So, no surprise to anyone, but #DigitalOcean’s #Sammy#AI assistant gives incorrect information about their services.
It told me that it’s possible to move a volume to a different region by first creating a snapshot of the volume and then creating it as a new volume in the other region. This is apparently incorrect. No big loss for me, but I can’t imagine trusting that service with any other data/storage-related questions.
Today I learned: #nix-infect, to transform a vm from another distribution into #NixOS, mostly for cloud providers that don't offer this option! (Including #DigitalOcean and #hetzner). I am going to use it! :)
Is anyone out there running a #mastodon instance using #digitalOcean#spaces for their datastore? I am having a rough time connecting mastodon to spaces:
We released version 0.3.0 of Chisel Operator, our FOSS inlets-operator competitor, allowing you to easily reverse-proxy to your local cluster. It now supports integration with cloud providers for automatic provisioning, starting with #AWS, #DigitalOcean, and #Linode.
We released version 0.2.0 of Submarine, our bootloader for Depthcharge/Chromebooks. This release adds initial support for ARM Chromebooks, starting with the mt8183 SoC.
Our first hardware product is currently in R&D. While we're making rapid progress, we're not 100% ready to share what this product is.
#Today I set up my own Mastodon server. I've got a project in mind for it, it's not for general use so I won't publicise it yet.
I have to say … it wasn't easy? I went with DigitalOcean's easy one-click install and some of the instructions/documentation were out of date and confusing. I got as far as the site working and being up and running but I wasn't an admin.
I got it all sorted out anyway. Mastodon and its future are very important to me and I hope to be part of it in a much more engaged way as a contributor.
The sample is from Oct 29th, the sample will favour English speaking servers. There was a total of 1495 servers seen. These are the top 25 most common AS seen.
First is #OVH, then @cloudflare, then Hetzner, #Digitalocean, #Linode, and #Netcup. There is a very long tail of hosting providers so there could be a mashup of AS names from a single host.
#introduction Hey everyone! 👋 This is Cloud Unpacked.
This is a blog to write about the intricacies of developer-focused hosting providers like #Linode :linode: or #DigitalOcean. A place to share #homelab tools with fellow geeks. And my favorite, a place for #Linux 🐧 server documentation.
Following even a tiny bit in the shoes of @omgubuntu would be a success. ❤️
Just had to restore my own #SelfHosted#Mastodon#Instance from a week-old #DigitalOcean backup after having lots of problems while trying to the new Mastodon 4.2.0 update. Thank goodness for back-ups! 😪
I admit I'm not quite familiar with updating Ruby, Node.js, NPM and Yarn, but I am learning. As I'm on 4.1.7 currently, I'll try updating to 4.1.8 and then 4.1.9 first before updating to 4.2.0 as mentioned in https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.0 👍
Got any tips for upgrading? Do let me know! #MastoAdmin
I'm not sure if this will be interesting to anyone, but I am going to start posting some stuff about my first time home lab / home web hosting experiences.
It started out as "oh I'll just throw up a simple fediverse server" that has turned into a collection of worksheets, diagrams and tutorials as I learn everything from scratch.
Well, I'm on a digital ocean droplet now. I liked having my own hardware but my home connection and power just aren't reliable enough for my mastodon account to live there. I use my mastodon as my primary social media and kinda rely on it for keeping up with the world. But I also want to own it. So I'll find less mission critical uses for my home server.
So, I’ve migrated my Mastodon Instance from a #DigitalOcean droplet to a #Hetzner IPv6-only VM.
The result: I'm now paying a third of what I used to pay, while having twice as many vCPUs and twice as much RAM. The whole instance is notably snappier now.
Thanks to @g3rv4 for his write up on how to get Mastodon play ball on IPv6 only:
Anyone else having issues with #DigitalOcean. Unable to successfully complete a spin up of a new Droplets from a backup, and getting “Error: No CSRF cookie” when trying to open a support ticket. Status page claims everything is normal. Maybe it’s time I quit for the day.
As folks might know, I #MastoAdmin the #FediverseAU#Mastodon instance, which is a closed (must be approved) instance only for university and research group accounts in Australia / Oceania - because they're typically brand accounts and don't have a natural home in AU.
Yesterday I upgraded the storage for this Mastodon instance, and placed it on a #DigitalOcean#CDN.
If you're interested in this sort of thing, you can see the change plan here - because documentation is both helpful in the moment, and a good reference for others.
I have to do lots of Linux administration these days. And guess what? The best articles about common tasks are made by #DigitalOcean. Many providers have their tutorials, but DigitalOcean ones surpass them all, in my opinion.
Anyone on #Hetnzer ? How are they nowadays. We’re on #digitalocean for a few servers (FlatTurtle.com) and they are definitely no longer the cheapest (once you upgrade RAM for example) and the performance hasn’t been super great (but that could be more of a feeling than something scientifically proven)
Riding to the @EU_Commission for the 2nd day of the #DigitalOcean forum.
It strikes me that if I lived in #Brussels I would be lobbying VERY hard to have Rue de la Loi leading through the #EU quarter closed to traffic and set aside for cyclists and pedestrians.
This should be an iconic view, imagine trees, bikes and people strolling instead of traffic + air pollution.. #livableCities#cycling
Unless my ISP somehow authorizes email to be sent from my IP, Gmail will now bounce it.
Unless I am hooked up with an email service that somehow has clout with Google, Gmail will bounce it.
Since the "ISP" through whom I am attempting to send mail is #DigitalOcean, I find item #1 to be dubious. They are not blocking my outgoing mail port, and I have no problems sending to most recipients (Google and Microsoft being the only exceptions I'm aware of).
DigitalOcean seems to encouraging its users to use a 3rd-party service -- but I'm already paying them for hosting, and managing my own email service; I don't want to pay yet another service just for the privilege of being allowed to send messages to Gmail's increasingly walled garden.