Microsoft is tightening up SMB security in Windows which might break access to your old NAS, a Cogent root-server mysteriously goes out of sync without them spotting it, and protecting hard drives from electromagnetic pulses.
Question to #sysadmin and #selfhosted specialists. We are looking for a free and preferably open-source #wireguard solution with MFA for ~200 devices. Closest that I was able to find was #defguard, but it allows people to self-register devices and not so granular access per-user. We need to control access through VLAN so we have to control each device rather than user.
Linux kernel developers were infected with malware for 2 years, another nail in the coffin of proper federated email as Exchange Server moves to a subscription model, followup on zfsbootmenu and IPv6, and learning unfamiliar topics.
Current #HomeLab status: I‘m making progress very slowly. The server is assembled and up and running Proxmox 8. Yesterday I‘ve build a custom NixOS installiert that has my SSH key pre-loaded. That way I can boot a VM and set it up using nix-anywhere. Tonight I‘m planning to try this out the first time. #proxmox#NixOS#linux#SysAdmin
One of the most fundamental yet little-known features of FreeBSD is its ability to be used in read-only mode very easily. By installing the system on a UFS file system, you just need to modify the fstab file, change "rw" to "ro," and reboot. On the next boot, the system will automatically create mount points in RAM for the main directories (/tmp, log, etc.), and it will run perfectly.
This was the main reason why, many years ago, I chose FreeBSD for almost all my embedded systems. Even today, on my Raspberry Pies, I keep the SD cards in read-only mode and use external storage in read-write mode. This ensures that, in case of an unexpected poweroff, the system will come back up, and there will be no wear on the memory card.
If you had told me a month ago that I would be thinking up $40k and $50k stretch goals, I would have laughed scornfully in your face. #sysadmin#ryoms#projectwelove
One of our consulting customers is looking to fill an SRE opening. Technologies are AWS, MySQL (Aurora), Groovy, Cold Fusion (legacy codebase), and integrations with vendors like payment processors, video conf, etc.
Looking for someone mid to senior with a strong focus for process standardization and automation, problem solving, and documentation.
Company is HQed in North Carolina but is 100% remote friendly.
Holy crap, "Run Your Own Mail Server" broke $30k while I was buying maple butter.
Financial goals are rather silly. I can't control how much money people spend. But I think I'd really like to have one thousand backers, just to get the information on how mail works out there. #ryoms#sysadmin
Current status: cup of tea in the garden. Reading a 2007 book I bought in 2012, about some software first released in 1995 handling a 1981 protocol that I'm going to use as the cornerstone of my teeny tiny SaaS in 2024.
May we all have such a long-term effect on the world!
When I worked as a professional sys-admin, I sincerely didn't understand why sys-admins were paid so well.
I remember thinking that anyone could do what I'm doing, and I was surprised at how I knew programmers making less than I did.
Today, having hired devops and re-training myself to do the work, I realize why sys-admins/devops are paid well.
Firstly, it's a niche industry. While there are many programmers available, there are fewer people who understand the principles of high quality system administration.
Secondly, most people who are trained in this are already working or in high demand. Demand drives pay.
Thirdly, it's a changing field that moves- in some ways- faster than software.
It's easy to find someone who think they know devops because they run their own Linux laptop, but someone who really knows both the tools and the methodology of system administration is actually quite rare.
Here’s one of the many reasons why I stick to simple, replicable, and quickly restorable setups. When you don't have control over your data or rely solely on a specific service, everything could go wrong in an instant.