Sysadmin Tools 🇺🇦

AliSQL

AliSQL is Alibaba's MySQL branch, forked from the official MySQL and used extensively in Alibaba Group's production environment. It includes various performance optimizations, stability improvements, and features tailored for large-scale applications

. https://github.com/alibaba/AliSQL #mysql #duckdb #sql

VictoriaLogs Basics: What You Need to Know, with Examples & Visuals https://victoriametrics.com/blog/victorialogs-architecture-basics #victorialogs #logs #observability #logs

frameworks for understanding databases https://www.bitsxpages.com/p/frameworks-for-understanding-databases #databases #sql #tsdb

Databases in 2025: A Year in Review https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/2026/01/2025-databases-retrospective.html #postgres #rds #mcp #mongodb

Using iperf3 and Prometheus for WAN link monitoring https://freebsd.uw.cz/2026/01/using-iperf3-and-prometheus-for-wan.html #iperf #freebsd #prometheus #monitoring #observability

iperf3 bandwidth exporter https://github.com/davidpasek/iperf3_bandwidth_exporter #iperf #freebsd #monitoring #network #observability

Terminal UI for Proxmox VE https://github.com/devnullvoid/pvetui #proxmox #tui #kvm

FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 7 – NFSv4 and use with Linux clients https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-7-nfsv4-and-use-with-linux-clients #freebsd #nfs #linux

FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 6 – Samba server and client connections https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-6-samba-server-and-client-connections #freebsd #nas #samba

FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 5 – ZFS pool, datasets, snapshots, and ZFS monitoring https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-5-zfs-pool-datasets-snapshots-and-zfs-monitoring #freebsd #nas #zfs #monitoring

FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 4 – Local DNS with Unbound https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-4-local-dns-with-unbound #freebsd #nas #dns

Sysbench for MySQL 5.6 through 9.5 on a 2-socket, 24-core server https://smalldatum.blogspot.com/2025/12/sysbench-for-mysql-56-through-95-on-2.html #mysql #benchmark

FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 3 – WireGuard VPN, Linux peer, and routing https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-3-wireguard-vpn-linux-peer-and-routing #freebsd #nas #wireguard #vpn #linux

FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 2 – introduction to Packet Filter (PF) firewall https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-2-introduction-to-packet-filter-pf-firewall #freebsd #nas #security #firewall

FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 1 – configuring ZFS mirror (RAID1) https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-1-configuring-zfs-mirror-raid1 #freebsd #nas #zfs

FireCrackManager

FireCrackManager is a MicroVM management daemon for Firecracker. It provides a REST API and web-based UI for managing virtual machines, networks, kernel images, and root filesystems.

https://github.com/dtouzeau/firecrackmanager #virtualization #vm #kvm #ui #firecracker

mlrd: DynamoDB-Compatible API on MySQL https://hackmysql.com/mlrd-dynamodb-compatible-api-on-mysql #dynamodb #mysql #aws

Golang: writing an AWS Load Balancer logs collector for VictoriaLogs https://rtfm.co.ua/en/golang-writing-an-aws-load-balancer-logs-collector-for-victorialogs #aws #logs #victorialogs

VictoriaMetrics: Recording rules for AWS Load Balancer logs https://rtfm.co.ua/en/victoriametrics-recording-rules-for-aws-load-balancer-logs #victorialogs #aws #victoriametrics #observability