MyISAM and innodb engine
I have a VM that hosts a few websites there. Today, I ran the mysqltuner.pl script to check the performance and see if there is any recommondation. I know I have a database with over 900M data. There are 67...
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Upgrade Gitlab-CE server to Ubuntu 24.04
Today, I upgraded my Gitlab CE install OS from Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04 using the distro upgrade. Before upgrading, I made a full backup of the VM. When the OS upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04, I added the two repositions back...
Transmission Daemon failed with timeout error
Here I just upgraded my NAS from Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04. I check the services running on the NAS. I found Transmission Daemon is not active. I reboot the Ubuntu server. Transmission Web UI is live for a while, then...
Check the folder size on Ubuntu Terminal Window
First, install the program, ncdu, to the Ubuntu VM Then, run the command ncdu in the terminal window. The program will scan the files and folders under the current prompt directory. The old school command window shows the space usage...
VPS performance benchmark – DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD
I created a new VPS on DigitalOcean yesterday. It is a basic shared CPU, premium AMD with NVMe SSD, 1vCPU, 1GB memory, 25GB NVMe storage, and 1TB transfer—data center in San Francisco. The monthly cost of this VPS is $7....
Get rid of the warning on Proxmox VE
Here is a warning I saw when I was using Proxmox VE. It is about the thin volume size that does not match. Look, the vm-108-disk-0 size maps 133GB but the size is only 42 GB. I googled it and...
Shrink the VM disk in Proxmox VE
I wrote a post about how to expand the VM disk in Proxmox VE last year. Now I want to show you how to shrink the disk or reduce the size of the disk of VM in Proxmox VE. Background...
Upgrade Ubuntu 22.04 Lts to Ubuntu 24.04 Lts
It is a small trick to show you how to upgrade Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server. If you are using Ubuntu 23.10, it is quite simple. Run the commands below to upgrade your Ubuntu 23.10. Then it...
How to upgrade Minecraft Java server to 1.20.5 or 1.20.6 from 1.20.4
Hay, if it is a regular upgrade of the Minecraft Java server edition, I won’t write a post here. Because it is quite straightforward. Say a normal upgrade. ssh to the server with Putty. sudo /opt/minecraft/tools/backup.sh sudo service minecraft stop...
Fix some APT problems and upgrade the Gitlab CE on the VM
I have an installation of the Gitlab CE version on the virtual machine. It is running on the Host Proxmox VE. Normally I do the update/upgrade through the Webmin interface. I knew that Gitlab has very active development. They may...
Upgrade Webmin to v2.110
Just upgrade all my VPS Webmin installations. From 2.105 to v2.110. Look at the latest release notes. Add an API to check if the system is running or approaching its end of life (EOL) Add support for systemd-timesyncd...
Password saved in Ubuntu 22.04
The newly added user’s password is not saved in Ubuntu 22.04lts. Only the password hash is stored in /etc/shadow. Here is an example: The string is separated by colon symbols. The user name is: userabc The whole password part is:...
How to Optimize PHP-FPM
As I posted before, I have been using PHP-FPM for many years. I added a PHP-FPM status page recently. Now I am using PHP8.2, so I may use PHP-FPM or PHP8.2-FPM to mention it. About the PHP-FPM, I am always...
Email server DNS settings with Cloudflare
I just noticed how to set up the DNS record for the Email server on Cloudflare DNS. It should be DNS only. I have my very own Email server, with IP address, a.b.c.d. It is powered by iRedmail. In Cloudflare...
Enable PHP-FPM Status Page with Nginx
I have been using PHP-FPM to interpret the PHP language program for years. My server or VPS is powered by Ubuntu, most time the latest LTS version or the second latest version. I like Nginx for web servers. In the...