Blogs
Does Everything Still Work?
Building test-driven infrastructure with Bash Automated Testing System (BATS): creating 27 pre-change validation tests for websites, redirects, SSL endpoints, and dynamic content to answer "does everything still work?"MikroTik SNMP Oddity
Troubleshooting MikroTik CCR1036 SNMP failure on loopback interface: packet captures reveal implementation quirk refusing to return traffic via different interface than request arrived on, requiring monitoring via closest interface IP.SaltStack, CouchDB, and Nagios
Building distributed monitoring with SaltStack returners to CouchDB: storing nagios check results globally from multiple VPS locations, visualizing traceroutes/latency, and designing contextual alerts beyond simple up/down states.Observium November Release
Observium 0.14.11 released on schedule: new alerting system, Cisco ASA IPv4 session graphing from FIREWALL-MIB, Cambium Canopy support, and enabling built-in VMware ESXi SNMP monitoring.Phased Service Moves
Multi-phase migration to BGP-announced IP space: AS62758 turnup, moving LMS and external services from provider IPs, pre-change testing with reduced DNS TTLs, 1:1 NAT configs, and phased rollout strategy.