We just released Mastodon 4.5.6, 4.4.13, and 4.3.19.
These versions contain various bug fixes, including a fix for a moderate security vulnerability.
Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page.
Lighthouse Lore #27
15:16 on a Friday.
Typed one command.
Watched the latest 04:00 Mastodon dump cross the tunnel.
296MB of instance history, drifting home over Tailscale like fog rolling back to shore.
No panic.
No SaaS dashboard.
No “please upgrade your plan.”
Just backups doing what backups do.
Digital sovereignty isn’t loud.
It’s repeatable.
#HauntedLighthouse #SelfHosting #MastodonAdmin #DigitalSovereignty #LighthouseLore
We are moving our instance to a server in the #EU
We are a #nonprofit org in the US and first created our instance in 2017 but don't have the resources to manage it very well, so we probably will use a managed hosting service. 😉
We are planning to support 100 - 200 users on the updated, larger instance.
We've found several services for this. Are there any success / horror stories you can share?
Also, a question: when looking at EU providers, is it sufficient if they are based in the EU to avoid the US chaos? Must they also have to have no business presence in the US?
So, jetzt auch weg von minio mit S3, das Hetzner Objectstorage ist dann doch viel günstiger.
@thomas Danke für deine Anleitungen, da konnte ich mir einiges abschauen 🙂
🧭 Lighthouse Lore — 1224Z
While others slept, the tower shipped.
Kernel renewed. Systems steady.
No downtime. No drama. No excuses.
This is how you build trust in the dark:
quiet maintenance, boring graphs, and a light that never goes out.
Entrepreneurship isn’t noise — it’s reliability. 🌊⚓
#LighthouseLore #SelfHosting #MastodonAdmin #Fediverse
#Bootstrapped #IndieInfrastructure #Reliability #OpsLife
RE: https://goingdark.social/@fanfare/115726138546662109
This outage showed me how much I love this little instance. At the same time, it reminded me that I won't be able to run it completely alone forever.
Teaming up with others would make it stronger and more fun for everyone.If you're interested in helping out, whether you already know Kubernetes or Mastodon administration or you're just curious and willing to learn, please DM me.
Experience isn't required. Enthusiasm is what matters.It could be reviewing configs, handling updates, writing wiki pages, moderating reports, or jumping in for bigger moments.
Occasional help is welcome, and becoming a co-admin would be amazing.
No pressure at all. I'd just love to share the journey with someone who cares about the Fediverse. Thank you! ❤️
#MastodonAdmin #Kubernetes #Fediverse #Community #parenting #mastoadmin
If you are a Mastodon admin, are you seeing a very large amount of request per second from hundreds of IPs from:
43.173.0.0/16
43.163.0.0/16
Hitting all sorts of randon tags per second?
Just in the past few min:
1601 43.173.174.72
1599 43.173.175.142
1595 43.173.173.171
1585 43.173.172.41
1577 43.173.173.214
1570 43.173.181.151
1569 43.173.175.69
1569 43.173.174.12
1568 43.173.180.198
1566 43.173.181.135
...
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Mastodon Engineering
Drew Crecente (they)
Markus Udosson Bo
Watchful Citizen
thomas
TheRealKingS
Daniel Cid