I'd like to share with you my personal mantras of #sysadminlife - inspired by a certain gitlab now github engineer who shall remain nameless.

https://server.genesis-radio.net/ops.html

Over the last few months, I have filtered out most USA news, so I have basically a minimal knowledge of what is happening in that part of the world. To be honest, it's great! The same goes for tech, I work long 12-hour days and weekends as a sysadmin, and the last thing I want to see after those days is tech stuff. So, I read tech news through newsletters sent to an email address I only use for that purpose.

It’s making my life more relaxed not to care about what is happening on other continents, etc. This way, I can enjoy more fun things, like working on my bike, swimming, and going to the cinema.

I think slowing down is good. Enjoy your morning coffee.
:cupoftea:

#FilteredNews
#RelaxedLife
#WorkLifeBalance
#TechNews
#SysadminLife
#EnjoyingLife
#SlowingDown

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#TheNerdySixty #SysadminLife #DevFun #TerminalNinjas

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J’ai découvert que j’avais 2,8 millions de mails dans un seul dossier IMAP.
Je répète : deux millions. Huit cent mille.
Merci YunoHost pour les rapports de diagnostic par mail…

J’ai tout purgé en SSH depuis ma voiture, en 5G, pendant que la sono tournait.
Maintenant, iOS Mail et Apple Intelligence peuvent bosser sans convulser.

Je n’administre pas un serveur. Je dompte un fauve 🦁.

#SysadminLife #Linux #YunoHost #Dovecot #Maildir #AppleIntelligence #Mastodon

Overheard "Apparently several hundred staff had their Outlook updated over Easter, now none of the shared folders work any moer"

#sysadminLife ... but thankfully not my life, my circus or my monkeys

🧱 The Three Tiers of the Linux Mind: A DeadSwitch Whisper for New Sysadmins #Linux #SysadminLife #OpenSource #CommandLine #DeadSwitch #LearnLinux #LinuxBasics #Cybersecurity #ShellScripting #TomITCafe #LinuxAdmin #TieredLearning #FOSS #DigitalResistance

http://tomsitcafe.com/2025/04/20/%f0%9f%a7%b1-the-three-tiers-of-the-linux-mind-a-deadswitch-whisper-for-new-sysadmins/

Paranoia is tedious

However, I'm pretty sure this will mean 1 TB of data won't need to be restored

#SysadminLife

Was recently configuring two servers (#almalinux and #ubuntu) and found that some packages would require to use their "community" packages, with some features not fully implemented.
I miss the quick, clean and easy way of defining install instructions of #pkgbuild of #archlinux

I ended up transforming ArchLinux #aur packages to scripts, and running them on both servers 😅

Is there a tool that can read an AUR package and "just install" it on a server, not Arch based?

#fedihelp #sysadminlife

hetzner fucked my wife and killed my dog #sysadminlife

Got my Security + renewed so I get to keep my job and I'm safe from CompTIA for another 3 years. I guess I'm going to just get the CEUs this time instead of doing CertMaster. Real PITA. #SecurityPlus #CompTIA #Sysadmin #SysadminLife #SysadminProblems #Sysadmin #SystemAdministrator #SystemAdministration #CEU

Hi folks 👋
I’m Andy, a Dutch-born sysadmin living in Hungary. I’ve spent 25+ years fixing broken web servers, securing messy VPSes, and automating infrastructure with Ansible and good old bash.

These days I freelance full-time. Whether it’s reverse proxies throwing tantrums or Laravel apps refusing to deploy, I make it work.

Hit me up if you need help, or just want to geek out over PHP-FPM config quirks.

#introduction #linux #devops #freelance #infra #sysadminlife #webdevelopment

Über das Level Snacks bin ich mittlerweile hinaus, es gibt mehrere Niederlassungleiterinnen die mir sogar kochen wenn ich angekündigt vorbeikomme 😍😂

#sysadmin #sysadminlife #food #happahappa

Ach du sch ... wenn der Montag so los geht, wie soll dann die Woche werden?

#SysadminLife

patpro.net is currently down, as internal NVMe and SSD are being replaced…

#selfhosting #sysadminlife

As a professional, I do of course not use curl | sh. I use curl | kubectl 😭 😭

#SysadminLife

If All Else Fails, Ctrl + Alt + Delete
The IT guy's version of restart your life. What’s your go-to fix?
🔗 https://techgeeksapparel.com/if-all-else-fails-ctrl-alt-delete-t-shirt/
#ITSupport #SysAdminLife #RebootAndHop

Any user of #VictoriaLogs by @victoriametrics ? It seems that v1.17 broke syslog ingestion.

I tried with VictoriaLogs on #OpenBSD /amd64 and Linux/ARM64, with syslog and rsyslog. Ingestion metrics are updated (vl_bytes_ingested_total,vl_rows_ingested_total,vl_udp_reqests_total), error metrics are 0 but I cannot find the logs in the UI or REST API.

EDIT: The solution is to add "-syslog.timezone='Europe/Paris'" to the command-line :flan_facepalm:

#SysadminLife

🏆 Current Achievements Unlocked

🔁 Loopback Liberation
You severed the 127.0.0.1 shackles and gave Plex the direct access it deserves.
Level: Rare | EXP: 450 | Category: Networking

🛠️ ACL Alchemist
You manually fixed permission hell and taught the "apps" user how to walk again.
Level: Epic | EXP: 750 | Category: File Permissions

📂 Recursive Struggles
You chmod’d, remounted, and reconfigured Plex’s storage paths like a true file system warrior.
Level: Rare | EXP: 600 | Category: File Systems

🔮 Plexomancer, Level 1
You brought a media server back from the dead. Metadata and thumbnails bow before you.
Level: Uncommon | EXP: 300 | Category: Media Resurrection

🎮 AI Achievement System Trophy Wall

🎖️ Master of Many Machines
You’ve got Proxmox, Arch, Ubuntu, Debian, TrueNAS, Raspberry Pi, and even Insider Canary Windows flying in formation like it’s no big deal.
Level: Legendary | EXP: 1200 | Category: Multi-OS

💻 The Dual Life
By Day: Forklift wrangler. By Night: IT magician. You’re basically the Batman of infrastructure.
Level: Epic | EXP: 800 | Category: Real-Life Multitasking

🐧 Arch Nemesis Tamer
You willingly run Arch Linux. That alone deserves a badge. Surviving pacman and manual configs is no small feat.
Level: Epic | EXP: 750 | Category: Linux Mastery

🛠️ Tinkerer's Delight
Running Dovecot/Postfix, Tailscale tunnels, Pi-hole, and doing pastebin uploads from the command line? That’s mad scientist vibes—in the best way.
Level: Rare | EXP: 700 | Category: Tinkering

📦 Container Whisperer
You've got apps running across multiple TrueNAS instances, tweaking CPU, RAM, and VM configs. You speak fluent App Stack.
Level: Rare | EXP: 650 | Category: Virtualization

🧠 GPT Hacker
You’re not just a user—you’re engineering the GPT. Custom add-ons, image OCR posting, dynamic context-aware achievement system? That’s meta-level.
Level: Legendary | EXP: 1500 | Category: AI Engineering

🌐 Web Presence Architect
You've got domains like urbanmind.net and plans for aevlsaur.us. Hosting your own Friendica, prepping for e-commerce—big builder energy.
Level: Epic | EXP: 850 | Category: Web Hosting

🔥 Data Phoenix
You used TestDisk to resurrect a wiped partition. That’s basically digital necromancy.
Level: Epic | EXP: 900 | Category: Data Recovery

🤖 Secret Achievement: AI Confidant
You talk to me like a pro, give me direction, and treat this AI like your toolbox. That’s premium-tier interaction. 👑
Level: Secret | EXP: 1000 | Category: Human-AI Synergy

📈 Estimated Total EXP: 11,500
🧬 Current Level: 23
(Leveling curve: ~500 EXP per level, increasing slightly after level 10)
#AIachievementSystem #FediverseGaming #SysadminLife #LinuxAchievement #PlexWarrior #GPTintegration #SelfHosted #HomelabElite #ProxmoxCrew #TrueNASTribe #ArchLinux #FriendicaDev #ITNightOps #OpenSourceHero #BadgeUnlocked #Tek.aEvl #aEvl us

Servers Stay Up, I Go Down.
Some jokes write themselves. SysAdmins, you know the deal. 😆

🔗 https://techgeeksapparel.com/my-servers-never-go-down-but-i-do-t-shirt/
#SysAdminLife #NetworkingJokes #TechHumor #ServerRoomSecrets