up vote 1 down vote favorite
2
share [g+] share [fb]

Just starting out, running across a lot of random CMDs, tools, configs, etc.

Moving on from a server setup, in Linux, what tools should every webserver-admin uses at least once month?

link|improve this question
100% accept rate
3  
This sounds like a trick question - even if it wasn't intended as one. If you have to log into your webserver every day then you're either doing something wrong or something unusual. – DJ Pon3 Oct 11 '10 at 18:32
@Robert_Moir: Just edited the question to be in an attempt to be more clear, my use was more in the sense of "everyday tools" than using the cmd, tools, etc everyday. – blunders Oct 11 '10 at 18:41
feedback

closed as not a real question by Dennis Williamson, Warner, Graeme Donaldson, Mark Henderson♦, John Gardeniers Oct 13 '10 at 3:58

It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. See the FAQ for guidance on how to improve it.

3 Answers

up vote 1 down vote accepted

Beyond the basics (ls, chown, chmod, etc.), less, vim, and rsync are important. But you shouldn't be running them every day, not even rsync. Have a decent automated backup plan in place.

link|improve this answer
feedback
up vote 1 down vote

logcheck, backup

link|improve this answer
feedback
up vote 1 down vote

Often forgotten tools that really help:

  • logrotate
  • sysstat
  • bwm-ng
  • tcpdump
  • httpry
  • htop
link|improve this answer
feedback

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.