Open Source Linux Systems Administration Software

smartmontools contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI disks. It is derived from smartsuite.

Ganglia is a scalable distributed monitoring system for high-performance computing systems such as clusters and Grids. It is based on a hierarchical design targeted at federations of clusters. Supports clusters up to 2000 nodes in size.

ClusterSSH controls a number of xterm windows via a single graphical console window to allow commands to be interactively run on multiple servers over an ssh connection.

OSCAR (Open Source Cluster Application Resources) is a snapshot of the best known methods for building, programming, and using clusters. It consists of a fully integrated and easy to install software bundle designed for high performance cluster computing

m23 is a free software distribution system (license: GPL), that installs (via network, starting with partitioning and formatting) and administrates (updates, adds / removes software, adds / removes scripts) clients with Debian, (X/K)Ubuntu and LinuxMint. It is used for deployment of Linux clients in schools, institutions and enterprises. The m23 server is controlled via a web interface. A new m23 client can be installed easily in only three steps. Group functions and mass installation tools make managing a vast number of clients comfortable. The integration of existing clients (with .deb-based distributions) into the system is possible, too. Client backup and server backup are included to avoid data loss. With the integrated virtualisation software, m23 can create and manage virtual m23 clients, that run on real m23 clients or the m23 server. Scripts and software packages (for installation on clients) can be created directly from the m23 web interface.

A thin, role-based, single image system for scalable cluster management. oneSIS is a simple, flexible method for managing one or more clusters from a single filesystem image. It is easy to deploy, and it simplifies the task of cluster administration.

Lucie enables parallel network installation of large numbers of nodes from one single administration server. It is designed to be scalable and efficient, so a complete Linux cluster can be built from scratch in a short amount of time.

Job Accounting and User and Project managment for Clustered Computing using Perl, Apache, and MySQL. Designed to be extensible, it processes logs from currently PBS, OpenPBS and Maui2. It also contains a web frontend for User and Project Managment

BTime synchronizes the system clocks on Linux computers that form a cluster, and ensures that all computers in the cluster have approximately the same time (usually within microseconds).

CACM = Client Access to Cluster Manager manage access via ssh for user to a cluster (or a computer) via SSH key and a Web calendar Interface. The web site manage all users. An user can reserve the cluster via the web site. A daemon generate a SSH-key-p.

CatBox is designed to help experts and amateurs to configure their Linux/FreeBSD/OSX/Solaris-based system in a simple, yet effective way. CatBox is also based on a client-/server-model.

This project allow to test network availability on multiple nodes. It is built as a plugin architecture in order to use it on multiples networks. Test is based on three steps : module status, local visibility of network, and interconnection between nodes

DACCA == Database-Controlled Cluster Administration is a system for installation, configuration and maintenance of Linux and/or Windows NT hosts in a network environment.

Secure local and Network based authentication using pluggable backends which provide authentication and user/groupnames, uidmappings, tokensupport and the lot.

GXP is a parallel/distributed shell, plus a parallel task execution engine that runs your Makefile in parallel on distributed machines. Very easy to install (no need to compile. install it on YOUR machine and use it on ALL machines).

set of utilities that provide high availability for databases using the mysql database server. includes ip address takeover, using a master node and a slave one. please send you feature requests to fipar@seriema-systems.com

Linux Cluster Manager is designed as a beowulf cluster setup and management tool. LCM can run bulk commands, give real time performance and status monitoring, search running processes, and provide system imaging at a file or block level over the network

A small linux distribution aimed at servers, where the single point of administration and authentication is an OpenLDAP database. It includes modified versions of the most important services: Web Server, Mail Server, File Server, DHCP Server, authenticat

MOSIXVIEW (GUI for MOSIX-Cluster) is a frontend for the most common used mosctl commands. The Load-Balancing of a MOSIX-clustercan be influenced by "speed-sliders" and even remote processes are manageable. A mosixview-client installed on every cluster-n

The Maui Scheduler is a tool to to extend the capabilities of existing resource manager systems such as PBS, SGE, Loadleveler, and so forth. It provides powerful tools for managing and optimizing clusters systems and features to enable effective use of t

NIUS allows reservation of nodes under it's control for exclusive interactive use by a group of users. This system is in use by National Center for Data Mining at University of Illinois in Chicago to reserve workstations for researchers.

This software (written in C using Glib/Gtk+) allows you to set up a High-Availability fault tolerant cluster, for Linux, Solaris, and other UX systems. It includes heartbeat mechanism (network and/or disk), a monitoring process.

OpenECP is an open source fork of the Enomaly Elastic Computing Platform (ECP) following its commercialisation. It is a web-based management platform for hypervisors which can be used to create "public" and "private" cloud computing environments.

PuSSH is Pythonic, Ubiquitous SSH, a Python wrapper/script that runs commands in parallel on clusters/ranges of linux/unix machines via SSH, ideally where SSH is configured to use Kerberos, RSA/DSA keys, or ssh-agent as to avoid password authentication.

This package provides Python bindings to the OpenPBS C API. All functions of the OpenPBS C library can be accessed in Python through the use of this package. We provide extensive documentation on the usage and lots of examples.