A personal collection of Python scripts for deploying, monitoring, and maintaining Linux systems. Every script is idempotent (safe to run repeatedly), requires no external dependencies (stdlib only), and ships with --dry-run where applicable.

Stack

Concern	Choice
Language	Python 3.12+
Package manager	None — stdlib only
Target platforms	Fedora Server, CentOS Stream, openEuler; FreeBSD 13+ (`network-diag.py` only)
Lint / format	Ruff (line length 100 — see `ruff.toml`)
Licence	MIT

Scripts

Diagnostics

Script	Version	Purpose
`network-diag.py`	2.1.1	Network latency, DNS, MTU, packet loss, dual-stack — Linux + FreeBSD
`system-diag.py`	1.0.0	Full system health: CPU, memory, disk, GPU, services, security, performance — with A–F grade. Linux only

Deployment

Script	Version	Purpose
`server-setup.py`	1.3.0	Server initial setup: packages, firewall (SSH verified before start), SELinux, Podman, automatic updates
`workstation-setup.py`	4.1.0	Fedora desktop setup: Brave, dev tools (Bun, Zed, uv, Rust), Flatpak apps, SSH + Git
`vllm-deploy.py`	1.2.0	vLLM inference server behind nginx with HTTPS and API-key auth — installs ROCm on AMD GPUs
`zabbix-deploy.py`	1.1.0	Zabbix 7.4 monitoring stack: PostgreSQL 18, nginx with HTTPS on :443, PHP-FPM, SELinux

Maintenance

Script	Version	Purpose
`system-optimise.py`	1.4.0	System cleanup: old kernels (running + one fallback always kept), journals, temp files, core dumps, package audit. Refuses rpm-ostree systems

Quick Start

git clone https://codeberg.org/petrbalvin/scripts.git && cd scripts

All scripts are standalone — run them directly:

# Check your network (Linux or FreeBSD)
python3 network-diag.py

# Full system health report (Linux)
python3 system-diag.py

# Set up a new server
sudo python3 server-setup.py --dry-run

# Set up a development workstation
sudo python3 workstation-setup.py --dry-run

# Deploy vLLM (interactive model selection)
sudo python3 vllm-deploy.py

# Deploy the Zabbix monitoring stack
sudo python3 zabbix-deploy.py --dry-run

# Clean up old kernels and temp files
sudo python3 system-optimise.py --dry-run

Every script supports --help and --version without root privileges. Use --dry-run to preview changes before applying them, and --skip-* flags to skip individual sections.

Notes

Security

vllm-deploy.py always protects the HTTPS endpoint with an API key. Supply your own with --api-key, or let the script generate one — it is stored in a root-only EnvironmentFile and printed once in the summary.
zabbix-deploy.py accepts secrets via the environment variables ZABBIX_DB_PASSWORD and ZABBIX_ADMIN_PASSWORD (preferred), or the --db-password / --zabbix-password flags (visible in shell history). The database password is never passed on any command line.
workstation-setup.py verifies what it downloads: Bun is installed from a pinned release with SHA-256 verification, uv comes from the Fedora repositories, and Brave's GPG key is checked against known fingerprints before import. Zed's installer is pinned but published without checksums — the script says so loudly.
system-diag.py only contacts a third-party service (icanhazip.com) when you pass --external-ip.

Platform support

network-diag.py runs on Linux and FreeBSD. On FreeBSD older than 13 it falls back to the legacy ping6 binary where available.
system-diag.py is Linux-only (it reads /proc and /sys) and says so clearly on other platforms.
The deployment and maintenance scripts target Fedora, CentOS Stream and openEuler (dnf4 and dnf5 are both handled).

Development

No build step, no dependencies. Lint and format with Ruff (configuration in ruff.toml, line length 100):

ruff check .
ruff format --check .

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