Beanstalkd is a simple, fast work queue. Its interface is generic, but was originally designed for reducing the latency of page views in high-volume web applications by running time-consuming tasks asynchronously. In this documentation, I will show how to install Beanstalkd on CentOS 6.

Install …

Sensu is often described as the “monitoring router”. Essentially, Sensu takes the results of “check” scripts run across many systems, and if certain conditions are met; passes their information to one or more “handlers”. Checks are used, for example, to determine if a service like Apache is up or …

InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database with no external dependencies. In this documentation, I will show how to install InfluxDB on CentOS 6.

Download InfluxDB

wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/influxdb/influxdb-latest-1.x86_64.rpm

Install InfluxDB

sudo rpm -ivh …

Fluentd is an open source data collector, which lets you unify the data collection and consumption for a better use and understanding of data. In this documentation, I will show how to install fluentd (td-agent) on CentOS 6.

Pre-installation: increase number of maximum file descriptors

ulimit -n …

Elasticsearch is a distributed restful search and analytics. In this documentation, I will show how to install Elasticsearch on CentOS 6.

Install Oracle Java

wget --header "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" …

Varnish Cache is a web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy. You install it in front of any server that speaks HTTP and configure it to cache the contents. Varnish Cache is really, really fast. It typically speeds up delivery with a factor of 300 - 1000x, depending on …