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Awesome Sysadmin
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A curated list of amazingly awesome sysadmin open source resources inspired by [Awesome PHP](https://gist.github.com/Xanza/7663627)
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### Categories
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* [Backups](#backups)
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* [Cloning](#cloning)
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* [Continuous integration](#continuous-integration)
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* [DevOps Tools](#devops-tools)
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* [Hosting](#hosting)
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* [IMAP/POP3](#imappop3)
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* [LDAP](#ldap)
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* [Monitoring](#monitoring)
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* [Newsletter](#newsletter)
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* [NoSQL](#nosql)
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* [RDBMS](#rdbms)
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* [SMTP](#smtp)
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* [SSH](#ssh)
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* [Statistics](#statistics)
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* [Ticketing systems](#ticketing-systems)
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* [Project Management](#project-management)
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* [Version control](#version-control)
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* [Virtualization](#virtualization)
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* [VPN](#vpn)
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* [Web](#web)
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* [Webmails](#webmails)
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* [Wikis](#wikis)
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* [Resources](#resources)
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* [Websites](#websites)
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### Backups
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*Backup software.*
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* [Amanda](http://www.amanda.org/) - Client–server model backup tool.
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* [Bacula](http://www.bacula.org) - Another Client-server model backup tool.
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* [UrBackup](http://www.urbackup.org/) - Another client/server backup system.
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### Cloning.
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*Cloning software*
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* [Clonezilla](http://clonezilla.org/) - Partition and disk imaging/cloning program.
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* [Fog](http://www.fogproject.org/) - Another computer cloning solution.
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### Continuous integration
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*Continuous integration tools
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* [Go](http://www.thoughtworks.com/products/go-continuous-delivery) - Open source agile build and release management software.
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* [Jenkins](http://jenkins-ci.org/) - An extendable open source continuous integration server.
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### DevOPs Tools
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*Configuration management tools.*
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* [Ansible](http://www.ansibleworks.com/) - It's written in Python and manages the nodes over SSH.
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* [CFEngine](http://cfengine.com/) - Lightweight agent system. Configuration state is specified via a declarative language.
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* [Chef](http://www.opscode.com/chef/) - It's written in Ruby and Erlang and uses a pure-Ruby DSL.
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* [Puppet](http://puppetlabs.com/) - It's written in Ruby and uses Puppet's declarative language or a Ruby DSL.
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* [Salt](http://www.saltstack.com/) - It's written in Python.
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*Network configuration management tools.*
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* [RANCID](http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/) - Monitors network device's configurarion and maintain history of changes.
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* [rConfig](http://www.rconfig.com/) - Another network device configuration management tool.
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### Hosting
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*Web hosting control panels*
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* [ISPConfig](http://www.ispconfig.org) - Hosting control panel for Linux.
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* [Virtualmin](http://www.virtualmin.com/) - Control panel for Linux based on webmin.
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### IMAP/POP3
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*IMAP/POP3 mail servers.*
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* [Courier IMAP/POP3](http://www.courier-mta.org/imap/) - Fast, scalable, enterprise IMAP and POP3 server.
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* [Cyrus IMAP/POP3](http://cyrusimap.org/) - Intended to be run on sealed servers, where normal users are not permitted to log in.
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* [Dovecot](http://www.dovecot.org/) - IMAP and POP3 server written primarily with security in mind.
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* [Qpopper](http://www.eudora.com/products/unsupported/qpopper/) - One of the oldest and most popular server implementations of POP3.
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### LDAP
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*LDAP servers.*
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* [389 Directory Server](http://port389.org) - Developed by Red Hat.
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* [Apache Directory Server](http://directory.apache.org/) - Apache Software Foundation project written in Java.
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* [OpenDS](https://opends.java.net/) - Another directory server written in Java.
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* [OpenLDAP](http://openldap.org/) - Developed by the OpenLDAP Project.
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### Monitoring
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*Monitoring software.*
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* [Cacti](http://www.cacti.net) - Web-based network monitoring and graphing tool.
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* [Icinga](https://www.icinga.org/) - Fork of Nagios.
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* [Monit](http://mmonit.com/monit/#home) - Small Open Source utility for managing and monitoring Unix systems.
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* [Munin](http://munin-monitoring.org/) - Networked resource monitoring tool.
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* [Nagios](http://www.nagios.org/) - Computer system, network and infrastructure monitoring software application.
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* [Zabbix](http://www.zabbix.com/) - Eenterprise-class software for monitoring of networks and applications
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* [Zenoss](http://community.zenoss.org) - Application, server, and network management platform based on Zope.
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* [Xymon](http://www.xymon.com/) - Network monitoring inspired by Big Brother.
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### Newsletter
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*Newsletter software.*
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* [phpList](http://www.phplist.com/) - Newsletter manager.
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### NoSQL
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*NoSQL servers.*
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* [Cassandra](http://cassandra.apache.org/) - Distributed DBMS designed to handle large amounts of data across many servers.
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* [CouchDB](http://couchdb.apache.org/) - Ease of use, with multi-master replication document-oriented database system.
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* [MongoDB](http://www.mongodb.org/) - Another document-oriented database system.
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* [Redis](http://redis.io/) - Networked, in-memory, key-value data store with optional durability.
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* [Riak](http://basho.com/riak/) - Another fault-tolerant key-value NoSQL database.
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Comparison of NoSQL servers: http://kkovacs.eu/cassandra-vs-mongodb-vs-couchdb-vs-redis
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### RDBMS
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*Relational DBMS.*
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* [MariaDB](https://mariadb.org/) - Community-developed fork of the MySQL.
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* [MySQL](http://dev.mysql.com/) - Most popular RDBMS server.
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* [Percona Server](http://www.percona.com/software) - Enhanced, drop-in MySQL replacement.
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* [PostgreSQL](http://www.postgresql.org/) - Object-relational database management system (ORDBMS).
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* [SQLite](http://sqlite.org/) - Library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL DBS.
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### SMTP
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*SMTP servers.*
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* [Exim](http://www.exim.org/) - Message transfer agent (MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge.
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* [Qmail](http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html) - Secure Sendmail replacement.
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* [Postfix](http://www.postfix.org/) - Fast, easy to administer, and secure Sendmail replacement.
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* [Sendmail](http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/) - Message transfer agent (MTA).
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*SSH tools.*
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* [Cluster SSH](http://sourceforge.net/projects/clusterssh/) - Controls a number of xterm windows via a single graphical console.
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* [parallel-ssh](http://code.google.com/p/parallel-ssh/) - Provides parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools.
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* [SSH Power Tool](http://code.google.com/p/sshpt/) - Execute commands and upload files to many servers simultaneously without using pre-shared keys.
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### Statistics
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*Analytics software.*
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* [Piwik](http://piwik.org/) - Free and open source web analytics application.
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### Ticketing systems
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*Web-based ticketing system.*
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* [Bugzilla](http://www.bugzilla.org/) - General-purpose bugtracker and testing tool originally developed and used by the Mozilla project.
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* [MantisBT](http://www.mantisbt.org/) - Another web-based bug tracking system.
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* [osTicket](http://osticket.com/) - Open source support ticket system.
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* [Request Tracker](http://www.bestpractical.com/rt/) - Ticket-tracking system written in Perl.
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### Project Management
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*Web-based project management and bug tracking systems.*
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* [Redmine](http://www.redmine.org/) - Written in ruby on rails.
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* [The Bug Genie](http://www.thebuggenie.com/) - Written in PHP.
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* [Trac](http://trac.edgewall.org/) - Written in python.
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### Version control
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*Software versioning and revision control.*
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* [Git](http://git-scm.com/) - Distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) with an emphasis on speed.
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* [Mercurial](http://mercurial.selenic.com/) - Another distributed revision control.
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* [Subversion](http://subversion.apache.org/) - Client-server revision control system.
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*Virtualization software.*
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* [KVM](http://www.linux-kvm.org) - Linux kernel virtualization infrastructure.
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* [OpenVZ](http://openvz.org) - Container-based virtualization for Linux
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* [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/) - Virtualization product from Oracle Corporation.
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* [Xen](http://www.xenproject.org/) - Virtual machine monitor for 32/64 bit Intel / AMD (IA 64) and PowerPC 970 architectures.
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*VPN software.*
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* [OpenVPN](https://community.openvpn.net) - Uses a custom security protocol that utilizes SSL/TLS for key exchange.
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* [strongSwan](http://www.strongswan.org/) - Complete IPsec implementation for Linux.
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*Webmail applications.*
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* [RainLoop](http://rainloop.net/) - Simple, modern & fast web-based IMAP client.
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* [Roundcube](http://roundcube.net/) - Browser-based IMAP client with an application-like user interface.
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*Web servers.*
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* [Apache](http://httpd.apache.org/) - Most popular web server.
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* [Cherokee](http://cherokee-project.com/) - Lightweight, high-performance web server/reverse proxy.
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* [Lighttpd](http://www.lighttpd.net/) - Web server more optimized for speed-critical environments.
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* [Nginx](http://nginx.org/) - Reverse proxy, load balancer, HTTP cache, and web server.
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*Wiki software.*
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* [DokuWiki](https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki) - Simple to use and highly versatile wiki that doesn't require a database.
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* [Mediawiki](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki) - Used to power Wikipedia.
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## Resources
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Various resources, such as books, websites and articles, for improving your skills and knowledge.
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### Websites
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*Useful sysadmin related websites.*
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* [Ops School](http://www.opsschool.org) - Comprehensive program that will help you learn to be an operations engineer.
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* [Dotdeb](http://www.dotdeb.org/) - Repository with LAMP updated packages.
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