4 Systems & infrastructure

Every entry filed under Systems & infrastructure and its subtopics.

21 entries match these filters

0404 Find the largest folders on a drive with PowerShell Lists the biggest top-level folders under a path, with file counts and sizes in GB, so you can see where the disk… Beginner · Step by step · Linux, macOS, Windows Script PowerShell · Windows administration 15 Oct 2026
0347 Port check script: test a list of host:port pairs with timeouts A bash script that tries a TCP connection to each host:port you give it, waits a few seconds at most, and reports… Beginner · Cheat sheet · Linux, macOS Script DNS, IP addresses & ports · Firewalls 15 Oct 2026
0348 DNS check script: compare answers from several resolvers A bash script that looks up one or more names against your system resolver and three public resolvers, shows each answer with… Beginner · Cheat sheet · Linux, macOS Script DNS, IP addresses & ports 15 Oct 2026
0358 SSH server audit script: print risky sshd settings A read-only bash script that asks sshd for its effective configuration, compares the important settings with safe values, flags config.d files that… Intermediate · Cheat sheet · Linux Script Server hardening · SSH 15 Oct 2026
0366 restic backup wrapper with tagging, retention and a weekly check A bash wrapper that runs restic backup on a fixed list of paths, applies a keep-daily/weekly/monthly policy with forget and prune, runs… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS Script Backup tools · Backups & syncing 15 Oct 2026
0367 verify-latest-backup: alert when the newest dump is too old or too small A read-only bash check that finds the newest file in a backup directory, compares its age and size against limits, optionally tests… Beginner · Step by step · Linux Script Backups & syncing · Strategy & restore drills 15 Oct 2026
0335 Docker cleanup script with dry run and confirmation A bash wrapper around docker system prune that shows disk usage and lists what would be removed, supports a dry-run flag, and… Beginner · Step by step · Linux, macOS Script Docker basics · Shell scripting 15 Oct 2026
0336 Back up and restore a Docker named volume to a tar archive A bash script that copies the contents of a named Docker volume into a .tar.gz on the host, and restores an archive… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS Script Backup tools · Docker basics 15 Oct 2026
0171 Extend an LVM logical volume and filesystem online (safe script) A bash script that grows the LVM volume behind a mount point, checks the filesystem type and free space first, and runs… Advanced · Step by step · Linux Script Disks, LVM & filesystems 15 Oct 2026
0178 Create a sudo user with an SSH key and disable password login A bash script that creates an admin user in the sudo or wheel group, installs their SSH public key and can switch… Advanced · Step by step · Linux Script Keys & config · Users, sudo & hardening 15 Oct 2026
0182 Your first Ansible playbook: install nginx and publish a page A complete beginner playbook that installs nginx on Debian or Ubuntu servers, starts it at boot and deploys a home page, with… Beginner · Step by step · Linux, macOS Script Ansible 15 Oct 2026
0183 Ansible variables, templates and handlers: configure an nginx site Use group variables, Jinja2 templates and handlers together: render an nginx server block from variables, test the config and reload nginx only… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS Script Ansible 15 Oct 2026
0188 First Terraform configuration: variables, a module and outputs (no cloud needed) A complete Terraform project that writes local files with the hashicorp/local provider, so you can practice init, plan, apply, modules and destroy… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system Script Terraform 15 Oct 2026
0168 Server health check script: disk, memory and failed units A dependency-free bash script that checks disk and inode usage, available memory, load, failed systemd units and pending reboots, and exits non-zero… Intermediate · Cheat sheet · Linux Script Disks, LVM & filesystems · Services & systemd 15 Oct 2026
0139 Collect describe, events and logs of a failing Kubernetes pod A bash script that saves a pod's status, describe output, events, YAML, current and previous logs of every container and its node… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS Script Troubleshooting 15 Oct 2026
0141 List Kubernetes pods that are not Running and Ready A bash script that lists every pod across namespaces that is Pending, failing or running but not ready, with the waiting reason,… Intermediate · Cheat sheet · Linux, macOS Script Troubleshooting 15 Oct 2026
0158 Collect an OpenShift project report with oc A read-only bash script that gathers a project's workloads, pods, routes, builds, storage and warning events, plus describe output and logs of… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS Script Deploying applications · Troubleshooting 15 Oct 2026
0159 OpenShift cluster health snapshot: oc adm, nodes, MachineConfigPools and updates An admin overview of OpenShift day-2 checks (cluster version, update channels, cluster Operators, nodes, MachineConfigPools, must-gather) with a read-only bash script that… Advanced · Cheat sheet · Linux, macOS Script Cluster administration · Troubleshooting 15 Oct 2026
0108 List all Proxmox VE guests with status and locks (pvesh + jq) A Bash script that lists every VM and container in the cluster with node, status, lock, memory and uptime, using the Proxmox… Intermediate · Cheat sheet · Linux Script Shell scripting · VMs & containers 15 Oct 2026
0109 A vzdump wrapper script with checks, retention and a log file A Bash wrapper around vzdump that checks the target storage first, backs up chosen guests or all guests with zstd and keep-last… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux Script Backup & restore · Shell scripting 15 Oct 2026
0128 virsh status report: VMs, state, resources and IPs in one table A read-only bash script that prints a libvirt/KVM host report: virtual networks, storage pools, and every VM with its state, vCPUs, memory,… Intermediate · Cheat sheet · Linux Script Basics 15 Oct 2026