Checkmk Agent Bakery Certificates Jul 18, 2023 Two Minute Tips Often times you need to update your SSL certificate for your Checkmk server. This may be because it expired or as part of your ongoing operations and / or security best practices. Whatever the case, y... Read more
Introducing Checkmk 2.2 May 29, 2023 Checkmk We are thrilled to announce the arrival of Checkmk 2.2, designed to bolster your hybrid IT infrastructure monitoring. With a host of new features, this update expands our capabilities to monitor nativ... Read more
Exploring Linux May 16, 2023 Two Minute Tips Linux, renowned for its stability and flexibility, is an open-source operating system widely used in server environments. As a system administrator or curious user, understanding what services and pro... Read more
Working at Spearhead Systems May 11, 2023 Beat We pride ourselves in running a streamlined IT Support Service that powers some of the worlds largest and most demanding companies and their services. This is a preview of what a typical day looks lik... Read more
OpenShift or Kubernetes? May 3, 2023 Beat As you may be aware there is a lot of hype around container orchestration and the market leader Kubernetes. Beyond the hype however, is there any merit to it? Undoubtedly Google created and release Ku... Read more
Emails from spearhead: what you need to know. Jan 9, 2023 Beat Our business management platform works in ways that may not be immediately clear as to why things are the way they are. Specifically you may receive emails from addresses that contain a Reply-to addre... Read more
Checkmk actions and icons Jun 7, 2022 Two Minute Tips One way to get that "mythical single pane of glass dashboard" is to configure Checkmk with the right integrations and icons. There is generally not one single tools for all of your requirements, rathe... Read more
Reduce Checkmk notifications Jun 6, 2022 Two Minute Tips Notifications or alerts along with just about anything that interrupts whatever you may be doing at that time can be a source of stress. The psychology behind this has been well known and there are th... Read more
Rundeck ad-hoc commands Feb 11, 2022 Two Minute Tips As system administrators and software engineers we are often times required to run a series of commands or scripts across our fleet of systems. Depending on your environment you may have restrictions ... Read more
Tutorial: How to install Checkmk Nov 23, 2021 Checkmk The need to know the status of your IT infrastructure has always been a necessity. The large number of monitoring solutions available today in the market proves this necessity The Checkmk monitoring s... checkmk Read more
IT AUTOMATION WITH CHECK_MK AND ANSIBLE Nov 23, 2021 Checkmk October was a pretty exciting month in regards to Checkmk. We held the first official Checkmk Training in Bucharest, Romania and participated with a 60 minute presentation at the 2ND Checkmk Conferenc... ansible checkmk Read more
Three steps to monitoring and staying sane Nov 23, 2021 Checkmk I’ve been monitoring things for as long as I can remember using a very simple methodology. Being raised in scientific community I had the opportunity to learn at a fairly young age about the scientifc... checkmk Read more