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Awesome Tools for Sysadmins

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Security

  • 1PasswordPasswords storage

    1Password is the easiest way to store and use strong passwords

  • Authy2FA

    Best Rated 2FA App

  • KeepassXCPasswords storage

    Cross-Platform Password Manager

  • LastPassPasswords storage

    Auto-pilot for all your passwords

Load testing tools

  • ab

    ab is a tool for benchmarking your Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server

  • Gatling

    Load-Test-As-Code: the best way to load test your applications, designed for DevOps and CI/CD

  • JMeter

    Apache JMeter may be used to test performance both on static and dynamic resources, Web dynamic applications

  • k6.io

    Open source load testing tool and SaaS for engineering teams

  • siege

    Siege is an open source regression test and benchmark utility

  • Yandex Tank

    Yandex.Tank is a utility for load testing and performance analysis of web services and applications

Infrastructure

  • ansibleAnsible

    Ansible is a radically simple IT automation system

  • awscredsAmazon Web Services

    Store AWS credentials inside your Keychain

  • chamberAmazon Web Services

    Chamber is a tool for managing secrets. Currently it does so by storing secrets in SSM Parameter Store, an AWS service for storing secrets.

  • checkovTerraform

    Checkov is a static code analysis tool for infrastructure-as-code

  • diagramsDiagrams

    infrastructure diagrams as code

  • moleculeAnsible

    Molecule project is designed to aid in the development and testing of Ansible roles

CLI tools

  • blktopMonitoring

    top-like monitoring block devices metrics (latency, IOPS and so on)

  • docker-openvpnNetworking

    OpenVPN for Docker

  • dockvpnNetworking

    OpenVPN for Docker

  • htopMonitoring

    An interactive process viewer

  • lazygitGit

    A simple terminal UI for git commands

  • libfaketimeOther CLI tools

    libfaketime intercepts various system calls that programs use to retrieve the current date and time

Containers

  • ContainerdContainer Distributions

    Container runtime

  • CRI-OContainer Distributions

    Lightweight container runtime for Kubernetes

  • ctopContainer tools

    Top for containers

  • DockerContainer Distributions

    Docker engine

  • docker-slimContainer tools

    Minify and Secure Docker containers

  • LXCContainer Distributions

    Linux Containers

Kubernetes

  • ingress-nginxKubernetes tools

  • k3sKubernetes Distributions

    Lightweight Kubernetes

  • k9sKubernetes tools

    provides a terminal UI to interact with your Kubernetes clusters

  • kubeadmKubernetes Distributions

    Kubeadm is a tool built to provide best-practice "fast paths" for creating Kubernetes clusters

  • kubecolorKubernetes tools

    Colorize your kubectl output

  • kubecostKubernetes tools

    Kubecost gives you visibility into your Kubernetes resources to reduce spend and prevent resource-based outages

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