How to move a website to a new server? [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 1 year ago. Improve this question I am going to move my website to a new server. I need to copy the /var/www directory to the new server. Should … Read more

error while connecting to ssh on google cloud platform

I have my instance running on Google Cloud Platform but suddenly my websites stops working and when i try to login via ssh, it keep connecting not never connects. It says: The key transfer to project metadata is taking an unusually long time. Transferring instead to instance metadata may be faster, but will transfer the … Read more

Moving Processes to and from Swap [closed]

Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 2 years ago. Improve this question Referring to Moving a process to and from swap and other answers which talk about moving … Read more

How to send 1M emails a day with postfix [closed]

Closed. This question needs to be more focused. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it focuses on one problem only by editing this post. Closed 1 year ago. Improve this question I’ve set up and configured postfix on a test server. it seems to be working. … Read more

What will I need to create a web server out of an R710? [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 1 year ago. Improve this question I recently got hold of an R710 (DELL PowerEdge) & want to use it to host multiple sites. I did not come with … Read more

What is the use of the lost+found directory?

I would like to use digitalocean’s block storage decive as a dedicated file system to manage Docker containers. The plan is to have this file system mounted at /var/lib/docker at boot time, before the Docker service is started. My attemps to do so thus far have been unsuccessful. While my playbook does not report an … Read more

Can’t start mysql after installing mariadb

I have just installed mariadb but when I do sudo mysql the I get this error: ERROR 1524 (HY000): Plugin ‘auth_socket’ is not loaded. i have looked online for fixes but I cannot find any that actually work. Answer I am guessing during installation you did not provide a password so it is trying to … Read more

systemd-resolvd seems to make up a non-existing AAAA entry?

One of my worker servers is experiencing problems connecting to a central server. This happened suddenly, it worked earlier, and it still works on an identical other worker. After some inspection the problem turns out to be this: root@svc1:~# nslookup central.example.com Server: 127.0.0.53 Address: 127.0.0.53#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: central.example.com Address: 26.156.133.221 Name: central.example.com Address: 64:ff9b::2ea6:1337 … Read more

Zone in Bind9 successfully loaded. How to debug? Ubuntu

I am new to this SysAdmin-things. I installed Bind9 (apt-get install bind9) on Ubuntu Server 18. I configured forwarding, setup the zone. But it does not work. The log says that the new zone is up. When I ping or host ns.ubuntu.local it says: ping: ns.ubuntu.local: Temporary failure in name resolution How can I find … Read more

Can’t change global PATH environment in ubuntu 18.04

I tried editing /etc/environment, changed it by removing games and adding my swift installation location, so now it looks like: PATH=”/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/swift/usr/bin” That didn’t work (even tried booting). After searching for a solution, I came to realize that PAM aware applications (I have UsePAM no in my sshd_config, but I tried this anyway) use the file … Read more