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gopherdashboard[1].

Anonymous forum software written for the Gopher Protocol in Haskell. You may
want to read my article on using the Gopher Protocol[2].

Some core things I learned or did:

* systemd daemon managed
* release management
* packaging for debian
* worrying about privileges/infosec (I am, after all, allowing people to
 configure the dashboard to execute potentially any arbitrary command they
 want)

Cool features:

* Execute arbitrary commands if you want (flag to enable this not-so-safe
 feature)
* Monitor arbitrary files
* Configure through a JSON file

## How I use it

Some configuration I have as of March 7, 2024 is:

* Ability to query/get status of arbitrary services
* Look at disk usage
* Show the uptime and various backup ages
* Quip of the latest APC UPS events (ability to view full log)
* `debsecan` report, with CVEs found count displayed on dashboard
* `chrootkit` log
* `restic` backup information (for server)

## Footnotes

[1]: gopherdashboard: https://github.com/someodd/gopherdashboard
[2]: my article on using the Gopher Protocol: /notes/gopher

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