Author Archives: Jacques Chester

Disruptions

August 29, 2008 – 11:24 am

Sorry folks, it’s me. These days when I install Wordpress I do a checkout from the main source repository, which has the nice property that I need only run a single command to update the exact files which change from version to version without having to do anything chancy.
At least, that’s the theory. It’s not [...]

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Today’s round of downtime

May 27, 2008 – 1:32 pm

It seems I managed to enjoy the benefits of an obscure bug in our web serving software. I’ve applied the workaround, which should — excuse me while I grimace — prevent it from happening again.
Update: I’m also installed monit, a tool which watches the server to ensure everything is still running and OK. I’ve looked [...]

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