Zabbix: restart a Windows service

In this tutorial, I will explain how to restart a Windows service where Zabbix agent is installed. If you followed the tutorial: Zabbix – Restart a service on Ubuntu – Linux, it’s almost identical. To illustrate this tutorial, we will try to restart the Winlogbeat service. As you can see, on several servers the Winlogbeat …

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Update Ansible on Ubuntu

In a previous tutorial, I explained how to install and use Ansible to execute automatic actions on your Windows and Linux servers. Like all applications, Ansible is regularly updated and so to enjoy the latest features and bug fixes, you should also update Ansible. The “problem” when you go through the official repositories of distributions …

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Zabbix – Restart a service on Ubuntu – Linux

In this tutorial, I will show you, how to restart a service (systemctl) on Ubuntu/Debian monitor with Zabbix. When we supervise a server and in particular the services, it happens that we want to restart a service which will be “fallen” automatically in order to guarantee a level of service. Restarting a service to fix …

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Crowdsec: send logs to Elasticsearch (ELK)

In this tutorial, I will explain how to send decision logs to Elasticsearch (ELK) so that you can create a dashboard to use the logs. What you need to achieve what described in the tutorial: Crowdsec version 1.2.x or higher an Elasticsearch server or an ELK stack Since version 1.2 of Crowdsec, a notification system …

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Crowdsec: protecting Windows servers

In a previous tutorial, I explained how to protect your Linux servers with Crowdsec in order to block “malicious” traffic. For almost 2 months now, the Crowdsec version has been available for Windows. If you are not yet familiar with Crowdsec, here is a brief presentation: Crowdsec will analyze different log files (Web, firewall, SSH, …

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