BeyondCombustion.net Updates - 7.27.2023

Was messing with the docker earlier, took it down for a sec then got busy and forgot about it for a bit.

My bad.

Anywhoo.... Lemmy 0.18.3 seems to be nearing release. Just updated the server to lemmy-ui: 0.18.3-rc.5 and lemmy: 0.18.3-rc.4

I'm going to migrate this instance to a couple new/individual VMs over the next week or so (hopefully) so it can scale better/improve uptime. This one that lemmy is running on currently pisses me off because docker has the zfs overlay enabled. It's harshing my mellow making me think disk space is lower than it actually is.

I also want to get the redarc VM accessible (the reddit archives) finally. I need to go over to the colo to unfuck the iDrac on the current before going on vacation. I was going to take more drives to the current server.... but fuck that. I'll take another R720xd over w/48TB and add it to the rack w/the R730xd. Needs done anyways, no time like the present i guess.

Gitea is back online. The VM's virtual disk filled up QUICK because I was pulling in some larger projects which were just stupid to mirror. Got those removed, expanding the drive and offloading the DB/Storage for gitea to two additional VMs/containers dedicated to SQL and file storage which should help avoid issues down the road.

Additionally over the last couple days I was also configuring Prometheus, OpenObserve, and Garfana. Really needed to get better eyes on logs and what's going on in different parts of the server to make sure that nothing crazy happens or gets hosted/posted on the box that could cause me issues. Went through and made individual email addresses for each service so it's way easier to quickly identify what server is having an issue when alerts are sent out via email.

Finally, I was just finishing up with Authentik and configuring it as an LDAP provider so it can integrate with the webmin consoles and locally on each VM. Since i got Webmin setup on each VM and managed by a central console and LDAP is the only way Authentik can interact with it, it makes sense to finally cross that bridge. LDAP should work easier with Discourse too, then it can be opened up for posting fun.

Hopefully I can get more of this buttoned up and additional admins setup prior to my vacation next month. Otherwise, it'll be hard to take a vacation lol

Stay medicated, fellow ents! - PHJ