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  • @Not_Oles nix now works! I installed zsh through nix!

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    The all seeing eye sees everything...

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    @terrorgen said:
    @Not_Oles nix now works! I installed zsh through nix!

    That's delightful! Glad to hear it. Thank you for the report as well as for your help with and patience during the install. :)

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

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    Add bash

    fmt:~# apk update
    fetch http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
    fetch http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
    fetch http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
    v3.17.0-2106-gf7951d9201 [http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/main]
    v3.17.0-2117-gdb04b45caf [http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/community]
    v3.17.0-2119-g800b1948cb [http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/testing]
    OK: 24068 distinct packages available
    fmt:~# apk upgrade
    OK: 1152 MiB in 147 packages
    fmt:~# apk add bash
    (1/1) Installing bash (5.2.15-r0)
    Executing bash-5.2.15-r0.post-install
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1153 MiB in 148 packages
    fmt:~# 
    

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    Add GNU grep

    Busybox's grep doesn't recognize GNU grep's -P option.

    grep: unrecognized option: P`
    BusyBox v1.35.0 (2022-11-19 10:13:10 UTC) multi-call binary.
    
    Usage: grep [-HhnlLoqvsrRiwFE] [-m N] [-A|B|C N] { PATTERN | -e PATTERN... | -f FILE... } [FILE]...
    

    From the man page which accompanies GNU grep 3.8:

           -P, --perl-regexp
                  Interpret PATTERNS as Perl-compatible regular expressions (PCREs).
    

    Installing grep on Alpine

    fmt:~# apk info grep
    grep-3.8-r1 description:
    Searches input files for lines containing a match to a specified pattern
    
    grep-3.8-r1 webpage:
    https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/grep.html
    
    grep-3.8-r1 installed size:
    200 KiB
    
    fmt:~# which grep
    /bin/grep
    fmt:~# ls -l /bin/grep
    lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            12 Dec 11 02:00 /bin/grep -> /bin/busybox
    fmt:~# apk add grep
    (1/2) Installing pcre2 (10.42-r0)
    (2/2) Installing grep (3.8-r1)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1154 MiB in 150 packages
    fmt:~# which grep
    /bin/grep
    fmt:~# ls -l /bin/grep
    -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        186488 Sep  6 19:55 /bin/grep
    fmt:~# grep --version
    grep (GNU grep) 3.8
    Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
    This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
    There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
    
    Written by Mike Haertel and others; see
    <https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/tree/AUTHORS>.
    fmt:~# 
    

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    Add iperf3 and fio

    fmt:~# apk info iperf3
    iperf3-3.12-r0 description:
    A tool to measure IP bandwidth using UDP or TCP
    
    iperf3-3.12-r0 webpage:
    https://github.com/esnet/iperf
    
    iperf3-3.12-r0 installed size:
    192 KiB
    
    fmt:~# apk info fio
    fio-3.33-r0 description:
    Flexible I/O Tester
    
    fio-3.33-r0 webpage:
    https://github.com/axboe/fio
    
    fio-3.33-r0 installed size:
    1808 KiB
    
    fmt:~#  apk add iperf3 fio
    (1/5) Installing libaio (0.3.113-r0)
    (2/5) Installing numactl (2.0.16-r0)
    (3/5) Installing fio (3.33-r0)
    (4/5) Installing iperf3 (3.12-r0)
    (5/5) Installing iperf3-openrc (3.12-r0)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1156 MiB in 155 packages
    fmt:~# which iperf3 fio
    /usr/bin/iperf3
    /usr/bin/fio
    fmt:~# ls -l /usr/bin/iperf3 /usr/bin/fio
    -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       1572032 Nov  7 20:01 /usr/bin/fio
    -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         14208 Oct  5 13:46 /usr/bin/iperf3
    fmt:~# 
    

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    Add gcompat

    From Running glibc programs:

    gcompat is the go-to compatibility layer for Alpine users.

    apk add gcompat

    After that you run your binaries as normal.

    fmt:~# apk info gcompat
    gcompat-1.1.0-r0 description:
    The GNU C Library compatibility layer for musl
    
    gcompat-1.1.0-r0 webpage:
    https://git.adelielinux.org/adelie/gcompat
    
    gcompat-1.1.0-r0 installed size:
    104 KiB
    
    fmt:~# apk add gcompat
    (1/3) Installing musl-obstack (1.2.3-r0)
    (2/3) Installing libucontext (1.2-r0)
    (3/3) Installing gcompat (1.1.0-r0)
    OK: 1157 MiB in 158 packages
    fmt:~# 
    

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    Install Git

    Welcome to Alpine!
    
    The Alpine Wiki contains a large amount of how-to guides and general
    information about administrating Alpine systems.
    See <https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/>.
    
    fmt:~# # Install git
    fmt:~# date
    Sat Dec 24 20:11:30 UTC 2022
    fmt:~# apk update
    fetch http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
    fetch http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
    fetch http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
    v3.17.0-2213-g44bf6aaf6d [http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/main]
    v3.17.0-2233-g28fc4a5a58 [http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/community]
    v3.17.0-2234-g16a8e5481d [http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/testing]
    OK: 24044 distinct packages available
    fmt:~# apk upgrade
    (1/4) Upgrading device-mapper-libs (2.03.17-r1 -> 2.03.18-r0)
    (2/4) Upgrading linux-lts (6.1.0-r1 -> 6.1.1-r0)
    (3/4) Upgrading man-pages (6.01-r0 -> 6.02-r0)
    (4/4) Upgrading boost1.81-context (1.81.0-r0 -> 1.81.0-r1)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    Executing kmod-30-r1.trigger
    Executing mkinitfs-3.7.0-r0.trigger
    ==> initramfs: creating /boot/initramfs-lts
    Executing mandoc-apropos-1.14.6-r6.trigger
    Executing syslinux-6.04_pre1-r11.trigger
    /boot is device /dev/sdc1
    OK: 1157 MiB in 158 packages
    fmt:~# apk add git
    (1/1) Installing git (2.39.0-r0)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1163 MiB in 159 packages
    fmt:~# which git
    /usr/bin/git
    fmt:~# git --version
    git version 2.39.0
    fmt:~# exit
    Connection to fmt.metalvps.com closed.
    bash:~/cloudie-server/alpine$ 
    

    Happy holidays everyone! :)

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

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    Install LXC related packages

    Please see https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/116433/#Comment_116433 for previously completed install of the LXC package.

    Per the Alpine Linux Wiki running LXC requires the following apk packages in addition to the lxc package:
    * bridge
    * lxcfs
    * lxc-download
    * xz
    * lxc-templates
    * gnupg

    fmt:~# apk update
    fetch http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
    fetch http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
    fetch http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
    v3.17.0-2213-g44bf6aaf6d [http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/main]
    v3.17.0-2233-g28fc4a5a58 [http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/community]
    v3.17.0-2239-gf0ea39ada4 [http://mirror.fcix.net/alpine/edge/testing]
    OK: 24040 distinct packages available
    fmt:~# fmt:~# apk upgrade
    OK: 1163 MiB in 159 packages
    fmt:~# apk info bridge
    bridge-1.5-r5 description:
    Scripts for configuring network bridge interfaces
    
    bridge-1.5-r5 webpage:
    https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Bridge
    
    bridge-1.5-r5 installed size:
    24 KiB
    
    fmt:~# apk add bridge
    (1/1) Installing bridge (1.5-r5)
    OK: 1163 MiB in 160 packages
    fmt:~# apk info lxcfs
    lxcfs-5.0.2-r0 description:
    FUSE filesystem for LXC
    
    lxcfs-5.0.2-r0 webpage:
    https://linuxcontainers.org/lxcfs
    
    lxcfs-5.0.2-r0 installed size:
    228 KiB
    
    fmt:~# apk add lxcfs
    (1/12) Installing linux-pam (1.5.2-r1)
    (2/12) Installing shadow-libs (4.13-r0)
    (3/12) Installing shadow-subids (4.13-r0)
    (4/12) Installing lua5.4-libs (5.4.4-r6)
    (5/12) Installing lua5.4 (5.4.4-r6)
    (6/12) Installing lua-lunix (20190403-r0)
    (7/12) Installing lua-optarg (0.3-r0)
    (8/12) Installing lua5.4-optarg (0.3-r0)
    (9/12) Installing uidmapshift (0.1.0-r0)
    (10/12) Installing fuse3-libs (3.12.0-r0)
    (11/12) Installing lxcfs (5.0.2-r0)
    (12/12) Installing lxcfs-openrc (5.0.2-r0)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1165 MiB in 172 packages
    fmt:~# apk info lxc-download
    lxc-download-5.0.1-r1 description:
    LXC container image downloader template
    
    lxc-download-5.0.1-r1 webpage:
    https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/
    
    lxc-download-5.0.1-r1 installed size:
    36 KiB
    
    fmt:~# apk add lxc-download
    (1/15) Installing libgpg-error (1.46-r1)
    (2/15) Installing libassuan (2.5.5-r1)
    (3/15) Installing pinentry (1.2.1-r0)
    Executing pinentry-1.2.1-r0.post-install
    (4/15) Installing libgcrypt (1.10.1-r0)
    (5/15) Installing gnupg-gpgconf (2.2.41-r0)
    (6/15) Installing gpg (2.2.41-r0)
    (7/15) Installing libksba (1.6.3-r0)
    (8/15) Installing libsasl (2.1.28-r3)
    (9/15) Installing libldap (2.6.3-r6)
    (10/15) Installing npth (1.6-r2)
    (11/15) Installing gnupg-dirmngr (2.2.41-r0)
    (12/15) Installing tar (1.34-r1)
    (13/15) Installing libidn2 (2.3.4-r0)
    (14/15) Installing wget (1.21.3-r2)
    (15/15) Installing lxc-download (5.0.1-r1)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1170 MiB in 187 packages
    fmt:~# apk info xz
    xz-5.4.0-r0 description:
    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files
    
    xz-5.4.0-r0 webpage:
    https://tukaani.org/xz
    
    xz-5.4.0-r0 installed size:
    172 KiB
    
    fmt:~# apk add xz
    (1/1) Installing xz (5.4.0-r0)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1170 MiB in 188 packages
    fmt:~# apk info lxc-templates
    lxc-templates-5.0.1-r1 description:
    Templates for LXC (except alpine and download)
    
    lxc-templates-5.0.1-r1 webpage:
    https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/
    
    lxc-templates-5.0.1-r1 installed size:
    40 KiB
    
    fmt:~# apk add lxc-templates
    (1/1) Installing lxc-templates (5.0.1-r1)
    OK: 1171 MiB in 189 packages
    fmt:~# apk info gnupg
    gnupg-2.2.41-r0 description:
    GNU Privacy Guard 2 - meta package for full GnuPG suite
    
    gnupg-2.2.41-r0 webpage:
    https://www.gnupg.org/
    
    gnupg-2.2.41-r0 installed size:
    4096 B
    
    fmt:~# apk add gnupg
    (1/7) Installing gpg-agent (2.2.41-r0)
    (2/7) Installing gpg-wks-server (2.2.41-r0)
    (3/7) Installing gpgsm (2.2.41-r0)
    (4/7) Installing gpgv (2.2.41-r0)
    (5/7) Installing gnupg-utils (2.2.41-r0)
    (6/7) Installing gnupg-wks-client (2.2.41-r0)
    (7/7) Installing gnupg (2.2.41-r0)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1173 MiB in 196 packages
    fmt:~# 
    

    A few more things need to be done. For example,

    • subuid, subgid files
    fmt:~# cat /etc/subuid /etc/subgid
    fmt:~# 
    
    • network configuration in /etc/network/interfaces

    • kernel configuration

    fmt:~# CONFIG=/boot/config-lts lxc-checkconfig
    LXC version 5.0.1
    --- Namespaces ---
    Namespaces: enabled
    Utsname namespace: enabled
    Ipc namespace: enabled
    Pid namespace: enabled
    User namespace: enabled
    Warning: newuidmap is not setuid-root
    Warning: newgidmap is not setuid-root
    Network namespace: enabled
    
    --- Control groups ---
    Cgroups: enabled
    Cgroup namespace: enabled
    
    Cgroup v1 mount points: 
    
    
    Cgroup v2 mount points: 
    
    Cgroup v1 systemd controller: missing
    Cgroup v1 freezer controller: missing
    Cgroup ns_cgroup: required
    Cgroup device: enabled
    Cgroup sched: enabled
    Cgroup cpu account: enabled
    Cgroup memory controller: enabled
    Cgroup cpuset: enabled
    
    --- Misc ---
    Veth pair device: enabled, not loaded
    Macvlan: enabled, not loaded
    Vlan: enabled, not loaded
    Bridges: enabled, not loaded
    Advanced netfilter: enabled, not loaded
    CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE: enabled, not loaded
    CONFIG_IP6_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE: enabled, not loaded
    CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CHECKSUM: enabled, not loaded
    CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_COMMENT: enabled, not loaded
    FUSE (for use with lxcfs): enabled, not loaded
    
    --- Checkpoint/Restore ---
    checkpoint restore: enabled
    CONFIG_FHANDLE: enabled
    CONFIG_EVENTFD: enabled
    CONFIG_EPOLL: enabled
    CONFIG_UNIX_DIAG: enabled
    CONFIG_INET_DIAG: enabled
    CONFIG_PACKET_DIAG: enabled
    CONFIG_NETLINK_DIAG: enabled
    File capabilities: 
    
    • Maybe still more :)

    Happy Holidays! :)

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • Happy Holiday everyone!!

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    @Not_Oles said:

    @Not_Oles said:
    Hi Guys!

    On our default install of Alpine 3.17 edge, who is a symlink to busybox. who seems to work with the -H flag at least enough to print headers, but who does not seem to list logged in users with the -a flag or without any flags.

    The busybox who source linked below (the last of the listed references) doesn't seem to require coreutils, but maybe I missed something.

    Would some kind soul please explain why who shows the headers with the -H option but doesn't show me and others besides me who may also be logged in?

    Thanks!

    Tom

    fmt:~# which who
    /usr/bin/who
    fmt:~# ls -l /usr/bin/who
    lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            12 Dec 11 02:00 /usr/bin/who -> /bin/busybox
    fmt:~# who
    fmt:~# who -a
    fmt:~# who -H
    USER            TTY             IDLE    TIME             HOST
    fmt:~# apk info | grep coreutils
    fmt:~# apk info | wc
           84        84       940
    fmt:~# 
    

    References:

    BusyBox man page

    https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/600630/how-to-view-all-currently-logged-in-users-on-alpine-linux

    https://askubuntu.com/questions/750876/how-to-replace-gnu-core-utilities-with-busybox

    https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Alpine_Package_Keeper

    https://git.busybox.net/busybox/

    https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/coreutils/who.c

    Hello!

    last also does not work. It gives me headers but no error message and no information about logins.

    fmt:~# last
    USER       TTY            HOST               LOGIN        TIME
    fmt:~# 
    

    I found some information at https://serverfault.com/questions/1050094/why-does-last-fail-on-alpine-with-last-couldnt-open-file-dev-null-wtmp

    I need to read the references on the linked serverfault page.

    Thanks! :) Best wishes! :)

    Tom

    Hello! Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! 🎄

    Santa brought me a link to the new musl website's wiki, where it says:

    Q: Why is the utmp/wtmp functionality only implemented as stubs?

    • if the feature is implemented, you need to take additional measures to protect your user’s privacy
    • in order to use the utmp/wtmp feature, you need a suid/sgid binary to modify the database, which opens the door for security issues:
    • if you compromise those binaries, you can inject arbitrary data into the db, that other programs might interpret in exploitable ways that’s a HUGE risk to pay for the sake of a basically-useless and possibly-harmful “feature”

    Friendly greetings! :)

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

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    Install friends of GCC

    Please see https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/116445/#Comment_116445 for gcc install.

    Procedure: Attempt translation of Debian apt-ese into Alpine apk-ese. :)

    • Debian

    build-essential
    dpkg-dev
    gcc
    g++
    libc6-dev
    libc-dev
    make
    libtool
    flex
    bison
    autotools-dev
    autoconf
    automake

    • More

    nasm
    gdb


    Alpine

    fmt:~# gcc --version
    gcc (Alpine 12.2.1_git20220924-r6) 12.2.1 20220924
    Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
    warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
    
    fmt:~# g++ --version
    g++ (Alpine 12.2.1_git20220924-r6) 12.2.1 20220924
    Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
    warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
    
    fmt:~# info libc-dev
    
    libc-dev-0.7.2-r3 description:
    Meta package to pull in correct libc
    
    libc-dev-0.7.2-r3 webpage:
    https://alpinelinux.org
    
    libc-dev-0.7.2-r3 installed size:
    4096 B
    
    fmt:~# apk add libc-dev
    OK: 1173 MiB in 196 packages
    fmt:~# apk info libc6-dev
    fmt:~# which make
    /usr/bin/make
    fmt:~# make --version
    GNU Make 4.4
    Built for x86_64-alpine-linux-musl
    Copyright (C) 1988-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
    This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
    There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
    fmt:~# apk info libtool
    libtool-2.4.7-r0 description:
    A generic library support script
    
    libtool-2.4.7-r0 webpage:
    https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool
    
    libtool-2.4.7-r0 installed size:
    2268 KiB
    
    fmt:~# which libtool
    fmt:~# apk add libtool
    (1/2) Installing libltdl (2.4.7-r0)
    (2/2) Installing libtool (2.4.7-r0)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1175 MiB in 198 packages
    fmt:~# fmt:~# which flex
    fmt:~# apk info flex
    flex-2.6.4-r3 description:
    A tool for generating text-scanning programs
    
    flex-2.6.4-r3 webpage:
    https://github.com/westes/flex
    
    flex-2.6.4-r3 installed size:
    392 KiB
    
    fmt:~# apk add flex
    (1/2) Installing m4 (1.4.19-r2)
    (2/2) Installing flex (2.6.4-r3)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1176 MiB in 200 packages
    fmt:~# which bison
    fmt:~# apk info bison
    bison-3.8.2-r0 description:
    The GNU general-purpose parser generator
    
    bison-3.8.2-r0 webpage:
    https://www.gnu.org/software/bison/bison.html
    
    bison-3.8.2-r0 installed size:
    1460 KiB
    
    fmt:~# apk add bison
    (1/1) Installing bison (3.8.2-r0)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1177 MiB in 201 packages
    fmt:~# apk info autoconf
    autoconf-2.71-r2 description:
    GNU tool for automatically configuring source code
    
    autoconf-2.71-r2 webpage:
    https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf
    
    autoconf-2.71-r2 installed size:
    2088 KiB
    
    fmt:~# apk add autoconf
    (1/5) Installing perl (5.36.0-r0)
    (2/5) Installing autoconf (2.71-r2)
    (3/5) Installing perl-error (0.17029-r1)
    (4/5) Installing perl-git (2.39.0-r0)
    (5/5) Installing git-perl (2.39.0-r0)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1217 MiB in 206 packages
    fmt:~# apk info automake
    automake-1.16.5-r1 description:
    GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles
    
    automake-1.16.5-r1 webpage:
    https://www.gnu.org/software/automake
    
    automake-1.16.5-r1 installed size:
    1612 KiB
    
    fmt:~# apk add automake
    (1/1) Installing automake (1.16.5-r1)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1219 MiB in 207 packages
    fmt:~# apk info nasm
    nasm-2.16.01-r0 description:
    80x86 assembler designed for portability and modularity
    
    nasm-2.16.01-r0 webpage:
    https://www.nasm.us
    
    nasm-2.16.01-r0 installed size:
    3220 KiB
    
    fmt:~# apk add nasm
    (1/1) Installing nasm (2.16.01-r0)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1222 MiB in 208 packages
    fmt:~# apk info gdb
    gdb-12.1-r3 description:
    The GNU Debugger
    
    gdb-12.1-r3 webpage:
    https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/
    
    gdb-12.1-r3 installed size:
    8616 KiB
    
    fmt:~# fmt:~# apk add gdb
    (1/1) Installing gdb (12.1-r3)
    Executing busybox-1.35.0-r29.trigger
    OK: 1231 MiB in 209 packages
    fmt:~# 
    

    So, guys, what else? Surely I missed something! :)

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

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    Reminder About Upcoming Maintenance

    @Not_Oles said:
    Reminder about upcoming maintenance!

    @Not_Oles said:
    Upcoming maintenance:

    • Downtime for maintenance December 27 and 28. This is from @Cloudie.

    Thanks! :)

    Dec 27 and 28 are the day after tomorrow and the following day cuz today is the 25th. Right now be your last chance to make a backup if there is anything you want on the server.

    What have I missed about LXC and GCC friends?

    Anybody wanna switch off Alpine and goto :) NetBSD or Slackware or Gentoo or something else?

    Where are all the very fun guys from NodeSeek? They seem quiet lately!

    What else has @terrorgen installed with nix?

    Friendly greetings! Happy New Year! :)

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

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    @Not_Oles Happy Holidays! Want to try Alpine Linux shells, please provision me one

    ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAINLdnAPVjYwxBQ/66q9UpKAZZYFxeuIKr5/xQPJt5MPu Bastion
    
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  • @Not_Oles said:
    @19930618 Hello! I made a new account and new keys for you. Please check your private messages. Let's see if you can get in now. Have fun! Best wishes! Tom

    Hi Tom!
    Thanks for the new password, problem solved. I can log in now. thank you very much!

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    @Asim said:
    @Not_Oles Happy Holidays! Want to try Alpine Linux shells, please provision me one

    ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAINLdnAPVjYwxBQ/66q9UpKAZZYFxeuIKr5/xQPJt5MPu Bastion
    

    Hi @Asim!

    Nice to see you! Welcome!

    Please try ssh [email protected] -p 42365 and please let us know if you can get in. Have fun!

    Best wishes!

    Tom

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    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

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    @subenhon

    Hello!

    Looks like you are doing some interesting stuff on the server! That's great! :) Do you want to share details about what's happening?

    Best wishes and kindest regards,

    Tom

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • @Not_Oles said:
    @subenhon

    Hello!

    Looks like you are doing some interesting stuff on the server! That's great! :) Do you want to share details about what's happening?

    Best wishes and kindest regards,

    Tom

    Sure! I had run a nginx server without privilege =)
    Just run the script below,the nginx server will start up in a Udocker container !
    Change the NginxPort in the script if the port number is used by someone.

    cat > run_nginx_with_udocker.sh << 'EOF' 
    
    curDir=$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))
    UdockerVersion=1.3.5
    udockerHome=$curDir/pri/udocker
    export UDOCKER_DIR=$udockerHome/udocker_dir
    export PATH=$udockerHome:$PATH
    
    NginxImage='nginx:1.23.1-alpine'
    
    if [ ! $NginxPort ]; then
        #change port number if already used
        NginxPort=2080
    fi
    
    if [ ! -d $udockerHome ]; then
        mkdir -p $curDir/pri
        cd $curDir/pri 
         #download udocker bin
        wget https://github.com/indigo-dc/udocker/releases/download/$UdockerVersion/udocker-$UdockerVersion.tar.gz
        tar zxvf udocker-$UdockerVersion.tar.gz
        rm udocker-$UdockerVersion.tar.gz
        #instal udocker lib udockertools
        udocker install
    fi
    
    # download nginx image if not exist
    if ! udocker ps | grep $NginxImage > /dev/null ; then
        udocker pull $NginxImage
    fi
    # create nginx container if not exit
    if ! udocker ps | grep nginx > /dev/null ; then
        udocker create --name=nginx $NginxImage 2>&1
    fi
    
    # run the nginx container
    udocker run -p $NginxPort:80 nginx
    
    EOF
    
    bash run_nginx_with_udocker.sh
    
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  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    Hi @subenhon!

    Thanks for posting! Congrats, cuz your install seems to be working just fine!

    Maybe some of you guys might enjoy reading https://github.com/indigo-dc/udocker. I can't resist quoting a little bit:

    "udocker is a basic user tool to execute simple docker containers in user space without requiring root privileges. Enables download and execution of docker containers by non-privileged users in Linux systems where docker is not available. It can be used to pull and execute docker containers in Linux batch systems and interactive clusters that are managed by other entities such as grid infrastructures or externally managed batch or interactive systems.

    [ . . . ]

    udocker does not make use of docker. . . ."

    Looks very cool to me!

    Thanks again @subenhon and best wishes!

    Tom

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • I‘'d glad to try one of the accounts. Thank you

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    @Not_Oles said:
    Here are some more questions for possible consideration:

    • What does everyone think about giving some or all neighbors sudo?

    • How about installing some kind of containers or VMs, letting neighbors do whatever they want inside their container or VM, but not giving sudo on the node?

    • Does anyone (maybe those who get containers, VMs, and/or sudo?) want to contribute to the $30/month cost of the server?

    It's okay with me just to leave things as they are for now. But I am equally happy to consider alternatives. Special thanks to @terrorgen for helping get the discussion started!

    Thanks in advance for your helpful comments!

    Best wishes!

    Tom

    1. No to everyone having sudo
    2. lxc container sounds good, if that's do-able (proxmox with a single shared IP)
    3. Yes to sharing the cost
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    @Not_Oles works fine, now I just need to figure out how to run staff on a linux shell without sudo/root =)

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    edited December 2022

    @Not_Oles said: Reminder About Upcoming Maintenance

    Reminder about upcoming maintenance!

    Hello!

    Maintenance December 27 and 28, 2022. That's tomorrow and the following day.

    Right now might be your last chance to make a backup if there is anything you want on the server.

    I set up IPv4 and IPv6 monitors at Hetrix Tools so we all can see when the pings from Hetrix receive responses and when they don't. Here are the links:

    There have been rumors that our fmt machine perhaps could receive an upgrade from 32 GB to 64 GB RAM. Additional rumor penumbras suggested that certain routers might be upgraded. I'm looking forward to the results of the maintenance! :)

    Friendly greetings! :)

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

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    @Asim said:
    @Not_Oles works fine, now I just need to figure out how to run staff on a linux shell without sudo/root =)

    If you read through the entire thread 😵 you will see lots of interesting ways that several guys got interesting stuff working! For TL;DR I just added a "Congrats" section to the OP. 🤩

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    @Asim said:

    @Not_Oles said:
    Here are some more questions for possible consideration:

    • What does everyone think about giving some or all neighbors sudo?

    • How about installing some kind of containers or VMs, letting neighbors do whatever they want inside their container or VM, but not giving sudo on the node?

    • Does anyone (maybe those who get containers, VMs, and/or sudo?) want to contribute to the $30/month cost of the server?

    It's okay with me just to leave things as they are for now. But I am equally happy to consider alternatives. Special thanks to @terrorgen for helping get the discussion started!

    Thanks in advance for your helpful comments!

    Best wishes!

    Tom

    1. No to everyone having sudo
    2. lxc container sounds good, if that's do-able (proxmox with a single shared IP)
    3. Yes to sharing the cost

    Hey!

    Thanks for your vote on sudo. We have quite a few IPs, please recheck the server specs in the OP. Thanks for saying yes to sharing the cost. Much appreciated!

    Thanks again!

    Tom

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

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    @johnsnow said:
    I‘'d glad to try one of the accounts. Thank you

    Hi @johnsnow!

    Thanks for requesting an account! Excellent to see you posting here! Welcome!

    Since we haven't seen you around LES too much, would you like to share a bit about yourself and your interests? Maybe who and where you are, your Linux experience, and what you plan to do on the server? I'm sure everyone will be interested!

    Best from New York City and Mexico! 🗽🇺🇸🇲🇽🏜️

    Tom

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    Hello!

    As you guys can see at

    the maintenance downtimes happened. As of right now I have not yet heard that the maintenance officially was completed. So maybe there might be more downtime.

    Nevertheless, the server seems up and running. Network performance seems much improved, and there is a second important improvement. Have some fun trying to figure out the second improvement or take a look underneath the spoiler.

    Hey, our RAM was doubled! We have 64 GB now!

    Last but not least, I remounted one of the 1 TB hard drives on /mnt (but it's still not in /etc/fstab). Please feel free to write some files there, if you wish. Looks like you have write access:

    drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Dec 11 17:59 mnt

    Special thanks to @Cloudie for the upgrades! That's so nice, it deserves saying it twice! Thanks to @Cloudie for the upgrades! And maybe even a third time in bold! Thanks to @Cloudie for the upgrades!

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • Can I please have a shell account? Thanks.

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    Hi @chitree! Welcome to LES! Congratulations on your first post! Want to introduce yourself to the community? Please tell us a little about who and where you are, your experience, and what you want to do on the server. Also, we will need your ed25519 ssh public key to give you an account. Thanks! Tom

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • @Not_Oles said:
    Hi @chitree! Welcome to LES! Congratulations on your first post! Want to introduce yourself to the community? Please tell us a little about who and where you are, your experience, and what you want to do on the server. Also, we will need your ed25519 ssh public key to give you an account. Thanks! Tom

    Thanks @Not_Oles! Sure, I'm a privacy advocate and work in the computer security field. I'm a New Englander and I've been using Linux since it began in the 90s. I would like to explore in my Alpine Linux shell, as I know it's very different approach to an OS. My ed25519 ssh public key is here
    ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIAaMPrmXnsbLYdSg9j14Ry65FqOmv1k/iWWkUMi7F7uT
    Thanks

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    @chitree said:

    @Not_Oles said:
    Hi @chitree! Welcome to LES! Congratulations on your first post! Want to introduce yourself to the community? Please tell us a little about who and where you are, your experience, and what you want to do on the server. Also, we will need your ed25519 ssh public key to give you an account. Thanks! Tom

    Thanks @Not_Oles! Sure, I'm a privacy advocate and work in the computer security field. I'm a New Englander and I've been using Linux since it began in the 90s. I would like to explore in my Alpine Linux shell, as I know it's very different approach to an OS. My ed25519 ssh public key is here
    ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIAaMPrmXnsbLYdSg9j14Ry65FqOmv1k/iWWkUMi7F7uT
    Thanks

    Excellent! Do you have a website or other presence elsewhere on the web where we can learn more about your position on privacy and about your work in computer security? Thanks!

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

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