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 😉. 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.

The secret of how fries are really made is out!

Not for the faint of heart or those that lack a sense of humor 😉

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@Radio Free Trumpistan

I am unable to find the Bot anywhere. Do you know what type of node it is on, maybe I do not have support for that type of node enabled?

Try following this tag

#infinitescream.bsky.social

If it is on BlueSky and you have a BlueSky account you can enable the connector in your settings. If not, then you can use the BlueSky bridge bot to connect.

bsky.brid.gy/bsky.brid.gy

@Radio Free Trumpistan

Raidio Free Trumpistan wrote:

I wonder why the Compose button disappears when I'm in Global feed mode on this instance. Strange, strange.

This is standard behavior for friendica. It has behaved this way since first installation and this behavior is consistent on Friendica World which is the only other instance I am a member of. If it is different on another instance then they changed the behavior of the compose button on their instance. The Compose Button only shows when you are on the Home Tab(House Icon) My Posts and Conversations or the My Friends Conversations (Block Icon).

I have added a Scheme to the instance, and it is the default, called Bookface. It is an extension to the Frio Theme. This is a link on some customization you can make with Bookface.

If you do not like Bookface you can choose one of the default Schemes to Frio instead, or even to use a different theme. This can all be adjusted by editing your profile in the Display Tab.

Let me know if I can help you with anything else.

The average user may believe that all the hype they read about security on the internet is overrated. To be honest some of it is and some of it is just to sell you a product you do not need.

In the case of Internet Facing Services this is not the case. If you have an internet facing service then you have to be sure your server is secure. This is why I insist on SELinux on my servers. AppArmor is easier to configure though not as configurable as SELinux for as many cases. I would also strongly suggest you never disable SELinux (or AppArmor if that is what you are using) to ease installation and implementation. It is not worth the risk. Just learn to use your Gnu/Linux Hardening system to its fullest extent. Do not disable it.

I have attached a screenshot of an ssh session to my VPS. As you can see every few seconds an attack fails. This is why the security is required.

!Friendica Admin Support Group

Okay, after further digging I have excluded any issues with SELinux preventing caching. There have been no SELinux denials at all in the last three days so this issue is going to be in the code base. There are few things in life as enjoyable as hunting down a memory leak. Please note the heavy sarcasm 😀.

Update:

Okay, The function copyToString() in the Util.php allows the buffer to be read indefinitely or until it reaches an eof(). This only happens if the $maxLen variable is -1, which happens to be its default value. Because we end up in the body of this if() we know that either -1 was passed or the default value was used.

So apparently a file larger than 8gb was served up? That seems extreme though I have raised the bar to 12gb and waiting to see if that fails in time.

This seems reckless as a lot of servers may not have 8gb+ to offer up. This looks dubious and certainly a work around can be reached.