1 Prepare system 2 Install package 3 Notice output 4 Edit /etc/Elasticsearch/jvm.options.d/heap.options Add about 50-75% of the memory to allow something for the OS/Cache. 5 Edit /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml Update or Add the following values 5 sudo systemctl edit elasticsearch Add the following 6 Start the service using systemctl 7 Test the […]
This is going to assume the new version is 18, and the database is called mastodon_production. Migration Stages Check Postgres pg_extension (Repack and other extensions) You can check if you used other extensions using this SQL on the old DB. NEWDB: New Cluster sudo pg_createcluster 18 techhubproduction -d /data/18/techhubproduction — […]
With the release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, I’ve started to rebuild some of my VMs from 24.04 and took the opportunity to polish the proxmox VM settings. Proxmox: VM CPU Tuning Notice: The details below are about my AMD EYPC Server CPUs, but for proxmox environments with only Intel or […]
Let’s answer the question… Is co-location right for you? Over 12 months ago, I made the switch from cloud VMs to dedicated co-location hosting a Proxmox cluster, and it turned out to be one of the best decisions for my specific needs. This move has allowed me to maintain predictable […]
There was a 24 hour window of submission for the Social Media Minimal Age bill.. and I decided to write something straight to the point. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/SocialMediaMinimumAge
TLDR: CHECKING YOUR WEB/PUMA LOGS AND SIDEKIQ DEAD QUEUE FOR S3 ReadTimeout ERRORS FOR FUN AND PROFIT!!! I recently started investigating the high bandwidth being used by my Mastodon instance, and noticed a lot of errors (similar to below) showing failures related to uploading files to my S3 provider Wasabi. […]
This should federate to Mastodon.