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Monitoring

Monitoring guides and tools: uptime, SSL and blacklist monitoring, RMM policies, logs and alerting for Linux and Windows servers.

Redirect Chain Checker

A redirect chain checker for the command line: follows each URL hop by hop with curl and flags loops, chains longer than two, 302s, HTTPS downgrades, non-200 endings and inconsistent www/https variants.

September 30, 2026

PHP-FPM Slow Log Analyzer

Turns a PHP-FPM slow log into answers: slow requests grouped by script, stack frame, function and WordPress plugin, plus pm.max_children hits and timeouts per pool next to each pool's settings.

September 30, 2026

cPanel Account Inventory

A cPanel account inventory in one command: domain, addon and parked counts, IP, package, owner, disk, inodes, mailboxes, databases, PHP version, creation date and suspension for every account.

September 30, 2026

AutoSSL DCV Failures Report

Lists AutoSSL DCV failures on a cPanel server grouped by cause (DNS elsewhere, CAA, rate limit, blocked /.well-known/) and every installed certificate that expires within 14 days.

September 30, 2026

Server Security Audit Script

A read-only server security audit script for Linux: SSH, firewall, brute-force protection, updates, ports, sudo and filesystem checks as PASS/WARN lines. Checks it cannot run are SKIP, never PASS.

September 30, 2026

Backup Verify Script

A backup verify script that checks every account and database series: fresh, not shrinking, opens cleanly, and present for every expected account. Anything it cannot test is a failure.

September 30, 2026

File Share Auditing: Find Who Deleted a File in 5 Steps

Turn on file share auditing on a Windows Server 2025 file server so you can answer "who deleted this file?": audit policy, SACLs in the GUI and PowerShell, events 4663 with the DELETE access mask, 4660 and 5145, a search script, log sizing and restoring from Previous Versions.

September 30, 2026

RDP Connection Logs: 14 Event IDs to Track Who Connected and From Where

Find out who connected over Remote Desktop, from which IP address and for how long, using the RemoteConnectionManager, LocalSessionManager and Security event logs, with the audit policies they need, a PowerShell report and brute-force detection.

September 30, 2026

Active Directory Audit Policy: DC Settings and 35 Key Event IDs

Configure Advanced Audit Policy on Windows Server 2016 to 2025 domain controllers, enforce subcategories, pick the right Success and Failure settings, size the Security log, and query the event IDs that matter for logons, lockouts, account and group changes.

September 30, 2026

VoIP Call Quality: Jitter, Packet Loss and MOS Explained With 3 Targets

The three numbers that decide VoIP call quality (delay, jitter and packet loss), the targets to aim for, how MOS and R-factor are derived, and a repeatable way to measure a connection before and after changes.

September 30, 2026

Uptime SSL Blacklist Monitor: Free Email Alerts

Get free e-mail alerts when your website goes down, your SSL certificate is about to expire or your server IP or domain is listed on a major blacklist. Up to five monitors per e-mail address.

September 29, 2026

TCP Ping (Port 80/443 Latency)

Measure connection time to a host on port 443 or 80 with four TCP handshakes — works even where ICMP ping is blocked by firewalls.

September 29, 2026

Free website test

Is your website set up right?

Check SSL, security headers, redirects, robots.txt, sitemap, llms.txt and security.txt in one test. It takes about 30 seconds.