Open Source Python Systems Administration Software for Linux

Moodss is a modular monitoring application, composed of a GUI and a daemon, which supports any device or process for which a module can be developed. Complete dashboards with graphical viewers, thresholds, SQL database archiving, ... can be managed.

Nuhe is a log monitoring system, which is capable of alarm generation and action when rules are matched against log(s) activity.

Originally written by Paul Vixie in 1986 and distributed through mod.sources, "display" is a program which will repeatedly execute a command and display the output through curses. The purpose of this project is to maintain and extend display.

The Secure Remote Log Monitor (SRLM) project provides client and server utilities that collect application or system log files from multiple systems over an untrusted network onto a central server for analysis and action.

###### HDDtempNC has now moved to Github ###### ###### Please visit the Github project at https://github.com/viharm/HDDtempNC ###### HDDtempNC provides a script to acquire hard disk drive temperature for a target host by querying an existing HDDtemp daemon and then parse the results according to the request. See project wiki for more details, usage and code.

A system to log and track user logons, logoffs, computer information, and statistics in a Microsoft Windows environment. It includes a client side application (veloapport.exe - intended to be run as a logon and logoff script) and an analyzer (veloapportdetective.py) reporting hardware changes and populates a computer inventory table. The client (veloapport.exe) sends user and machine information to a MySQL database server and VeloApport Detective populates a computer inventory table while also detecting changes and if the system drive is running out of free space.

DPytHOS is a means for administrators of large networks to both monitor and manage the servers under their control. DPytHOS is implemented in python and uses a generic database back-end (with MySQL supported and MS-SQL 2000 supported via XML)

Nuhe Client is a project related to the Nuhe Action Capable Log Monitor. This GUI client simplifies the administration of sensors and node managers, making it easier to control and monitor the network. Comes with a rule editor as well as a log monitor.

Retrieve statistics from SNMP-aware devices, store them in a database and graphically display them for monitoring and notification purposes.

PyIDS is an intrusion detection system whose aim is to provide concise information to administrators about some parts of the system i.e filesystem checksums, unknown connections to the machine, access control lists of special files, log revision...

Python gen-purpose log monitoring tool. Can track several log files at once, and trigger actions by regexp matching. Actions are defined via modules with a very simple interface to implement. It can monitor syslog as well as gather web server stats.

Rxlogd is a receive-only syslog server (collector) that can coexist with sysklogd. It features simplicity, ease of use and a built-in dns cache for high performance.

arclog archives the log files monthly. It supports Apache access log, Syslog, NTP, Apache 1 SSL engine log, modified ISO date/time log file formats, and Apache-like logs like CUPS, ProFTPD, Pure-FTPd… etc., and gzip and bzip2 compression methods.

logProcessor is a daemon that read logfile in real-time and write to MySQL or PostgreSQL database. Have modules to split log line in table fields and writed to have a great performace.

Logpecker is a tool for syslog files like /var/log/messages. More flexible than a simple regexp matcher, you can use syslog facility and priority. Messages that appear too often are sieved out. Generates root-tail tickers, reports, active event lists

Logtool is a python script that takes the output from any logfile that has a repeated format from line to line and formats it in a number of ways, including column customisation, colour and search term highlighting.

Lovi is a log file monitoring tool for the K Desktop Environment.

Pymoodss is a multithreading python extension library for the moodss server monitoring system. Modules for mod_backhand, df, psgrep, ping, mdstat are avaible.

Mutant is a multi-threaded command line monitoring tool, written in Python, using the ncurses library. With it, you can watch the output from multiple commands in a single terminal. Each command has a specific interval and color.

Netconsole2Mail is simple python based daemon that receives netconsole messages from kernel on configured hosts and sends them to administrator in configured pooling interval. Only new messages are sent.

privacyIDEA is a management and authentication system for two factor authentication. You can use OTP tokens, OTP cards, SMS, Smartphone Apps to incorparte the second factor. It can even manage SSH keys and supports Offline OTP. The latest version can manage and enroll user certificates. Its modular design makes it easily enhancable. It runs on Linux. Applications and workflows can be connected to privacyIDEA hence enabling two factor authentication in your system logon, web applications, SSL VPNs, firewalls and many more. A detailed audit log gives you full control of what happens when, where (why? ;-) and by whom. A demo site is available at demo.privacyidea.org.

A small and easy-to-install program that will help keep track of script-kiddy-mediated changes to your system.

yalimon (Yet another linux monitoring tool) is a python script that runs as a cron job, gathers data from several commands, stores it in a database and then creates graphs out of it. A web interface is used to view the images and to manage the module