Tag: bash

  • PoC: Betteruptime + Python-kasa

    PoC: Betteruptime + Python-kasa

    Content Update The provided scripts have been updated on 16 Jul 2023. Specifically the SmartStrip part was not working as intended. I’ve been a big fan of Betteruptime. I’ve started using it to monitor all my assets online (websites, DNS, ping, successful script runs) as well as my servers (using heartbeats). I have a few…

  • The single most useful thing in bash

    This.

  • OpenVPN: Can’t assign requested address

    For no clear reason, OpenVPN on Mac with Tunnelblick (any version, had this problem for a few years already) results in these kind of error messages (and refuses to connect): 2013-02-05 17:44:31 write UDPv4: Can’t assign requested address (code=49) 2013-02-05 17:44:33 write UDPv4: Can’t assign requested address (code=49) This seems to appear more often when…

  • Prowl: check server status (using ping)

    Yesterday I’ve start using Prowl, as I heard good comments about it. And one of the things I want it to check, are my server statuses. I made a quick script using bash and crontab to check every 10 min if it replies on ping. Per server, I created “host.domain.tld.sh” (e.g. zero.rootspirit.com.sh), and added this…