We use Sendgrid for email delivery on our cloud. Using custom commands in munin can be tricky. After struggling for some time I wrote a small python script to send emails from munin using sendgrid. Add this line to munin.conf contacts mycontact contact.mycontact.command /usr/bin/sendemail alerts@example.com “[Munin] Alert for ${var:host}” “warnings: ${var:wfields} / criticals: ${var:cfields}” contact.mycontact.text text…
I bought Avenger in July 2013. Specification can be read at http://www.bajajauto.com/avenger/. I have toured extensively in Karnataka and Leh, so I think this review will definitely help you make up your mind. General: Engine: The 220 cc engine gets you off from 0-60 pretty quickly. This is a cruiser so couple of seconds does not…
Yesterday I did 150 kg leg press. Next target is 80 kg squats. I am at 60 now.
2014 was an incredible year for me. I travelled a lot. I decided to end this year with another ride with some fellow bikers. This was a 4-day ride in which I covered Mudigere, Kudremukh, Sringeri, Agumbe, Chikmanglur and Mullayangiri. We rode on the first day to Mudigere. A home stay was arranged for stay. It…
VPN is a good way to protect your cloud infrastructure from attacks. In the method below I will list down the step how to log in to your vpn machine and access the cloud LAN from you laptop. I am using Debian on Google Cloud as an example. The setup process should be similar on…
Planning: Read and research. Start here: http://www.bcmtouring.com/travel-gui…-travel-guide/ http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/route-…ate-guide.html See lot of photos, will keep you excited You can ride solo, however I would highly recommend against it. Form a group on Bangalore Bikers or BMC Touring. Ride with experienced bikers. Newbies will find it daunting to ride everyday. I had a guy in my group who…
We decided to take the day off and enjoy this beautiful village. Jispa is a very small village with couple of hotels and tents. Green trees, a river and snow filled mountain tops. We decided to head to the river. Yak? I’ll come back! The trip is going to be over River Chandra and Bhaga…
We woke up next day to freezing cold at Pang. One of the guys went to take a dump. After he was done, he noticed that water in the cans were frozen. Ice bucket challenge accepted I leave the rest to your imagination. I will never ever complain about road conditions! Vishal Taal Ice melting…
I spent next day walking around in Leh and tried Thukpa(Tibetan cuisine). Food is usually good in Leh but prices are generally high. Meanwhile I managed to find an optician and got new spectacles made. It was time to head back. We could not go to lot of the places on our itinerary like Nubra…
There was a marathon from Khardungla to Leh so the the roads were closed for first half. I could barely walk there, wonder how people managed to run. Leh also has less oxygen as per my experience. It is nearly 55 km from Leh. Half of the road is good and rest is gravel. Next…