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# Awesome Sysadmin [![certified awesome!]

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**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
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* [Awesome Sysadmin](#awesome-sysadmin)
* [Automation](#automation)
* [Backups](#backups)
* [Build and software organization tools](#build-and-software-organization-tools)
* [ChatOps](#chatops)
* [Client Management](#client-management)
* [Cloning](#cloning)
* [Cloud Computing](#cloud-computing)
* [Cloud Orchestration](#cloud-orchestration)
* Cloud Storage: [see awesome-selfhosted#file-transfersynchronization]
(https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted#file-transfersynchronization)
* [Code Review](#code-review)
* [Collaborative Software](#collaborative-software)
* [Configuration Management Database](#configuration-management-database)
* [Configuration Management](#configuration-management)
* [Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment](#continuous-integration--
continuous-deployment)
* [Control Panels](#control-panels)
* [Deployment Automation](#deployment-automation)
* [Distributed Filesystems](#distributed-filesystems)
* [DNS](#dns)
* [Domains](#domains)
* [Editors](#editors)
* [Identity Management](#identity-management)
* [IT Asset Management](#it-asset-management)
* [Log Management](#log-management)
* [Mail Clients](#mail-clients)
* Mail servers/webmail: [see awesome-selfhosted#email]
(https://github.com/kickball/awesome-selfhosted#email)
* [Monitoring](#monitoring)
* [Metric & Metric Collection](#metric--metric-collection)
* [Network Configuration Management](#network-configuration-management)
* [Newsletter](#newsletters)
* [NoSQL](#nosql)
* [Packaging](#packaging)
* [Project Management](#project-management)
* [Queuing](#queuing)
* [RDBMS](#rdbms)
* [Remote Management](#remote-management)
* Security: [see awesome-security](https://github.com/sbilly/awesome-security)
* [Service Discovery](#service-discovery)
* [Software Containers](#software-containers)
* SSH: [see awesome-ssh](https://github.com/moul/awesome-ssh)
* Statistics: [see awesome-selfhosted#analytics]
(https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted#analytics)
* [Status Pages](#status-pages)
* Ticketing systems: [see awesome-selfhosted#ticketing]
(https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted#ticketing)
* [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
* [Version control](#version-control)
* [Virtualization](#virtualization)
* [VPN](#vpn)
* XMPP: [see awesome-selfhosted#xmpp](https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-
selfhosted#xmpp)
* [Web](#web)
* Wiki Software: [see awesome-selfhosted#wikis]
(https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted#wikis), Sysadmin Wikis: [see
#wikis](#wikis)
* [Resources](#resources)
* [Blogs](#blogs)
* [Books](#books)
* [Communities/Forums](#communities--forums)
* [Newsletters](#newsletters)
* [Repositories](#repositories)
* [Websites](#websites)
* [Wikis](#wikis)

## Automation

*Automation build.*

* [Apache Ant](https://ant.apache.org/) - Automation build tool, similar to make,

written in Java.
* [Apache Maven](http://maven.apache.org/) - Build automation tool mainly for Java.
* [Bazel](http://www.bazel.io/) - Google's build system.
* [GNU Make](http://www.gnu.org/software/make/) - The most popular automation build
tool for many purposes.
* [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.

* [Bareos](http://www.bareos.org/en/) - A fork of Bacula backup tool.
* [BackupPC](http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/) - BackupPC is a high-performance
system for backing up to disk.
* [Backupninja](https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/backupninja) - Lightweight,
extensible meta-backup system.
* [Barman](http://www.pgbarman.org) - Backup and Recovery Manager for disaster
recovery of PostgreSQL servers.
* [BorgBackup](https://github.com/borgbackup/borg) - A fork of [Attic]
(https://attic-backup.org) deduplicating backup program written in Python.
* [Burp](http://burp.grke.org/) - Network backup and restore program.
* [Duplicity](http://duplicity.nongnu.org/) - Encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup
using the rsync algorithm.
* [Elkarbackup](https://github.com/elkarbackup/elkarbackup) - Backup solution based
on RSnapshot with a simple web interface
* [Lsyncd](https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd) - File Monitor which spawns a process
to synchronize the changes (rsync by default).
* [rclone](https://rclone.org/) - a command line program to sync files and
directories to and from several cloud storage systems/providers.
* [Rdiff-backup](http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/) - An easy A remote
incremental backup of all your files.
* [Restic](https://restic.net/) - Secure, remote backup tool. Designed to be easy,
fast, verifiable and efficient.
* [Rsnapshot](http://rsnapshot.org/) - Filesystem Snapshotting Utility.
* [Shield](https://github.com/starkandwayne/shield) - A pluggable architecture for
backup and restore of database systems.
* [Snebu](http://www.snebu.com/) – Snapshot backup with global multi-client
deduplication and transparent compression.
* [UrBackup](http://www.urbackup.org/) - Another client-server backup system.
* [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.
* [Eggdrop](http://www.eggheads.org/) - the world's most popular IRC bot, designed
for flexibility and ease of use, and is freely distributable under the GNU GPL.
* [Err](http://errbot.io/) - a plugin based chatbot designed to be easily
deployable, extensible and maintainable.
* [Hubot](https://hubot.github.com/) - A customizable, life embetterment robot.
* [Lazlo](https://github.com/djosephsen/lazlo) - A chatops automation framework in
Go.
* [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/).
* [just-install](http://just-install.it/) – Python script for downloading and
silently installing MSI files.
* [OCS Inventory NG](http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/en/) - Inventory, deployment
and network scan.
* [Opsi](http://www.opsi.org) (open PC server integration) - Client Management for
Windows based on Debian.
* [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.
* [Archipel](http://archipelproject.org/) - Manage and supervise virtual machines
using Libvirt.
* [CloudStack](http://cloudstack.apache.org/) - Cloud computing software for
creating, managing, and deploying infrastructure cloud services.
* [Cobbler](http://cobbler.github.io/) - Cobbler is a Linux installation server
that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments.
* [Cracow Cloud One - Polish Private Cloud](http://cc1.ifj.edu.pl/) - The CC1
system provides a complete solution for Private Cloud Computing.
* [HPE Helion Eucalyptus](http://www8.hp.com/us/en/cloud/helion-eucalyptus-
overview.html) - Private cloud software with AWS compatibility.
* [Flynn](https://flynn.io) - PaaS
* [Mesos](http://mesos.apache.org/) - Develop and run resource-efficient
distributed systems.
* [OpenNebula](http://opennebula.org/) - User-driven cloud management platform for
sysadmins and devops.
* [Openshift](http://www.openshift.org) - PaaS product from Red Hat.
* [OpenStack](https://www.openstack.org/) - Build private and public clouds.
* [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.
* [Cloud Foundry](https://www.cloudfoundry.org/) - A Platform-as-a-Service suite to
provide the orchestration services that make distributed apps a powerhouse of
awesomeness.
* [Cloudify](http://getcloudify.org/) - TOSCA-based cloud orchestration software
platform written in Python and YAML.
* [CloudSlang](http://www.cloudslang.io/) - Flow-based orchestration tool for
managing deployed applications, with Docker capabilities.
* [Genesis](https://github.com/starkandwayne/genesis) - A template framework for
multi-environment BOSH deployments.
* [Juju](https://jujucharms.com/) - Cloud orchestration tool which manages services
as charms, YAML configuration and deployment script bundles.
* [Kubernetes](http://kubernetes.io/) - Orchestration system for Docker containers
- ([Source Code](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes), [Documentation]
(http://kubernetes.io/docs/)) `Apache` `Go`
* [MCollective](https://puppet.com/mcollective) - Ruby framework to manage server
orchestration, developed by Puppet labs.
* [Overcast](http://andrewchilds.github.io/overcast/) - Deploy VMs across different
cloud providers, and run commands and scripts across any or all of them in parallel
via SSH.
* [Rundeck](http://rundeck.org/) - Simple orchestration tool.
* [Salt](http://saltstack.com/) - Fast, scalable and flexible systems management
software written in Python/ZeroMQ.
* [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.
* [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/) - Terraform works with many cloud
providers and creates infrastructure from code.

## 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.
* [EGroupware](http://www.egroupware.org/start.html) - Groupware software written
in PHP.
* [Horde Groupware](http://www.horde.org/apps/groupware) - PHP based collaborative
software suite that includes email, calendars, wikis, time tracking and file
management.
* [Kolab](https://kolab.org/) - Another groupware suite.
* [SOGo](http://www.sogo.nu/) - Collaborative software server with a focus on
simplicity and scalability.

## Configuration Management Database

*Configuration management database (CMDB) software.*

* [i-doit](http://www.i-doit.org/) - IT Documentation and CMDB.

* [iTop](http://www.combodo.com/itop-193) - Complete ITIL web based service
management tool.
* [Ralph](https://github.com/allegro/ralph) - Asset management, DCIM and CMDB
system for large Data Centers as well as smaller LAN networks.
* [Clusto](https://github.com/clusto/clusto) - Helps you keep track of your
inventory, where it is, how it's connected, and provides an abstracted interface
for interacting with the elements of the infrastructure.
* [Collins](http://tumblr.github.io/collins/) - At Tumblr, it's the infrastructure
source of truth and knowledge.
* [netbox](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox) - IP address management (IPAM)
and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tool

## Configuration Management

*Configuration management tools.*

* [Ansible](http://www.ansible.com/) - It's written in Python and manages the

nodes over SSH.
* [CFEngine](https://cfengine.com/) - Lightweight agent system. Configuration state
is specified via a declarative language.
* [Chef](https://www.chef.io/chef/) - It's written in Ruby and Erlang and uses a
pure-Ruby DSL.
* [Pallet](http://palletops.com/) - Infrastructure definition, configuration and
management via a Clojure DSL.
* [Puppet](https://puppet.com/) - It's written in Ruby and uses Puppet's
declarative language or a Ruby DSL.
* [Salt](http://saltstack.com/) - It's written in Python.
* [Slaughter](http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/slaughter/) - It's written in Perl.

## Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment

*Continuous integration/deployment software.*

* [Buildbot](http://buildbot.net/) - Python-based toolkit for continuous

integration.
* [CapsuleCD](https://github.com/AnalogJ/capsulecd) - CD script for automating
package/library releases (npm, cookbooks, gems, pip, jars, etc).
* [concourse](http://concourse.ci/) - A modern tool to gain visibility on the CI/CD
pipeline. The flexible, declarative DSL is easy to learn and powerful to use.
* [Drone](https://github.com/drone/drone) - Continuous integration server built on
Docker and configured using YAML files.
* [GitLab CI](https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci/) - Based off of ruby. They also
provide GitLab, which manages git repositories.
* [Go](http://www.go.cd/) - Continuous delivery server.
* [Jenkins](http://jenkins-ci.org/) - An extendable continuous integration server.

## 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.
* [ISPConfig](http://www.ispconfig.org) - Hosting control panel for Linux.
* [Sentora](http://sentora.org/) - Control panel for Linux, BSD, and Windows
based on ZPanel.
* [VestaCP](http://vestacp.com/) - Hosting panel for Linux but with Nginx.
* [Virtualmin](http://www.virtualmin.com/) - Hosting panel for Linux based on
webmin.
* DNS
* [Atomia DNS](http://atomiadns.com/) - DNS management system.
* [nsedit](https://github.com/tuxis-ie/nsedit) - nsedit is a DNS editor for
PowerDNS, working with PowerDNS's new API.
* [PDNS Gui](https://github.com/odoucet/pdns-gui) - WebGUI which aids in
administering domains and records for PowerDNS with MySQL.
* [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) - A blackhole for Internet Advertisements with
a gui for managing and monitoring
* [Poweradmin](http://www.poweradmin.org/) - Friendly web-based DNS
administration tool for PowerDNS server.
* Revision Control
* [iF.SVNAdmin](http://svnadmin.insanefactory.com/) - WebGUI to manage Subversion
repositories and User/Group permissions.
* [SCM-Manager](https://www.scm-manager.org/) - The easiest way to share and
manage your Git, Mercurial and Subversion repositories.
* [WebSVN](https://websvnphp.github.io/) - Opensource web subversion repository
browser.
* Virtualization
* [Feathur](http://feathur.com) - VPS Provisioning and Management Software.
* [OpenVZ Web Panel](https://github.com/sibprogrammer/owp) - Web panel to control
OpenVZ virtual machines.
* [WebVirtMgr](https://retspen.github.io) - libvirt-based Web interface for
managing virtual machines.
* Server
* [Ajenti](http://ajenti.org/) - Control panel for Linux and BSD.
* [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).
* [Fabric](http://www.fabfile.org/) - Python library and cli tool for streamlining
the use of SSH for application deployment or systems administration tasks.
* [Mina](http://nadarei.co/mina/) - Really fast deployer and server automation tool
(rake based).
* [munki](https://www.munki.org/munki/) - Webserver-based repository of packages
and package metadata, that allows macOS administrators to manage software installs.
* [Rocketeer](http://rocketeer.autopergamene.eu/) - PHP task runner and deployment
tool.
* [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.
* [Ceph](http://ceph.com/) - Distributed object store and file system.
* [DRBD](http://drbd.linbit.com/) - Distributed Replicated Block Device.
* [LeoFS](http://leo-project.net) - Unstructured object/data storage and a highly
available, distributed, eventually consistent storage system.
* [GlusterFS](http://www.gluster.org/) - Scale-out network-attached storage file
system.
* [Go IPFS](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs) - Implementation of [IPFS]
(http://ipfs.io/), a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem that seeks to
connect all computing devices with the same system of files.
* [HDFS](http://hadoop.apache.org/) - Distributed, scalable, and portable file-
system written in Java for the Hadoop framework.
* [Lustre](http://lustre.org/) - Parallel distributed file system, generally used
for large-scale cluster computing.
* [MooseFS](http://www.moosefs.org/) - Fault tolerant, network distributed file
system.
* [MogileFS](http://mogilefs.org/) - Application level, network distributed file
system.
* [OpenAFS](http://www.openafs.org/) - Distributed network file system with read-
only replicas and multi-OS support.
* [Ori Filesystem](http://ori.scs.stanford.edu/) - A Secure Distributed File System
built for offline operation.
* [Swift](http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/) - A highly available,
distributed, eventually consistent object/blob store.
* [SheepDog](https://sheepdog.github.io/sheepdog/) - A distributed Blockdevice,
Rest, QEMU and distributed Filesystem storage.
* [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.
* [djbdns](http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html) - A collection of DNS applications,
including tinydns.
* [Designate](https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Designate) - DNS REST API that
support several DNS servers as its backend.
* [dnsmasq](http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html) - A lightweight service
providing DNS, DHCP and TFTP services to small-scale networks.
* [Knot](https://www.knot-dns.cz/) - High performance authoritative-only DNS
server.
* [NSD](http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/nsd/) - Authoritative only, high
performance, simple name server.
* [PowerDNS](https://www.powerdns.com/) - DNS server with a variety of data storage
back-ends and load balancing features.
* [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.

* [Brackets](http://brackets.io/) - Code editor for web designers and front-end
developers.
* [Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/) - IDE written in Java with an extensible plug-
in system.
* [Geany](http://www.geany.org/) - GTK2 text editor.
* [GNU Emacs](http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) - An extensible, customizable
text editor-and more.
* [Haroopad](http://pad.haroopress.com/) - Markdown editor with live preview.
* [ICEcoder](https://icecoder.net/) - Code editor awesomeness, built with common
web languages.
* [jotgit](https://github.com/jdleesmiller/jotgit) - Git-backed real-time
collaborative code editing.
* [KDevelop](https://www.kdevelop.org/) - IDE by the people behind KDE.
* [Light Table](http://lighttable.com/) - The next generation code editor.
* [Lime](http://limetext.org/) - Aims to provide an open source solution to Sublime
Text
* [Micro](https://micro-editor.github.io/) - A modern and intuitive terminal-based
text editor
* [Notepad++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/) - GPLv2 multi-language editor with
syntax highlighting for Windows.
* [TextMate](https://github.com/textmate/textmate/) - A graphical text editor for
OS X.
* [Vim](http://www.vim.org) - A highly configurable text editor built to enable
efficient editing.
* [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.
* [OpenDJ](http://opendj.forgerock.org/) - Fork of OpenDS.
* [OpenDS](https://opends.java.net/) - Another directory server written in Java.
* [OpenLDAP](http://www.OpenLDAP.org/) - Developed by the OpenLDAP Project.
* [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.
* [LDAP Account Manager (LAM)](https://www.ldap-account-manager.org/lamcms/) - Web
frontend for managing entries (e.g. users, groups, DHCP settings) stored in an LDAP
directory.
* [OpenID Connect](http://openid.net/developers/libraries/) - A Simple Identity
layer on top of OAuth 2.0.
* [OSIAM](http://osiam.github.io/) - Secure identity management solution providing
REST based services for authentication and authorization.
* [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.
* [OCS Inventory NG](http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/en/) - Enables users to
inventory their IT assets.
* [OPSI](http://www.opsi.org) - Hardware and software inventory, deployment, and
patching for Linux and Windows.
* [RackTables](http://racktables.org/) - Datacenter and server room asset
management like document hardware assets, network addresses, space in racks,
networks configuration.
* [Ralph](https://github.com/allegro/ralph) - Asset management, DCIM and CMDB
system for large Data Centers as well as smaller LAN networks.
* [Snipe IT](https://snipeitapp.com/) - Asset & license management software.

## Log Management

*Log management tools: collect, parse, visualize ...*

* [Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/) - A Lucene Based Document store mainly

used for log indexing, storage and analysis.
* [Fluentd](http://www.fluentd.org/) - Log Collector and Shipper.
* [Flume](https://flume.apache.org/) - Distributed log collection and aggregation
system.
* [GoAccess](http://goaccess.io/) - Real-time web log analyzer and interactive
viewer that runs in a terminal or through the browser. ([Source Code]
(https://github.com/allinurl/goaccess)) `MIT` `C`
* [Graylog](https://www.graylog.org/) - Pluggable Log and Event Analysis Server
with Alerting options.
* [Hindsight](http://mozilla-services.github.io/hindsight/) - Stream processing
system which may be used for log aggregation (Replaces Heka).
* [Kibana](https://www.elastic.co/products/kibana) - Visualize logs and time-
stamped data.
* [Logstash](https://www.elastic.co/products/logstash) - Tool for managing events
and logs.
* [Octopussy](http://www.octopussy.pm) - Log Management Solution (Visualize / Alert
/ Report).

## Mail Clients

* [Claws Mail](http://www.claws-mail.org/) - Old school email client (and news

reader), based on GTK+.
* [ImapSync](http://imapsync.lamiral.info/) – Simple IMAP migration tool for
copying mailboxes to other servers.
* [Mutt](http://www.mutt.org/) - Small but very powerful text-based mail client.
* [Nylas Mail](https://www.nylas.com/nylas-mail/) - Extensible mail client.
* [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))
* [Alerta](https://github.com/guardian/alerta) - Distributed, scaleable and
flexible monitoring system.
* [Bloonix](https://bloonix.org) - Bloonix is a monitoring solution that helps
businesses to ensure high availability and performance. `GPLv3` `Perl`
* [bolo](http://bolo.niftylogic.com/) - A Do-it-Yourself monitoring framework built
to gather metrics, mine data and report on the systems in your network.
* [Bosun](http://bosun.org/) - Monitoring and alerting system by Stack Exchange
([Source Code](https://github.com/bosun-monitor/bosun), [Documentation]
(http://bosun.org/quickstart.html)) `MIT` `Go`
* [Cacti](http://www.cacti.net) - Web-based network monitoring and graphing tool.
* [Cabot](http://cabotapp.com/) - Monitoring and alerts, similar to PagerDuty.
* [cadvisor](https://github.com/google/cadvisor) - Analyzes resource usage and
performance characteristics of running containers ([Source Code]
(https://github.com/google/cadvisor)) `Apache` `Go`
* [check_mk](http://mathias-kettner.com/check_mk.html) - Collection of extensions
for Nagios.
* [Dash](https://github.com/afaqurk/linux-dash) - A low-overhead monitoring web
dashboard for a GNU/Linux machine.
* [EdMon](https://github.com/Edraens/EdMon) - A command-line monitoring application
helping you to check that your hosts and services are available, with notifications
support. `MIT` `Java`
* [ElastiFlow](https://github.com/robcowart/elastiflow) - Network flow Monitoring
(Netflow, sFlow and IPFIX) with the Elastic Stack.
* [eZ Server Monitor](http://www.ezservermonitor.com) - A lightweight and simple
dashboard monitor for Linux, available in Web and Bash application.
* [Flapjack](http://flapjack.io/) - Monitoring notification routing & event
processing system.
* [Healthchecks](https://healthchecks.io/) - Monitoring for cron jobs, background
services and scheduled tasks.
* [Icinga](https://www.icinga.org/) - Nagios fork that has since lapped nagios
several times. Comes with the possibility of clustered monitoring - ([Source Code]
(https://github.com/Icinga)) - `GPLv2`
* [LibreNMS](http://www.librenms.org) - Fully featured network monitoring system
that provides a wealth of features and device support.
* [Monit](http://mmonit.com/monit/#home) - Small utility for managing and
monitoring Unix systems.
* [Munin](http://munin-monitoring.org/) - Networked resource monitoring tool.
* [Naemon](http://www.naemon.org/) - Network monitoring tool based on the Nagios 4
core with performance enhancements and new features.
* [Nagios](https://www.nagios.org/) - Computer system, network and infrastructure
monitoring software application.
* [Observium](http://www.observium.org/) - SNMP monitoring for servers and
networking devices. Runs on linux.
* [OMD](http://omdistro.org/) - The Open Monitoring Distribution.
* [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.
* [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.
* [Sensu](https://sensuapp.org/) - Monitoring framework.
* [ServerStatus BotoX](https://github.com/BotoX/ServerStatus) - Display and monitor
your servers statistics in a beatiful way.
* [ServerStatus moejda](https://github.com/mojeda/ServerStatus) - Server Status
website script, displays uptime (days), free RAM, free HDD
* [Shinken](http://www.shinken-monitoring.org/) - Another monitoring framework.
* [SWMP - Server Web Monitor Page](https://swmp.fuzzytek.ml/) - A responsive, eye-
pleasing Linux server statistics dashboard.([Source Code]
(https://github.com/fuzzymannerz/swmp))
* [Thruk](http://www.thruk.org/) - Multibackend monitoring web interface with
support for Naemon, Nagios, Icinga and Shinken.
* [Uchiwa](https://uchiwa.io/) - Simple dashboard for sensu.
* [Vector](https://github.com/Netflix/vector/) - An on-host performance monitoring
framework.
* [Xymon](https://www.xymon.com/) - Network monitoring inspired by Big Brother.
* [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
* [Diamond](https://github.com/BrightcoveOS/Diamond) - Python based statistic
collection daemon.
* [Collectd](http://collectd.org/) - System statistic collection daemon.
* [Collectl](http://collectl.sourceforge.net/) - High precision system
performance metrics collecting tool.
* [PGObserver](https://github.com/zalando/PGObserver) - Monitoring solution for
PostgreSQL databases that also works with AWS RDS.
* [Statsd](https://github.com/etsy/statsd/) - Application statistic listener.
* [tcollector]
(http://opentsdb.net/docs/build/html/user_guide/utilities/tcollector.html) - System
statistic collection daemon written in Python for OpenTSDB
* [Telegraf](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf) - The plugin-driven server
agent for collecting & reporting metrics.

* Dashboards
* [Grafana](http://grafana.org/) - A Graphite & InfluxDB Dashboard and Graph
Editor.
* [Ganglia](http://ganglia.sourceforge.net/) - High performance, scalable RRD
based monitoring for grids and/or clusters of servers. Compatible with Graphite
using a single collection process.
* [RRDtool](http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/) - Industry standard, high performance
data logging and graphing system for time series data.
* [Dashing](http://dashing.io/) - Ruby gem that allows for rapid statistical
dashboard development. An all HTML5 approach allows for big screen displays in data
centers or conference rooms.
* [Facette](http://facette.io) - Time series data visualization and graphing
software written in Go.
* [Freeboard](https://github.com/Freeboard/freeboard) - A damn-sexy front-end
real-time dashboard for the internet of things. Transforms raw JSON into delicious
UI.
* [Netdata](http://netdata.firehol.org/) - Real-time performance monitoring for
Linux systems with plugin support.

* Storage
* [OpenTSDB](http://opentsdb.net/) - Store and server massive amounts of time
series data without losing granularity.
* [KairosDB](https://github.com/kairosdb/kairosdb) - Fast distributed scalable
time series database, fork of OpenTSDB 1.x.
* [InfluxDB](https://influxdb.com/) - Distributed time series database with no
external dependencies.

* Packages
* [Prometheus](http://prometheus.io/) - Service monitoring system and time series
database.
* [Packetbeat](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats) - Captures network traffic
and displays it in a custom Kibana dashboard for easy viewing.
* [Graphite](http://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) - Scalable graphing
server.

## Network Configuration Management

*Network configuration management tools.*

* [GestióIP](http://www.gestioip.net/) - An automated web based IPv4/IPv6 IP

Address Management tool.
* [GNS3](https://www.gns3.com/) - Graphical network simulator that provides a
variety of virtual appliances - ([Source Code](https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/),
[Documentation](https://docs.gns3.com/)) - `GPLv3`
* [Oxidized](https://github.com/ytti/oxidized) - A modern take on network device
configuration monitoring with web interface and GIT storage.
* [phpIPAM](http://phpipam.net/) - Open source IP address management with
[PowerDNS](https://www.powerdns.com/) integration.
* [RANCID](http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/) - Monitors network device's
configuration and maintain history of changes.
* [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.

* [phpList](https://www.phplist.com/) - Newsletter manager written in PHP.
* [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
* [Apache HBase](http://hbase.apache.org/) - Hadoop database, a distributed, big
data store.
* [Cassandra](http://cassandra.apache.org/) - Distributed DBMS designed to handle
large amounts of data across many servers.
* [Hypertable](http://hypertable.org/) - C++ based BigTable-like DBMS,
communicates through Thrift and runs either as stand-alone or on distributed FS
such as Hadoop.
* Document Store
* [CouchDB](http://couchdb.apache.org/) - Ease of use, with multi-master
replication document-oriented database system.
 * [ElasticSearch](https://www.elastic.co/) - Java based database, popular with
log aggregation, and email archiving projects.
* [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.org/) - Another document-oriented database
system.
* [RavenDB](http://ravendb.net/) - Document based database with
ACID/Transactional features.
* [RethinkDB](http://www.rethinkdb.com/) - Distributed document store database,
focuses on JSON.
* Graph
* [FlockDB](https://github.com/twitter/flockdb) - Twitter's distributed, fault-
tolerant graph database.
* [Neo4j](http://neo4j.com/) - Graph database.
* Key-Value
* [LevelDB](https://github.com/google/leveldb) - Google's high performance
key/value database.
* [Redis](http://redis.io/) - Networked, in-memory, key-value data store with
optional durability.
* [Riak](http://docs.basho.com/) - Another fault-tolerant key-value NoSQL
database.

Comparison of NoSQL servers: http://kkovacs.eu/cassandra-vs-mongodb-vs-couchdb-vs-

redis

## Packaging

* [fpm](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm) - Versatile multi format package

creator.
* [omnibus-ruby](https://github.com/chef/omnibus) - Full stack, cross distro
packaging software (Ruby).
* [packman](http://packman.readthedocs.org) - Full stack, cross distro packaging
software (Python).
* [tito](https://github.com/dgoodwin/tito) - Builds RPMs for git-based projects.

## Project Management

*Web-based project management and bug tracking systems*: see

https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted#project-management

## Queuing

* [ActiveMQ](https://activemq.apache.org/) - Java message broker.

* [BeanstalkD](http://kr.github.io/beanstalkd/) - A simple, fast work queue.
* [Gearman](http://gearman.org/) - Fast multi-language queuing/job processing
platform.
* [Kafka](http://kafka.apache.org) - Extremely high performance publish/subscribe
message system.
* [NSQ](http://nsq.io/) - A realtime distributed messaging platform.
* [RabbitMQ](http://www.rabbitmq.com/) - Robust, fully featured, cross distro
queuing system.
* [ZeroMQ](http://zeromq.org/) - Lightweight queuing system.

## RDBMS

*Relational DBMS.*

* [Firebird](http://www.firebirdsql.org/) - True universal database.

* [Galera](http://galeracluster.com/) - Galera Cluster for MySQL is an easy-to-use
high-availability solution with high system up-time, no data loss, and scalability
for future growth.
* [MariaDB](https://mariadb.org/) - Community-developed fork of the MySQL.
* [adminer](https://www.adminer.org/) - Database management in a single PHP file
([Source code](https://github.com/vrana/adminer))
* [Percona Server](https://www.percona.com/software) - Enhanced, drop-in MySQL
replacement.
* [PostgreSQL](http://www.postgresql.org/) - Object-relational database management
system (ORDBMS).
* [PostgreSQL-XL](http://www.postgres-xl.org/) - Scalable PostgreSQL-based database
cluster.
* [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.
* [rdpwrap](https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap) - RDP wrapper library allowing
Remote Desktop Host support and concurrent RDP sessions on reduced functionality
systems for home usage.

## Service Discovery

* [Consul](https://www.consul.io/) - Consul is a tool for service discovery,

monitoring and configuration.
* [Doozerd](https://github.com/ha/doozerd) - Doozer is a highly-available,
completely consistent store for small amounts of extremely important data.
* [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.
* [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/) - Define and run multi-
container Docker applications.
* [Docker Swarm](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/) - Manage cluster of
Docker Engines.
* [LXC](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/) - Userspace interface for the Linux
kernel containment features.
* [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.

* [Stashboard](http://www.stashboard.org) - Status page for cloud services and
APIs.
* [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.

* [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.
* [Sysdig](http://www.sysdig.org/) - Capture system state and activity from a
running Linux instance, then save, filter and analyze.
* [Dripcap](https://github.com/dripcap/dripcap) - Caffeinated Packet Analyzer.
* [Wireshark](https://www.wireshark.org/) - The world's foremost network protocol
analyzer.

## Version control

*Software versioning and revision control.*

* [Fossil](http://www.fossil-scm.org/) - Distributed version control with built-in

wiki and bug tracking.
* [Git](http://git-scm.com/) - Distributed revision control and source code
management (SCM) with an emphasis on speed.
* [GNU Bazaar](http://bazaar.canonical.com/) - Distributed revision control system
sponsored by Canonical.
* [Mercurial](https://www.mercurial-scm.org/) - Another distributed revision
control.
* [Subversion](http://subversion.apache.org/) - Client-server revision control
system.

## Virtualization

*Virtualization software.*

* [Archipel](http://archipelproject.org/) - XMPP based virtualization management

platform.
* [ConVirt](http://www.convirture.com/products_opensource.php) - Provides the core
functionality for centrally managing your KVM or Xen virtualized environment.
* [Ganeti](http://www.ganeti.org/) - Cluster virtual server management software
tool built on top of KVM and Xen.
* [KVM](http://www.linux-kvm.org) - Linux kernel virtualization infrastructure.
* [OpenNebula](http://opennebula.org/) - Flexible enterprise cloud made simple.
* [OpenNode](http://opennodecloud.com) - Builds open-source infrastructure
management software and implements cloud systems.
* [oVirt](http://www.ovirt.org/) - Manages virtual machines, storage and virtual
networks.
* [Packer](https://www.packer.io/) - A tool for creating identical machine images
for multiple platforms from a single source configuration.
* [Proxmox VE](https://www.proxmox.com/proxmox-ve) - Virtualization management
solution.
* [QEMU](http://www.qemu.org/) - QEMU is a generic machine emulator and
virtualizer.
* [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/) - Tool for building complete development
environments.
* [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/) - Virtualization product from Oracle
Corporation.
* [Xen](http://www.xenproject.org/) - Virtual machine monitor for 32/64 bit Intel /
AMD (IA 64) and PowerPC 970 architectures.
* [XenServer](http://xenserver.org/) - Turnkey virtualization platform based on
CentOS distribution, using Xen and an extended toolstack/API.

## VPN

*VPN software.*

* [ocserv](http://www.infradead.org/ocserv/) - Cisco AnyConnect-compatible VPN

server
* [OpenVPN](https://community.openvpn.net) - Uses a custom security protocol that
utilizes SSL/TLS for key exchange.
* [Pritunl](http://pritunl.com/) - OpenVPN based solution. Easy to set up.
* [SoftEther](https://www.softether.org/) - Multi-protocol software VPN with
advanced features
* [sshuttle](https://github.com/sshuttle/sshuttle) - Poor man's VPN.
* [strongSwan](https://www.strongswan.org/) - Complete IPsec implementation for
Linux.
* [tinc](http://www.tinc-vpn.org/) - Distributed p2p VPN.

## Web

*Web servers.*

* [Algernon](http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/) - Web/application server that

supports Lua, live-reload, templates, Sass and HTTP/2.
* [Apache](http://httpd.apache.org/) - Most popular web server.
* [Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/) - Lightweight, general-purpose web server
supporting HTTP/2, automatic TLS and easy configuration. Written in Go.
* [Cherokee](http://cherokee-project.com/) - Lightweight, high-performance web
server/reverse proxy.
* [Hiawatha](https://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/) - Prioritises security,
simplicity and performance.
* [Lighttpd](http://www.lighttpd.net/) - Web server more optimized for speed-
critical environments.
* [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.*

* [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
* [Code as Craft](https://codeascraft.com/) - Etsy's Ops blog, lots of technical
posts.
* [DevOpsGuys](http://blog.devopsguys.com/) - Devops consultants who blog about
operations.
* [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.
* [The Linux Command Line](http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php) - A book about the
Linux command line by William Shotts.
* [The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win]
(http://itrevolution.com/books/phoenix-project-devops-book/) - How DevOps
techniques can fix the problems that happen in IT organizations.
* [The Practice of System and Network Administration]
(http://everythingsysadmin.com/books.html) - The first and second editions
describes the best practices of system and network administration, independent of
specific platforms or technologies.
* [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.
* [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com) - Really, really large bulletin board system.
* [/r/Linux](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux) - News and information about Linux.
* [/r/LinuxQuestions](https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions)
* [/r/SysAdmin](https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/)
* [Spiceworks Community](https://community.spiceworks.com/start) – General
enterprise IT news and small articles.
* [StackExchange Network](https://stackexchange.com/sites#technology) – Q&A
communities.
* [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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