Tag Archives: network

Network monitoring #1: Server temperatures, MQTT and Bash

It’s always a good idea to know the state of the machines on your network. Plus, I’m a geek, and messing around with data appeals to me. One metric I especially like to keep an eye on is CPU temperature. Why? Why not? I’ve recently got into InfluxDB and Grafana, and that’s the way all future projects will be going…. Read more »

Chatting at home with ejabberd on the Raspberry Pi

One of the problems with having just two people living in an old, rambling house is that you spend a lot of time shouting. My More Significant Other (MSO) and I work in different parts of the house – I have an office and she prefers to work on her laptop in the living room. We often need to communicate… Read more »