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there's a specific fedi instance ending in .estate (you've probably seen it if you're a #mastoadmin or #fediadmin) that's been a hub for all sorts of problematic stuff. I have just sent an abuse report to:
- the domain registrar
- the nameserver operator, and
- th…

#MastoAdmin PSA: I’ve been noticing many posts like this one below going around Fedi lately, and I suspect it may be a type of scam trying to promote that “global voice” account. https://social.boger.dev/@J/1151158024

"it's decentralized!" "The directory server runs on Bluesky. We're working on making something that doesn't just run on Bluesky."
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#MastoAdmin I just upgraded #postgresql from v17 to v18 without any problems !

Ceci n'est pas ActivityPub.
"Your PDS includes your followers so unlike Mastodon you can't take your followers with you when you move servers." Cap.
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I'm running the latest code of the glitch-social Mastodon fork but don't seem to have the ability to quote-toot yet. Is there a config setting I need to enable?

Mastodon doesn't seem to like the upgrade to Ubuntu 24. Does anyone have a good tutorial?
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So.... anyone off the top of your head know the feasibility of migrating a Mastodon instance to a new domain name?
Is it generally better etiquette to run the 3-month decom rule and spin up a new clean instance, or do a DNS redirect?
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Should we expect problems with custom themes (mostly just custom colors) when updating to the current Mastodon version? #MastoAdmin

Oof. That upgrade was an adventure. #MastoAdmin #Mastodon

ElasticSearch is back up at phpc.social, now with 1024MB of JVM heap space as lack of heap space was the issue. Full text search is re-indexing now in the background and will likely take all day to finish.
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phpc.social is now on Mastodon v4.4.5, released a little over an hour and a half ago.
We're aware of full text search issues due to ElasticSearch being cranky and will post another update when that's fixed.
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Ok #mastoadmin #selfhost #S3 aficionados. I don’t have any experience with object storage providers. I am looking to move my self-host mastodon account here from local storage on my 2007 #footimac to my account at leaseweb. Could you help me with the answers to their queries? I suggested, completely off the top of my head and without experience, i would need 1.5TB and low bandwidth. Not knowing if that makes any sense.
“ for a 1.5 TB provision with low bandwidth usage, we can provide an estimate once we have more context on access patterns, regions, and any specific requirements.”
Thanks for any help!
#askfedi #fedihelp
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phpc.social is now running Mastodon v4.4.4. Had to do a `yarn install` to get assets to compile, but other than that an uneventful upgrade ~5.3 hours after the release.
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Apologies for the downtime on phpc.social this morning. Restarted services a little too early. We're good to go now (indexing ElasticSearch items in the background for the rest of the day but the site is functional otherwise).
In related news, phpc.social is now running Mastodon 4.4.1, hence it looking a bit different from before if you're using the web UI.
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phpc.social has been upgraded to mastodon 4.4.3, released about a half-hour ago. #mastoadmin

I think maybe it isn't #mastodon that is slowing down and filling up #footiMac.
It's the 700GB of webcam images/videos.
Just bought a fast dual USB A/C 500GB flash stick to offload this stuff and lighten things up a bit.
This is stuff I need to archive anyway. I want to gradually build a physical USB stick based digital library of webcam imagery from the cams @….
#mastoadmin #weather #webcams