tahleho3968/advanced-linux-toolkit

# Advanced Linux System Administration Toolkit [](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/) [](https://www.python.org/) [](https://www.perl.org/) [](LICENSE) ## 📋 Overview A comprehensive, production-ready **Linux System Administration Toolkit** that automates common system management tasks, monitoring, security auditing, and maintenance. Perfect for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and Linux enthusiasts. ### 🎯 Key Features #### 📊 System Monitoring - Real-time CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring - Process management and monitoring - System information collection - Performance metrics and alerts #### 💾 Backup & Recovery - Automated backup system (full/incremental/differential) - Remote backup support (SCP/RSync) - Backup verification and restoration - Scheduled backups with cron #### 🔒 Security & Auditing - System security audit - User account management - Failed login monitoring - Rootkit detection - SSH configuration audit - Firewall status check #### 📝 Log Management - Advanced log file analysis - Log parsing with Perl (high performance) - Log visualization with charts - Pattern detection and alerts - Log rotation and cleanup #### 🌐 Network Tools - Network scanning (ping/port/service) - Real-time network traffic monitoring - Connection tracking - Service detection #### 🧹 Maintenance - Disk cleanup automation - File organization by type/date/name - Temporary file cleanup - Cache management ## 🏗️ Toolkit Components | Category | Script | Language | Description | |----------|--------|----------|-------------| | **Monitoring** | system_monitor.sh | Bash | Real-time system resource monitor | | | system_info.py | Python | Detailed system information | | | process_manager.sh | Bash | Process monitoring and management | | **Backup** | backup_manager.sh | Bash | Automated backup system | | **Security** | security_audit.sh | Bash | Security auditing and hardening | | | user_manager.sh | Bash | User account management | | **Logs** | log_analyzer.sh | Bash | Log file analysis | | | log_parser.pl | Perl | High-performance log parsing | | | log_visualizer.py | Python | Log visualization with charts | | **Network** | network_scanner.sh | Bash | Network discovery and scanning | | | network_monitor.py | Python | Real-time network traffic monitor | | **Maintenance** | disk_cleaner.sh | Bash | Automated disk cleanup | | | disk_usage_analyzer.py | Python | Disk space analysis | | | file_organizer.py | Python | File organization by type/date/name | ## 🚀 Quick Start ### Installation # Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/tahleho3968/advanced-linux-toolkit.git cd advanced-linux-toolkit # Run auto setup (installs dependencies) ./scripts/auto_setup.sh # Grant permission to permissions.sh chmod +x permissions.sh # Run permissions to grant all the scripts permissions ./permissions.sh # Run auto setup (installs dependencies) ./scripts/auto_setup.sh # Install all scripts make install # Set up aliases ./scripts/aliases.sh --install # Set up cron jobs (optional) ./scripts/cron_jobs.sh --install # Reload bash configuration source ~/.bashrc ### Quick Usage Examples # System monitoring sysmon # Real-time system monitor sysinfo # Detailed system information # Security sudo security # Full security audit sudo security -p # Check open ports only # Backup backup -b /home/user -d /backup -t full # Log analysis logs /var/log/syslog log-viz /var/log/syslog # Generate HTML report # Network netscan 192.168.1.1 netmon # Real-time network monitor # Disk cleanup diskclean -n # Dry run diskclean -y # Clean with confirmation ## 📁 Project Structure advanced-linux-toolkit/ ├── src/ │ ├── bash/ # 8 Bash scripts │ ├── python/ # 5 Python scripts │ └── perl/ # 1 Perl script ├── scripts/ # Utility scripts │ ├── python_wrapper.sh # Wrapper script for Python scripts to use the virtual environment │ ├── toolkit_menu.sh # Menu │ ├── auto_setup.sh # Dependency installer │ ├── cron_jobs.sh # Cron job manager │ └── aliases.sh # Alias manager ├── config/ # Configuration files │ ├── .bashrc_extra # Bash enhancements │ ├── .vimrc # Vim configuration │ ├── .tmux.conf # Tmux configuration │ └── rsync_exclude.txt # Rsync exclude patterns ├── permissions.sh ├── Makefile ├── README.md ├── INSTALL.md ├── CHANGELOG.md ├── LICENSE └── .gitignore ## 🔧 Scripts Documentation ### System Monitor (`system_monitor.sh`) # Basic usage ./system_monitor.sh # Log to file ./system_monitor.sh -l /var/log/system.log # Email alerts when CPU > 80% ./system_monitor.sh -c 80 -m admin@example.com ### Backup Manager (`backup_manager.sh`) # Full backup ./backup_manager.sh -b /home/user -d /backup -t full # List backups ./backup_manager.sh --list # Restore backup ./backup_manager.sh --restore backup_file.tar.gz ### Security Audit (`security_audit.sh`) # Full audit sudo ./security_audit.sh # Check open ports only sudo ./security_audit.sh -p # Harden system sudo ./security_audit.sh -h ### Log Parser (`log_parser.pl`) # Basic parsing ./log_parser.pl /var/log/syslog # Show only errors with statistics ./log_parser.pl --errors-only --stats /var/log/syslog # Follow log file ./log_parser.pl --follow /var/log/syslog # Export to JSON ./log_parser.pl --stats --format json /var/log/syslog ## 📊 Performance | Script | Language | Speed | Use Case | |--------|----------|-------|----------| | system_monitor.sh | Bash | Fast | Real-time monitoring | | log_parser.pl | Perl | Very Fast | Large log files (GBs) | | log_visualizer.py | Python | Moderate | Data visualization | | network_monitor.py | Python | Moderate | Traffic analysis | ## 📝 License MIT License - see LICENSE file ## 👤 Author **Tahleho Paki** - GitHub: [@tahleho3968](https://github.com/tahleho3968) - Email: tahleho3968@gmail.com ## 🙏 Acknowledgments