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* [LibreMailer](https://github.com/averna-syd/LibreMailer) - Libre Mailer is a modest and simple web based email marketing application.
* [Lewsnetter](https://github.com/bborn/lewsnetter) - E-mail marketing application (create and send e-mail newsletter via SES). Includes subscription management, delivery, bounce and complaint notification, templates, and some stats.
## NoSQL
*NoSQL databases.*
* Column-Family
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* [SQLite](http://sqlite.org/) - Library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL DBS.
## Remote Management
* [Tiger VNC](http://tigervnc.org/) - TigerVNC is a high-performance, platform-neutral implementation of VNC (Virtual Network Computing), a client/server application that allows users to launch and interact with graphical applications on remote machines.
* [Remmina](http://www.remmina.org/wp/) - A Feature rich remote desktop application for linux and other unixes.
* [X2go](http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php) - X2Go is an open source remote desktop software for Linux that uses the NX technology protocol.
## Service Discovery
* [Consul](https://www.consul.io/) - Consul is a tool for service discovery, monitoring and configuration.
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* [etcd](https://github.com/coreos/etcd) - distributed K/V-Store, authenticating via SSL PKI and a REST HTTP Api for shared configuration and service discovery.
* [ZooKeeper](http://zookeeper.apache.org/) - ZooKeeper is a centralized service for maintaining configuration information, naming, providing distributed synchronization, and providing group services.
## Software Containers
*Operating system–level virtualization.*
* [Docker](http://www.docker.com/) - Platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications.
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* [LXD](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/) – a container "hypervisor" and a better UX for LXC.
* [OpenVZ](http://openvz.org) - Container-based virtualization for Linux.
## Status Pages
* [Cachet](https://cachethq.io) - Status page system written in PHP.
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* [System Status Dashboard (SSD)](http://www.system-status-dashboard.com/) - Overview about an organization's infrastructure health status.
* [Staytus](http://staytus.co/) - Staytus is a complete solution for publishing the latest information about any issues with your web applications, networks or services.
## Troubleshooting
*Troubleshooting Tools.*
+ [grml](https://grml.org) – bootable Debian Live CD with powerful CLI tools.
* [grml](https://grml.org) – bootable Debian Live CD with powerful CLI tools.
* [mitmproxy](http://mitmproxy.org/) - A Python tool used for intercepting, viewing and modifying network traffic. Invaluable in troubleshooting certain problems.
* [mtr](https://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/) - Network utility that combines traceroute and ping.
* [perf-tools](https://github.com/brendangregg/perf-tools) - Performance analysis tools based on Linux perf_events (aka perf) and ftrace.
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* [Algernon](http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/) - Web/application server that supports Lua, live-reload, templates, Sass and HTTP/2.
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* [Nginx](http://nginx.org/) - Reverse proxy, load balancer, HTTP cache, and web server.
* [uWSGI](https://github.com/unbit/uwsgi/) - The uWSGI project aims at developing a full stack for building hosting services.
*Web Performance*
*Web Performance.*
* [HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/) - Software based load Balancing, SSL offloading and performance optimization, compression, and general web routing.
* [Varnish](https://www.varnish-cache.org/) - HTTP based web application accelerator focusing on optimizing caching and compression.
# Resources
Various resources, such as books, websites and articles, for improving your skills and knowledge.
## Blogs
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* [Rackspace Developers](https://developer.rackspace.com/blog/) - Slightly biased blog with lots of Devops Topics.
* [RoseHosting Blog](https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/) - Linux tutorials for installing and configuring various software through the Linux command line. Guides and introductions to different Linux technologies and applications. Tips and tricks you can do via the Linux command line and more.
## Books
*Sysadmin related books.*
* [Codex](http://www.starkandwayne.com/codex/) - How to deploy Cloud Foundry PaaS on infrastructures like AWS, OpenStack, Azure by Stark & Wayne, LLC.
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* [The Visible Ops Handbook: Implementing ITIL in 4 Practical and Auditable Steps](http://www.itpi.org/the-visible-ops-handbook-review.html) - Is a methodology designed to jumpstart implementation of controls and process improvement.
* UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (ISBN-13: 978-0131480056) - Approaches system administration from a practical perspective.
## Communities / Forums
*For the social people.*
* [ArsTechnica OpenForum](http://arstechnica.com/civis/) – IT Forum which is attached to a large news site.
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* [Server Fault](https://serverfault.com/) – StackExchange community for system and network administrators.
## Newsletters
* [Servers for Hackers](https://serversforhackers.com/) - Newsletter for programmers who find themselves needing to know their way around a server.
* [Web Operations Weekly](http://webopsweekly.com/) - A weekly newsletter on Web operations, infrastructure, performance, and tooling, from the browser down to the metal.
## Repositories
*Software package repositories.*
* [AlternativeTo](http://alternativeto.net) - Find alternatives to software you know and discover new software.
### Debian-based distributions
* [Dotdeb](https://www.dotdeb.org/) - Repository with LAMP updated packages for Debian.
### RPM-based distributions
* [ElRepo](http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php) - Community Repo for Enterprise Linux (RHEL, CentOS, etc).
* [EPEL](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) - Repository for RHEL and compatibles (CentOS, Scientific Linux).
* [IUS](https://ius.io/) - Community project that provides RPM packages for newer versions of select software for Enterprise Linux distributions.
* [Remi](http://rpms.famillecollet.com/) - Repository with LAMP updated packages for RHEL/Centos/Fedora.
* [Software Collections](https://www.softwarecollections.org) - Community Release of [Red Hat Software Collections](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-software-collections/). Provides updated packages of Ruby, Python, etc. for CentOS/Scientific Linux 6.x.
## Websites
*Useful sysadmin related websites.*
* [Awesome SysAdmin @ LibHunt](https://sysadmin.libhunt.com) - Your go-to SysAdmin Toolbox. Based on the list here.
* [Ops School](http://www.opsschool.org) - Comprehensive program that will help you learn to be an operations engineer.
* [Digital Ocean Tutorials](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials) - A surprisingly vast resource for getting the basics of certain applications, tools, or even systems administration topics.
## Wikis
*Useful Wikis for Sysadmins – not to be confused with Wiki software.*
* [ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/) – Arch Linux Wiki which has really nice written articles valid for other distros.
* [Gentoo Wiki](https://wiki.gentoo.org/) - Gentoo Linux Wiki with a lot in-detail description of Linux components.
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