Question 1

What is Optimux?

Accepted Answer

Optimux is a cloud platform for Linux server security and monitoring. It brings vulnerability (CVE) scanning, security audits, server and uptime monitoring, SSL grading, port and DNS checks, and automated updates into one dashboard, with real infrastructure engineers backing every account. You install a lightweight agent on each server and manage your whole fleet from a single place.

Question 2

What does Optimux monitor and scan?

Accepted Answer

Optimux covers server metrics (CPU, memory, disk, load), security audits, OS and application CVE scanning, website uptime across HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, ping and keyword checks, SSL certificate grade and expiry, open ports, and DNS records including SPF, DKIM, DMARC, CAA and blacklist checks, plus pending system updates - all from one dashboard.

Question 3

Do you monitor server hardware health?

Accepted Answer

Yes, on dedicated and bare-metal servers. Optimux tracks CPU and disk temperatures, per-disk health and wear (SMART), memory (ECC) errors, RAID array status, fan speeds, and power and baseboard (IPMI) sensors, with temperature trends over time. You set warning and critical thresholds per server, and alerts fire on overheating, a worn or failing disk, a stalled fan, a power or voltage problem, a PCIe link error, or a filesystem the kernel forced read-only, before any of it takes a server offline. Virtual machines do not expose these sensors, so they show their virtual specs instead.

Question 4

How does Optimux scan my servers?

Accepted Answer

A lightweight agent connects to the Optimux platform over TLS-encrypted channels and runs read-only security checks. Only whitelisted commands are executed - zero wildcards, no arbitrary code. Your servers stay untouched.

Question 5

Is it safe to use on production servers?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every scan is read-only and non-destructive. The agent runs as a non-root user with minimal permissions, uses TLS 1.3 encryption, and authenticates with constant-time token comparison.

Question 6

What operating systems are supported?

Accepted Answer

Optimux supports the most widely used Linux distributions in production: Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, RHEL, and CentOS. Both x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) servers are supported, so ARM machines like Ampere Altra, AWS Graviton, and Hetzner CAX work exactly the same as x86.

Question 7

Do you support ARM64 servers like AWS Graviton, Ampere, and Hetzner CAX?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Optimux runs on ARM64 (aarch64) Linux servers with the same security scanning and monitoring as x86_64, at no extra cost. Ampere Altra, AWS Graviton, Hetzner CAX, and other ARM-based instances are supported on the usual distributions.

Question 8

How is Optimux different from other monitoring tools?

Accepted Answer

Most monitoring tools focus on metrics alone. Optimux combines security scanning, CVE detection, uptime monitoring, DNS validation, SSL grading, port monitoring, and automated patching in a single platform - backed by real infrastructure engineers when you need hands-on help.

Question 9

What happens if my server goes down?

Accepted Answer

You are notified within seconds. Optimux runs continuous health checks and multi-protocol uptime monitoring. When a failure is detected, alerts fire immediately to your configured channels - Email, Slack, Telegram, Discord, or webhooks - with built-in escalation if no one responds.

Question 10

How is CVE detection different from other scanners?

Accepted Answer

Optimux uses a 3-phase approach: collect installed packages, query the OSV.dev vulnerability database, then verify each CVE against your specific distribution's security tracker. This eliminates the false positives that waste your team's time with generic scanners.

Question 11

How is my data protected?

Accepted Answer

All connections use TLS 1.3 encryption. Authentication relies on constant-time token comparison to prevent timing attacks. Multi-tenant data isolation ensures your information is never accessible to other organizations. We do not use third-party analytics or tracking.

Question 12

How resource-intensive is the Optimux agent?

Accepted Answer

The agent is a lightweight static Go binary with a small runtime footprint. It runs as a dedicated non-root user with no shell access and is configured with a 256 MB memory cap and 50% CPU quota in systemd, so it stays out of your way and cannot compete with your application workloads.

Question 13

Do I have to run Optimux on my own infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

No. Optimux is a managed cloud platform. You add a lightweight agent to each server and run everything from the hosted dashboard, so there is nothing for you to operate or maintain yourself. Your data is isolated per organization and encrypted in transit.

Question 14

Does Optimux work on Windows servers?

Accepted Answer

Optimux focuses on Linux, on both x86_64 and ARM64 hardware. It supports the most common production distributions: Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, RHEL, and CentOS. Windows servers are not supported today.

Question 15

How long does it take to set up Optimux?

Accepted Answer

Most teams are running in a few minutes. You create an account, add a server, and install the agent with a single command. Scans and monitoring start automatically, so you get your first results without manual configuration.

Question 16

Who is Optimux for?

Accepted Answer

Optimux is built for startups, small and medium businesses, agencies, and managed service providers who run production Linux servers and want security scanning, monitoring, and patching in one place, without an enterprise budget or a dedicated security team.

Question 17

Does Optimux scan application dependencies for vulnerabilities?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Alongside operating-system CVE scanning, Optimux detects known vulnerabilities in your application dependencies by reading common lock files such as Composer, npm, Yarn, and pnpm, then matching them against public vulnerability databases. You see both OS and application CVEs per server.

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Software + team support.