Our Redmine install died, We all cried!

We have been using redmine for quite a long time and a few months ago attempted to upgrade from 1.3 to 2.something. Unfortunately I (quite typically) borked the installation and since then its been hobbling along after my attempts to fix it left it crippled. Yesterday it finally gave up the fight and my attempts … Continue reading Our Redmine install died, We all cried!

Quick and easy setup of and connection to NRPE on Ubuntu

About NRPE NRPE (Nagios Remote Plugin Executor) is a useful tool that allows you to execute scripts on remote servers and return the output for ingestion by some form of monitoring software. Setup We currently have our own instance of Icinga running to monitor our servers and have recently started to offer access to it … Continue reading Quick and easy setup of and connection to NRPE on Ubuntu

Debug PHP CLI on Remote Server with Xdebug and PHPStorm

This was a head scratcher when I ran into this yesterday and I thought I would share my solution to the following scenario: I need to debug PHP Command Line script, located on Remote LAMP Virtual WebServer running in Virtual Box with a Shared Folder, using local PHPStorm 5.0. The solution: You first must set … Continue reading Debug PHP CLI on Remote Server with Xdebug and PHPStorm