Base Stack installs some basic applications and configs that are common to any server build. Specifically Unattended Upgrades and Firewalld with Fail2Ban for a secure server setup. I use this as the basis for all my servers installs – nameservers, web servers, file servers, any server install starts with this as a basis.… Continue reading “Introducing Base Stack”
I just upgraded norcal.social from Mastodon v4.0.2 to v4.1.0. The upgrade process is easy and the doesn’t require any downtime aside from a few seconds it takes things to start working again after restarting the Mastodon processes. Here are the exact commands to run:
After installing Apache I like to immediately customize the default access log. I change the default log file from other_vhosts_access.log to access.log, and I disable logging of specific “status” check URLs. Note I’m working on Ubuntu, other distros could have different file names and paths.… Continue reading “Customizing Apache default access log”
Quick tips for common .htaccess rules.
No lengthy descriptions, just a bunch of handy code snippets.
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PowerDNS uses a database backend by default (e.g. MySQL). Simply do a database dump of the configured database and you’ll have a snapshot of all zones for easy recovery. It is recommend to dump the database to backup on a regular basis so that you can recover in case of a server crash.… Continue reading “PowerDNS Zone backups”