The Instance went down again. Instead of rushing to get the instance back up I check some logs and it appears that when I increased the values I did not increase the pm.max_spare_servers. I allowed more to be generated but did not allow them to exist π. Which of course took php-fpm down.
I increased pm.max_spare_server so hopefully this time I have enough to handle the load. As you can see in the screenshot below as soon as more spare servers were added that brought it above 100, the whole service shutdown bringing the site down.
The setting still may need massaging. Time will show.
@Unus Nemo I dug 'way back to 2023 to recall the error messages I was originally getting on QOTO and Dr. Freemo was telling me I was the only one encountering them. It was a Rate Limit error, and the reason for that problem was that I was going straight to the Federated tab instead of the Home tab (the equivalent would be the Friendica "Conversations on this and other servers" circular tab, then choosing Other Servers. It turned out that I was indeed exceeding the Qoto rate limit by accessing the Fediverse. Dr. Freemo fixed that, once we nailed down what it was, but I've been getting the 500 error ever since. Hope this helps.
Thank you I appreciate the effort you have put in to help. I am waiting for the next HashTagGame event to see if the Instances crashes or not. I found a logic error in my configuration and I am hoping that my updates fixes the issue. If not I will keep working on it π.
@Unus Nemo Unless there's a technical disaster at Paul's end, it's always going to be at 9 pm Eastern...and even when his server goes down as it did recently, he's got a team to start it anyway. π I did play Hashtag Games on Qoto with no problem, though--just sayin'. Just fishin' out possible clues when I find 'em.
I am fishing as well. It is the only thing that is new. I have been up for months at a time without a crash and suddenly it starts. Now of course just because two things happen at the same time does not mean it is related. There could be something else I am overlooking. Though I do know:
PHP-FPM started running out of idle server processes just as the game started being played. Now maybe it is just a coincidence I do not know.
I only had on other such glitch a month ago and it did not reoccur for a quite a while.
Error logs point to the server going down around the event time.
None of this is definite. And I may be barking up the wrong tree. Though I suspect that surviving the event without a crash will be a good indicator.
@Unus Nemo I guess the think to do is to keep after it until we find "the red X"....that is, narrow it down to the actual culprit. I do know that the thing here and Qoto have in common is that handling traffic from all those other servers in the Fediverse is like trying to drink from a fire hose, so it's not surprising that systems can get overwhelmed. Default display on this Friendica account is 40 messages and I dropped that down to 20. If you think dropping it down to 10 might be helpful, I'll certainly change that setting. I also have automatic refresh turned off because there's no way I can read or reply to stuff that comes in as fast as all that. I tried it before and it was frustrating, so I don't want to change that one....but that'll give you an idea of the fire hose effect is experienced at the user end when reading Global Other Servers.
40 messages should be fine. Though I agree with you on automatic refresh. The thing is that the instance should be stable with hundreds of users. We have 3 active users. There is no way I should be seeing any hiccups at this point. Unfortunately Friendica comes with an extremely poor default configuration. So I have had to work out fixes and stay on top of issues that other admins report on github. Friendica World has more than a 1000 users and though Ruud (the admin) has his issues it tells me that I should be able to handle more.
I do not expect to handle a thousand users mainly because I cannot afford a larger storage layer. So I am looking at realistically capping out at around 250. Most storage is not permanent but I still have to have enough to handle the flow of messages for the user base.
Though I appreciate the effort you put in I would like you to not take it easy on the server. I
40 messages should be fine. Though I agree with you on automatic refresh. The thing is that the instance should be stable with hundreds of users. We have 3 active users. There is no way I should be seeing any hiccups at this point. Unfortunately Friendica comes with an extremely poor default configuration. So I have had to work out fixes and stay on top of issues that other admins report on github. Friendica World has more than a 1000 users and though Ruud (the admin) has his issues it tells me that I should be able to handle more.
I do not expect to handle a thousand users mainly because I cannot afford a larger storage layer. So I am looking at realistically capping out at around 250. Most storage is not permanent but I still have to have enough to handle the flow of messages for the user base.
Though I appreciate the effort you put in I would like you to not take it easy on the server. It is important that I get the configuration right. Like I said with 3 active users (and a relay going) there should be no issue at all with resources giving out. PHP-FPM is not running out of resources due to them not being available it is running out of them due to the resources not being allocated to it.
We will eventually hit the X to be sure. It is just a matter of research and implementation. Thanks for your help.
Friendica is supposed to able to operate with far less resources than I have available on my VPS. I have dedicated that VPS to nothing but Friendica and support services for Friendica. I have only had this Instance up for a few months. So in time I will get it right π.
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#radio #Shortwave #InternationalBroadcasting #HFUnderground #DXing Regarding my previous comments about HF Underground's bot, fanbot, being stuck in the 49 meter band then suggesting that the 25 meter band should have something on it, well, for those of you who are just discovering this medium, RN da Amazonia should provide good music listening right about now (1630 UTC, 7:30pm Central). Prior to this specified time I heard them play the classic Sergio Mendes "Mas Que Nada".
Reception conditions change over the course of the day, subject to daylight/darkness patterns, but if you're looking for a good place to start, here ya go. Shortwave radio is a great place to find pirates, such as what Radio Free Trumpistan might be someday.
βThere is a movement afoot in America that says in order to protect and βsaveβ young boys and men, they must become disciples of the movement of White Jesus. Unlike Jesus Christ, White Jesus is on a violent quest for naked power and influence and wealth.β
~ Angela Denker, Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood (Minneapolis: Broadleaf, 2025), p. xii
A comprehensive look at the rise in radicalization among young white men in America, especially focused on the role of right-wing Christianity in the increase of religious-based hatred and violence.
An adult scrub cricket (Phaneroptera falcata) photographed with my iPhone 15 Pro and a lens over the main camera so I could focus close. I like the effect achieved by the shallow depth of field.
Un grillo de matorral adulto (Phaneroptera falcata) fotografiado con mi iPhone 15 Pro y una lente sobre la cΓ‘mara principal para poder enfocar de cerca. Me gusta el efecto conseguido por la escasa profundidad de campo.
Eine ausgewachsene Laubheuschrecke (Phaneroptera falcata), fotografiert mit meinem iPhone 15 Pro und einem Objektiv ΓΌber der Hauptkamera, um nah heran zu kommen. Mir gefΓ€llt der Effekt, der durch die geringe SchΓ€rfentiefe erzielt wird.
This proposal essentially ends U.S. leadership and dominance in space research and space-based astronomy.
"NASAβs science budget could be cut nearly in half under an early version of President Donald Trumpβs budget proposal to Congress, a move that would terminate billions of dollarsβ worth of ongoing and future missions."
Does it really? Or does it just open up direct contracts to Space X cutting out NASA? After all there is spending with SpaceX that is not affiliated with NASA and is affiliated with DoD and of course their private contracts. So does this really have an effect on Space X? Is this just a ploy to make it appear that Musk's Companies are not being favored?
Maybe I a full of it, though I cannot help but speculate.
note: Though I am no Elon Musk fan I still will not deny the good that SpaceX or the Open Source EV plans he shared have done. Just because an individual is an arse does not mean nothing they have done has helped us. I believe people tend to forget that.
@Unus Nemo Well, if a cut opens up contract opportunities for Space X, Space X still has half a budget that can be spent on it, so I don't look at it that way. In order for Space X to benefit, then more---not less--money would have been made available for it to exploit.
That cut is in NASA's budget right? So no it would not mean that there was less money for Space X, just NASA, right?
What I am pointing out is that if DoD orders X amount of rocket engines for missiles from SpaceX, that is their current supplier, then it does not come out of NASA's research budget. It comes out of DoD's budget. etc...
Although Bill Maher swears he βdidnβt go MAGAβ during his visit to the White House, he seems to have a new favorite dinner host. On Fridayβs episode of Real
I was on the Instance off and on last night at work on breaks. When I got home I noticed the site was down again due to a HTTP 500 Error. I have done some more massaging to the php-fpm config though I will need to get some rack before I can dig into it and find out what optimum setting would be for my server giving its memory.
Sorry for any inconveniences still trying to tune the server. I am not sure at all how long the server has been down.
@Unus Nemo I know that it went down around 8:30pm Central, which is about when I'm playing hashtag games, which places me as Prime Suspect as to why, I'm afraid. ======== Oh--I also typically select Global, Other Servers; not sure if that helps either.
@plan-A @Unus Nemo Here it is hours later, as I post this comment, that it just now occurs to me that "HTTP 500 errors" in Friendica might very well be analogous to the "Internal Server error 500" I keep running into on the Mastodon instance Qoto. Previous snags on that is the main reason I thought I might be at fault here because my accessing other servers was causing some kind of other traffic errors, which admin fixed but that's when I started getting frequent 500 errors...thing is, Qoto was never unfunctional--it was still running once the error cleared itself. Hmmm....
Yes, an Internal Server Error 500 is a HTTP Error 500 though keep in mind that if something you are doing is causing the error then it should not. So that is my fault as the Server should be able to handle the issue. I will tweak the configuration until the issue is resolved. If the server does go down while you are doing something then it helps greatly when you tell me when and what you were doing at the time it went down. As you have been doing, thank you. Please note that I am the only administrator on this Instance and no one else can answer questions about it, no matter how well their intentions may be. Only I have the access to the logs and configuration that tells the tale and provides the answers. To fix and see what the problem might be. There is noway another user without administrative access could possibly give you meaningful answers regarding the instance.
Yes, an Internal Server Error 500 is a HTTP Error 500 though keep in mind that if something you are doing is causing the error then it should not. So that is my fault as the Server should be able to handle the issue. I will tweak the configuration until the issue is resolved. If the server does go down while you are doing something then it helps greatly when you tell me when and what you were doing at the time it went down. As you have been doing, thank you. Please note that I am the only administrator on this Instance and no one else can answer questions about it, no matter how well their intentions may be. Only I have the access to the logs and configuration that tells the tale and provides the answers. To fix and see what the problem might be. There is noway another user without administrative access could possibly give you meaningful answers regarding the instance.
The Error may happen because something you do, though the fault will always be mine. The maintenance and configuration of the server is my responsibility not anyone else. Just keep working with me and we will get this resolved.
Thanks for your help and sorry for the inconvenience.
I know you have the best of intentions though there is noway you can know that. You do not have access to the server side were the faults are. This is not a failing script issue as I initially thought it might be. It is the PHP-FPM configuration.
In fact it is likely the Hash Tag games that are causing the issue. At the end of the day, yes, it is my responsibility to fix this type of error and the poor configuration that allowed it to happen is my fault not the users. So it is my fault and no one else. Though, that does not eliminate that it was something a user did that took the server down due to the configuration issues. I need them to give me feedback to fix these issues. So please do not tell users of this Instance that what they did or did not do had any effect on the problem. There is noway for you to definitively or even accurately answer those type of questions..
@Unus Nemo Noted, and thank you for all the work you do. I hadn't gotten your email addy at the time, but as soon as this came back online, I looked for the...well, equivalent to About Us page....and now have that information pasted to a text file so upon the occurrence of a next-time, I will definitely email you. Happy to be of help.
Judge allows Trump administration to deport Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil over pro-Palestine activism independent.co.uk/news/world/aβ¦
America is dead. "The Constitution" is meaningless, and the rule of law is once again nothing more than a pipe dream. #uspoli #uspolitics #trump #fascism #mahmoudkhalil
I think California and Canada should make a new country of 80 million people called Canafornia, which had a booming film industry, free healthcare, no trade wars, and a sane president.
I suspect dismantling VOA, Radio Free Asia and the media are in fact accurately reflecting the position of the US against our adversaries. You know, like Canada, Greenland and the EU. We are sending messages, to be sure.
Sorry but I don't trust email because of the #RIME Space Moose. Everyone else has a bit-bucket, but RIME has Space Moose. |\/\/\O_O/\/\/| Let's continue this conversation by #SnailMail please. #BBS #Compuserve #SubGeniusSIG
I just did a Google search on "Nibi-Nibi" and its AI came up with wrong answers. I then did a Google search on "Nibi-Nibi" shortwave. FINALLY got the right answer on The SWLing Post...so...for those of you trying to figure out the Rep. of Nibi-Nibi reference, this one is the correct information.
"Source was “Short-Wave Report” by Hank Bennett, Popular Electronics, Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., New York, p. 86, March 1959."
Image of Popular Electronics announcement; text : Nibi-Nibi Islands "A few months ago there appeared in the bulletins of various clubs and organizations an item about a new station located in the Nibi-Nibi Islands. Additional reports on this station have been received from time to time, with the latest report containing information on new programming. The National Geographic Society claims that
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I just did a Google search on "Nibi-Nibi" and its AI came up with wrong answers. I then did a Google search on "Nibi-Nibi" shortwave. FINALLY got the right answer on The SWLing Post...so...for those of you trying to figure out the Rep. of Nibi-Nibi reference, this one is the correct information.
"Source was βShort-Wave Reportβ by Hank Bennett, Popular Electronics, Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., New York, p. 86, March 1959."
Image of Popular Electronics announcement; text : Nibi-Nibi Islands "A few months ago there appeared in the bulletins of various clubs and organizations an item about a new station located in the Nibi-Nibi Islands. Additional reports on this station have been received from time to time, with the latest report containing information on new programming. The National Geographic Society claims that there is no such island. And investigation into the situation by several veteran DX'ers has failed to locate the original source of the information. It is believed now that the entire episode was a hoax. While it may have begun as a harmless prank, it has, nevertheless, consumed the time and efforts of the editors of many clubs, organizations, and DX programs. This sort of thing has no place in short-wave listening. It is sincerely hoped that all DX'ers will be on the lookout for such obviously phony reporting and will do all they can to discourage any repetition of this kind"
Boeing, helicopters, airport close calls...I who was once an enjoyer of Southwest Airlines' Fun Fares when they had them now have a fear of flying. As in absolute NOPE.
#Trump & #Musk #FAA firings seem to be going really well. π€¦πΌββοΈ
All three people on board a small plane were killed when the aircraft crashed in #BocaRaton, Florida, on Friday morning, according to local officials and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Y for COLOR (space) or, <ΓΓΓΓΓΓΒΏΓΓΓΓΓΓ> Q for QUICK then <ENTER> N for MONO (space) then <ΓΓΓΓΓΓ´³ Β³ Β³ Do you want ANSI COLOR (enter)=no? y
This will be a "Pot-Luck" affair, so bring something if you're handy in the kitchen. If you have some folding chairs, it would probably help if you could bring a couple of them as well.
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^^ Yessir folks, that's the one and only "Why Is There Air" Bill Cosby in the mid 1980s plugging the legendary Texas Instruments personal computer--and yes, he was also doing Picture Pages for Captain Kangaroo. And just before Compuserve got eaten by AOL, you're seeing that right: SIG = Special Interest Group and yes I had an actual account and was member of WITSIG, which is the name that NETWITS changed to, so yes, I'd been online for quite some time even in the 1980s.
The name I used in an earlier post in this vein was also an actual WITSIG account, and that was the wittiest handle I found on there: Mahatma Coate. <lessa> was the group's head, and that was her handle until she donned earrings, thus: <*>lessa<*>
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in reply to Unus Nemo • •I dug 'way back to 2023 to recall the error messages I was originally getting on QOTO and Dr. Freemo was telling me I was the only one encountering them. It was a Rate Limit error, and the reason for that problem was that I was going straight to the Federated tab instead of the Home tab (the equivalent would be the Friendica "Conversations on this and other servers" circular tab, then choosing Other Servers. It turned out that I was indeed exceeding the Qoto rate limit by accessing the Fediverse. Dr. Freemo fixed that, once we nailed down what it was, but I've been getting the 500 error ever since. Hope this helps.
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Thank you I appreciate the effort you have put in to help. I am waiting for the next HashTagGame event to see if the Instances crashes or not. I found a logic error in my configuration and I am hoping that my updates fixes the issue. If not I will keep working on it π.
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in reply to Unus Nemo • •Unless there's a technical disaster at Paul's end, it's always going to be at 9 pm Eastern...and even when his server goes down as it did recently, he's got a team to start it anyway. π
I did play Hashtag Games on Qoto with no problem, though--just sayin'. Just fishin' out possible clues when I find 'em.
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I am fishing as well. It is the only thing that is new. I have been up for months at a time without a crash and suddenly it starts. Now of course just because two things happen at the same time does not mean it is related. There could be something else I am overlooking. Though I do know:
None of this is definite. And I may be barking up the wrong tree. Though I suspect that surviving the event without a crash will be a good indicator.
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in reply to Unus Nemo • •I guess the think to do is to keep after it until we find "the red X"....that is, narrow it down to the actual culprit. I do know that the thing here and Qoto have in common is that handling traffic from all those other servers in the Fediverse is like trying to drink from a fire hose, so it's not surprising that systems can get overwhelmed.
Default display on this Friendica account is 40 messages and I dropped that down to 20. If you think dropping it down to 10 might be helpful, I'll certainly change that setting.
I also have automatic refresh turned off because there's no way I can read or reply to stuff that comes in as fast as all that. I tried it before and it was frustrating, so I don't want to change that one....but that'll give you an idea of the fire hose effect is experienced at the user end when reading Global Other Servers.
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40 messages should be fine. Though I agree with you on automatic refresh. The thing is that the instance should be stable with hundreds of users. We have 3 active users. There is no way I should be seeing any hiccups at this point. Unfortunately Friendica comes with an extremely poor default configuration. So I have had to work out fixes and stay on top of issues that other admins report on github. Friendica World has more than a 1000 users and though Ruud (the admin) has his issues it tells me that I should be able to handle more.
I do not expect to handle a thousand users mainly because I cannot afford a larger storage layer. So I am looking at realistically capping out at around 250. Most storage is not permanent but I still have to have enough to handle the flow of messages for the user base.
Though I appreciate the effort you put in I would like you to not take it easy on the server. I
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40 messages should be fine. Though I agree with you on automatic refresh. The thing is that the instance should be stable with hundreds of users. We have 3 active users. There is no way I should be seeing any hiccups at this point. Unfortunately Friendica comes with an extremely poor default configuration. So I have had to work out fixes and stay on top of issues that other admins report on github. Friendica World has more than a 1000 users and though Ruud (the admin) has his issues it tells me that I should be able to handle more.
I do not expect to handle a thousand users mainly because I cannot afford a larger storage layer. So I am looking at realistically capping out at around 250. Most storage is not permanent but I still have to have enough to handle the flow of messages for the user base.
Though I appreciate the effort you put in I would like you to not take it easy on the server. It is important that I get the configuration right. Like I said with 3 active users (and a relay going) there should be no issue at all with resources giving out. PHP-FPM is not running out of resources due to them not being available it is running out of them due to the resources not being allocated to it.
We will eventually hit the X to be sure. It is just a matter of research and implementation. Thanks for your help.
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in reply to Unus Nemo • •Happy to do what I can. Okay, put 'er thru the paces it is, then. Will do!
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Friendica is supposed to able to operate with far less resources than I have available on my VPS. I have dedicated that VPS to nothing but Friendica and support services for Friendica. I have only had this Instance up for a few months. So in time I will get it right π.
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in reply to Unus Nemo • •That's the spirit!
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