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Backup

Backup software

• Amanda-Client-server model Backup tool
• Bacula-Another client-server model Backup tool
• Backupninja-Lightweight, extensible meta-data backup system
• BACKUPPC-Client-server model Backup tool and file sharing scenario.
• Burp-Network backup and restore program
• Duplicity-bandwidth encrypted using the RSYNC algorithm-efficient backup
• LSYNCD-Monitors the change of a local directory tree and then generates a process to synchronize changes. Rsync is used by default.
• Rsnapshot-File System Snapshot Tool
• Safekeep-Using Rdiff-backup, centralized, pull-based backup
• TARSNAP-Secure backup service with an open source client
• Urbackup-Another client-server backup system
• Backup scripts for Drebs-aws EBS support policies

Cloning

Cloning software

• Clonezilla-Partitioning and disk mirroring/cloning programs
• Fog-Another computer cloning solution
• Redo backup-Simple backups, restores and restores

Cloud computing

• appscale– Open source cloud computing software compatible with Google App engine.
• Archipel-Manage and monitor virtual machines using Libvirt
• CloudStack-Cloud software for creating, managing, and deploying the underlying cloud services
• Cobbler-cobbler is a Linux installation server that allows you to quickly build a network installation environment
• Eucalyptus-Open source private cloud software compatible with AWS
• Mesos-Development and operation of highly energy efficient distributed systems.
• Opennebula-A user-driven cloud management platform for system administrators and development operations
• OpenStack-Open source software for building private and open clouds
• The Foreman-foreman is a full life cycle management tool for both physical and virtual servers. FOSS.

Cloud Business Processes

• The Bosh-iaas business process platform was originally used to deploy and manage the cloud computing platform PAAs, but it is also used for common distributed systems.
• Cloudify-Open Source tosca-based cloud business process software platform written using Python and Yaml.
• Juju-Cloud orchestration tools for managing services, such as CHARMS,YAML configuration and deployment script sets
• Mcollective-Management Server business process and development of the Ruby framework from the puppet lab
• Overcast-Deploy VMS on different cloud providers and run command lines and scripts in parallel via SSH on any or all (VMS)
• Rundeck-A simple business process tool
• Salt-python Writing

Cloud storage

• Git-annex Assistant-A sync folder on your every OSX and Linux pc, Android device, removable drive, NAS appliance and cloud service
• OwnCloud-Provides unified access to your files through the Web, your PC and your mobile device
• Seafile-Another open source cloud storage solution
• Sparkleshare-Provides cloud storage and file Synchronization Services. It uses git as the storage backend by default
• Swift-a highly available, distributed, and ultimately consistent object/Big data store
• Syncthing-an open source system for private, encrypted and authenticated data

Code review

A collaborative code review system based on web

• Gerrit-based on git versioning, it facilitates software developers to review source code modifications and approve or reject these changes.
• Review Board-free software available based on the MIT license

Collaboration software

Collaboration software and groupware Suite

• Citadel/ux-Collaboration Kit (messages and groupware) inherited from the Citadel family program
• Groupware software written by egroupware-php
• Horde Groupware-PHP-based collaboration software suite, including mail, calendar, wiki, time tracking and file management
• Kolab-Another groupware kit
• SOGo-Collaboration software server, focus on simplicity and scalability
• Zimbra-collaboration software suite, including mail Service and Web Client

Configure the Management database

Configuration Management database (CMDB) software

• I-doit-Open Source It document management and CMDB
• ITop-A fully open source, ITIL, web-based service management tool
• Ralph-Asset Management for large data centers or smaller local networks, DICM and CMDB systems
• Clusto-helps track your inventory, where, how to connect, and provides an abstract interface for interacting with infrastructure elements

Configuration Management

Configuration management Tools

• Ansible-python, managing nodes via SSH
• CFEngine-Lightweight proxy system. Configure the state by stating the language.
• Written in Chef-rbuy and Erlang, using pure RUBYDSL
• The Fabric-python library and CLI tools simplify the use of SSH for application deployment or system administration tasks.
• Pallet-schema definition, configuration and management via Clojure DSL
• Puppet-ruby written, using Puppet declaration language or Rbuy DSL
• Salt-python Writing
• Slaughter-perl Writing

Continuous succession and continuous deployment

Continuous integration/Deployment software

• Buildbot-Python-based Continuous integration tool
• Drone-Build a continuous integration server in Docker, configured with YAML files
• GitLab CI-based on Rbuy. They also provide gitlab for managing git repositories
• Go-Open source Continuous delivery server
• Jenkins-A scalable, open-source, continuous Integration Server
• Vlad the Deployer-automated deployment

Distributed File System

Network Distributed File System

• Ceph-Distributed object storage and file systems
• DRBD-Distributed block device replication
• Leofs-unstructured objects/data storage and high availability, distributed, and ultimately consistent storage systems.

• GlusterFS-extensible, Network attached storage file system.
• Distributed, scalable, portable file system for the Hadoop framework, written by Hdfs-java
• Lustre-A parallel Distributed file system, generally used for large-scale cluster computing.
• Moosefs-Fault tolerant, network Distributed File system.
• MogileFS-application level, network Distributed File system.

• OpenAFS-read replicas and distributed network file systems supported by multiple operating systems

• TAHOELAFS-Secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant, point-to-point distributed data storage, and distributed file systems.
• The XTREEMFS-XTREEMFS is a fault-tolerant distributed file system for storage requirements.

Dns

DNS Server

• Bind-the most widely used domain name service software
• Djbdns-dns application collection, including Tinydns
• Designate-dns REST API, back-end support for multiple DNS servers
• DNSMASQ-Lightweight service that provides DNS,DHCP and TFTP services for small-scale networks
• Knot-High performance, authoritative DNS server
• NSD-Authoritative, high-performance, simple domain name server.
• Powerdns-A DNS server with a variety of data storage backend and load-balancing capabilities.
• Unbound-authentication, recursion, and caching of DNS parsers.
• Yadifa-A lightweight, authoritative domain name server with DNSSEC compatibility that supports the. EU top-level domain name.

Host Control Panel

Web Host Control Panel

• Ajenti-linux and BSD Control Panel
• Feathur-vps Supply and management software
• Ispconfig-linux Host Control Panel
• VESTACP-host panel for Linux and Nginx
• Virtualmin-Webmin-based Linux control Panel
• Zpanel-linux BSD and Windows Control Panel

Imap/pop3

IMAP/POP3 Mail Server

• Courier IMAP/POP3-Fast, scalable, enterprise-class IMAP and POP3 servers
• Cyrus IMAP/POP3-run on a sealed server, the normal user is not allowed to log on.
• DOVECOT-IMAP and POP3 servers written primarily for security purposes
• Qpopper-an old and popular POP3 server implementation

It Asset Management

It Asset management software

• GLPI-Information Resource Manager with additional management interfaces
• OCS Inventory NG-allows users to liquidate it assets
• Racktables-Data center and server room assets, such as the hardware assets, network address, in the shelf space, the network configuration document.
• Ralph-Asset Management, DCIM, and CMDB for large data center systems and small LAN networks.
• Snipe IT-Asset and license management software

Ldap

LDAP server

• 389 Directory Server-Deploy with Red Hat
• Apache Directory Server-Apache Software Foundation project written in Java
• Fusion Directory-improved service and corporate directory management based on OPENLDAP
• Opendj-opends Branch
• OpenDS-Another directory server written in Java
• OpenLDAP-Developed by the OpenLDAP project

Log Management

Log management tools: Collect, Parse, visualize

• Elasticsearch-a Lucene-based document store that is used primarily for log indexing, storage, and analysis.
• FLUENTD-Log collection and issuance
• Flume-Distributed Log collection and aggregation system
• GRAYLOG2-Pluggable log and event Analysis server with alarm options
• Heka-Stream processing system, which can be used for log aggregation
• Kibana-Visualizing log and timestamp data
• Logstash-Tools for managing events and logs
• Octopussy-Log management solution (visualization/alarms/reporting)

Monitoring

Monitoring software

• CACTI-web-based network monitoring and graphics tools
• Cabot-monitoring and alerting, similar to Pagerduty
• Extended collection of Check_mk-nagios
• Dash-a low-overhead web dashboard monitor for gnu/linux machines.
• Icinga-nagios Branch
• Librenms-observium Branch
• Monit-Small open source tools for managing and monitoring Unix systems
• Munin-Network Resource monitoring tool
• Naemon-NAGIOS4 Core-based network monitoring tool with performance enhancements and new features
• Nagios-Computer systems, network and infrastructure monitoring software
• Observium-SNMP monitoring of servers and network devices, running on Linux
• OMD-Open Monitoring distribution
• Opsview-based on Nagios4,opsview core for Small it and test environments
• Riemann-Flexible and fast event handlers that allow responsible time and metrics analysis
• Sensu-Open Source monitoring framework
• Sentry-Application monitoring, event logging and aggregation
• Shinken-Another monitoring framework
• Thruk-web interface for multi-background monitoring, support for Naemon,nagios,icinga and Shinken
• Xymon-inspired by Big Brother's network monitoring
• Zabbix-enterprise-class software for monitoring of networks and applications.
• Zabbix-Enterprise-class software for monitoring networks and applications
• Zenoss-Zope-based application, server and network management platform

Metrics and Metrics Collection

Metric collection and display software

• COLLECTD-System Statistics Collection Daemon
• COLLECTL-High precision system performance metrics collection tool.
• Dashing-ruby Gem, allows rapid development of statistical dashboards. Based on HTML5, allows large screen display in data center or conference room.
• Diamond-Python-based statistics collection daemon
• Ganglia-high performance, scalable monitoring device based on RRD servers for grids and/or clusters. Compatible with graphite, using a single collection process.
• Grafana-A graphite or influxdb dashboard and graphics editor
• Open source, scalable drawing server
• InfluxDB-Open Source distributed time series database with no external dependencies.
• KAIROSDB-Fast distributed Extensible Time series database, Opentsdb 1. Branch of X.
• OPENTSDB-store and service large amounts of time-series data without losing granularity.
• RRDtool-Open source Enterprise standard, high performance data logging and plotting system for time series data
• STATSD-Application Statistics monitoring

Network configuration Management

Network Configuration management Tools

• GESTIÓIP-an automated web-based Ipv4/ipv6 address management tool
• Rancid-Monitor network device configuration and maintenance history changes
• Rconfig-Another Network configuration management tool

Newsletter

Newsletter software

• Dadamail-perl writing a mailing list Manager
• Phplist-php-Written newsletter manager

Nosql

NoSQL Database

• Column Family
  • Apache Hbase-hadoop database, a distributed Big data store
  • Cassandra-distributed database management system designed to handle large amounts of data across multiple servers.
  • Hypertable-A C + + based BigTable DBMS that saves communication and can be run independently or on a Hadoop-like distributed fs.
• Document storage
  • CouchDB-a document-oriented database system for easy-to-use, multi-host replication.
  • ElasticSearch-Java-based database, popular log aggregation, and e-mail archiving projects.
  • MongoDB-another document-oriented database system
  • RavenDB-Document-based database with Acid/things functionality
  • RETHINKDB-Open source distributed document storage database, focus on JSON
• Figure
  • Flockdb-twitter distributed, fault-tolerant graph database
  • NEO4J-Open Source graph database
• Key value
  • Leveldb-google High Performance Key-value database
  • Redis-Support network, memory-based, key-value, and persistent database
  • Riak-Another fault-tolerant key-value NoSQL database

NoSQL Server comparison: Http://kkovacs.eu/cassandra-vs-mongodb-vs-couchdb-vs-redis

Packaged

• FPM-Versatile multi-format package creator
• Omnibus-ruby-Full stack, cross-release package management software (Ruby)
• Packman-Full stack, cross-release package management software (Python)
• Tito-Build rpm for GIT projects

Queue

• Beanstalkd-a simple, fast work queue.
• BEANSTALKD-A simple and fast work queue
• Gearman-Fast multi-lingual queue or task processing platform
• NSQ-messaging platform for real-time distribution
• RabbitMQ-Robust, full-featured, cross-release queue system
• ZeroMQ-Lightweight queuing system

Rdbms

relational database management System

• Firebird-A truly global open source database
• The Galera-galera MySQL cluster is an easy-to-use, high-availability solution with high system uptime, no data loss, and scalability for future growth.
• Mariadb-mysql's Community Development Branch
• MySQL-A very popular RDBMS server
• Percona Server-enhanced, replaceable MySQL
• PostgreSQL-Object Relational database management system (ORDBMS)
• POSTGRESQL-XL-A scalable open source database cluster based on PostgreSQL
• SQLite-Self-contained, weak server, 0 configuration, support for transactional SQL DBS Implementation Library

Safety

Security Tools

• DenyHosts-block SSH dictionary attacks and brute force attacks
• Fail2ban-Scan log files and take action on IP that shows malicious behavior
• SpamAssassin-a powerful and popular spam filter that uses a variety of detection techniques.

Service discovery

• Consul-consule is an Igor service discovery, monitoring and Configuration tool
• Doozerd-doozer is a highly available, fully consistent storage for a small amount of very important data
• Zookeeper-zookeeper is a centralized service for maintaining configuration information, naming, providing distributed synchronization and group services

Smtp

SMTP server

• Exim-The Message transfer agent (MTA) developed by Cambridge University
• Haraka-high-performance, pluggable SMTP server written with JAVASCIRPT
• Mailcatcher-ruby Gem deploys a simple SMTP MTA gateway that receives all messages and displays them on the Web interface. Useful for debugging and development.
• Maildrop-Open Source one-time mail server, also useful for development
• OPENSMTPD-Secure SMTP server implemented from the OpenBSD project
• Postfix-Fast, easy to manage and safe sendmail alternatives
• Qmail-a safe sendmail alternative
• Sendmail-Message transfer agent (MTA)

Software containers

Operating system-level virtualization

• Bitnami-producing open source software installers or packages for Web applications, development stacks and virtual appliances
• Docker-an open platform for developers and system administrators to build, publish, and run distributed applications
• Openvz-linux Platform Container-based virtualization

Ssh

SSH Tools

• AUTOSSH-Automatically resets the SSH session after a network outage.
• Cluster SSH-Controls multiple xterm windows through a graphical console.
• Dsh-dancer's shell/distributed shell-executes multiple remote shell commands from a single command-line wrapper.
• Mosh-Mobile Shell
• PARALLEL-SSH-Provides parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools
• SSH Power Tool-execute commands and upload files to multiple servers simultaneously without using the pre-shared key

Statistics

Analysis software

• Analog-the most popular log analysis tool in the world
• Goaccess-Open source real-time Web log analysis and interactive view running at the terminal
• Piwik-Free and open source web analytics app
• Webalizer-f Fast and free Web server log file parser

Work Order System

Web-based work order system

• Bugzilla-generic bug tracking and testing tools developed and used by the Mozilla project
• Cerb-a group-based mail management project based on commercial open source licensing
• Flyspray-Bug tracking system written using PHP
• MANTISBT-another Web-based defect tracking system
• OsTicket-Open source technical support ticket system
• Otrs-free and open source failure notification system software packages, companies, organizations, or other entities can use it to assign work orders based on queries and track further communication.
• Request Tracker-Work order tracking system written in Perl
• Thebuggenie-Open source work order system with very complete user rights assignment

Trouble shooting

Troubleshooting tools

• Mitmproxy-ython tool for intercepting, viewing, and modifying network traffic. It is very important to exclude certain problems.
• Sysdig-captures system state and activity from a running Linux instance, then saves, filters and analyzes
• Wireshark-the world's leading network protocol analysis tool

Project Management

Web-based project management and defect tracking system

• Chiliproject-redmine Branch
• Gitbucket, a github-written clone, a separate jar installation
• GitLab-The clone of GitHub written with Rbuy
• Gogs-Write with Go
• Openproject-Open Source project collaboration Project
• Phabricator PHP Writing
• Redmine-written in rbuy based on Rails
• The Bug genie-php written
• Trac-python Writing

Version control

Software version and version control

• Fossil-distributed version control, built-in wiki and bug tracking
• Git-Fast distributed versioning and source control
• GNU Bazaar-Distributed version control system sponsored by Cannoicalzi
• Mercurial-another version control
• Subversion-Client-server version control system

Virtualization of

Virtualization software

• Ganeti-Clustered Virtual Server management software built on KVM and Xen
• Kvm-linux Kernel Virtualization Architecture
• OVirt-Managing virtual machines, storage and virtual networks
• Packer-Create the same machine image from a single source configured for multiple platforms
• Vagrant-Tools to create a complete development environment
• VirtualBox-Virtualization products from Oracle Corporation
• Xen-Virtual machine monitor for 32/64-bit INTEL/AMD (IA 64) and PowerPC 970 architectures

Vpn

VPN software

• OpenVPN-Use SSL/TLS with a custom secure key exchange protocol.
• PRITUNL-OpenVPN-based solution for easy setup
• SoftEther-Multi-protocol VPN software with advanced features
• Sshuttle-The Poor VPN
• Full IPSec implementation under Strongswan-linux
• TINC-Distributed point-to-point VPN

Xmpp

XMPP server

• Ejabberd-XMPP SMS server written in ERLANG/OTP
• Metronome Im-prosody IM Branch
• Mongooseim-ejabberd Branch
• OpenFire-Real-time collaboration (RTC) server
• XMPP server written by Prosody Im-lua
• Tigase-java implementation of XMPP server

Webmails

Webmail applications

• Mailpile-a modern, fast Web-mail client with user-friendly encryption and privacy features.
• Mailpile-an advanced, fast Web-mail client that has a user-friendly encrypted private personality
• roundcube-browser-based IMAP Client with an Application-like user interface.
• Roundcube-browser-based IMAP client with an app-like user interface

Web

Web server

• Apache-the most popular web server
• Cherokee-Lightweight, high-performance Web server/reverse Proxy
• More optimized Web servers in the Lighttpd-speed-critical environment
• Nginx-Reverse proxy, load balancer, HTTP cache and Web server
• Uwsgi-uwsgi Project, the goal is to develop a full stack of build hosting services

Web Performance

• HAProxy-load balancer, SSL offload and performance optimizations, compression and generic web routing
• Varnish-HTTP-based Web application accelerator, focusing on memory optimization and compression

Wikis

Wiki software

• DokuWiki-Using a simple and highly versatile wiki, this does not require a database.
• Gollum-A simple, git-powered wiki with good APIs and a local front end.
• Ikiwiki-a wiki compiler
• Mediawiki-Strengthening Wikipedia
• MoinMoin-an advanced, easy-to-use, extensible Wiki engine with a full interactive wiki of community user Tiddlywiki-javascript
  • Ōlelo Wiki-wiki for saving pages on git storage

Resources

A variety of resources, such as books, websites and articles, to enhance skills and knowledge

Blog

• Code as Craft-etsy's operations blog, a large number of technical blogs
• Devopsguys-devops Consultant, operation and maintenance blog
• Rackspace Developers-blogs with a lot of devops topics

Books

Books related to the sysadmin

• The Linux command Line-william Shotts's book about Linux commands line
• The Phoenix project:a novel about it, DevOps, and helping Your how business win-devops technology fixes issues that occur in IT organizations
• The practice of System and network administration-first and second editions describe best practices for systems and network management, independent of specific platforms or technologies.
• The Visible Ops handbook:implementing ITIL in 4 practical and Auditable Steps-a methodology designed to initiate implementation control and process improvement.
• UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook-Walk into system management from the perspective of usage

Editor

Open Source Code Editor

• Atom-Text editor from GitHub
• Brackets-Open source editor for Web design and front-end development
• Eclipse-IDE written in Java with extensible plug-in system
• Geany-gtk2 Text Editor
• GNU Emacs-An extensible, customized text editor
• Haroopad-markdown Editor with live preview
• Icecoder-Very good code editor, built-in common Web language
• Real-time collaborative code editing supported by Jotgit-git
• Light Table-Next generation Code Editor
• Lime-designed to provide an open source alternative to sublime text
• Graphical text editor under Textmate-os x
• Vim-A highly configurable text editor for efficient editing

Newsletter

• Servers for Hackers-Programmer's Newsletter to find out what they need to know about server-related content.

Store

Package Storage

• Dotdeb-debian the storage of the lamp update package
• Remi-rhel/centos/fedora the storage of the lamp update package

Website

Useful system administrator-related sites

• Ops School-A comprehensive program that will help you become an OPS engineer.
• Digital Ocean Tutorials-a very large resource, access to basic applications, tools, and even systems management topics.

Transferred from: http://blog.jobbole.com/83212

Recommended! System administrator resources compiled by foreign programmers