Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂17h ago

Oh happy day!

This newbie #sysadmin is VERY HAPPY because in less than 5 minutes I:

  • installed tmux (thank you for the recommendation & instructions @teapot_ben and @drfyzziks)

  • upgraded PeerTube from Terminal using tmux

now the stakes weren't super high because I did this for my second VPS which is running test apps... the real challenge will be to do this on my primary VPS and my in-production PeerTube instance.

Grabbing another coffee, taking a VPS snapshot and trying this.

As always THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT. I couldn't do this without you 💖​

Oh but the larger point in this message was to vouch for tmux - it really is super beginner friendly. I know NOTHING and I was able to easily install it and use it. So you could recommend it to your normie friends for sure ☺️​

#MySoCalledSudoLife #YunoHost

Show threadElena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂17h ago

SUCCESS!!! 🥳​

I was finally able to upgrade my #YunoHost #PeerTube installation (thanks to the advice of Fedi people).

Long story short, yesterday I tried to upgrade using YunoHost's graphical user interface but I lost the connection to the server, my PeerTube installation broke and was automatically removed from my list of apps. I could restore to the pre-update backup but my PeerTube site was still broken, showing a "welcome to nginx" message. Thankfully I had taken a snapshot of my VPS, so I was able to restore everything within a few minutes.

Following my accounts of what happened, @teapot_ben and @drfyzziks recommended I install tmux and do app upgrades from terminal, inside tmux, so that server connection issues wouldn't interfere with app upgrades. So I did. And this time everything worked! (huge sigh of relief)

It's so much fun upgrading YunoHost apps from Terminal. I think this will be the way for me from now on 🤗​

#MySoCalledSudoLife

Show threadralf tauscher 

@elena @teapot_ben @drfyzziks

love tmux too and just to share: i learned it way too late. a tmux terminal session can also be shared over the internet and i could type together with someone else helping me.

Mar 24 at 1:28pmWeb
Show threadElena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂16h ago
@stereo @teapot_ben @drfyzziks whaaaaaat?!? 🤯​ that sounds amazing!!!
Show threadralf tauscher 15h ago

@elena @teapot_ben @drfyzziks

someone was so kind to write it up: https://www.howtoforge.com/sharing-terminal-sessions-with-tmux-and-screen#sharing-between-two-different-accounts-with-tmux

and yes, playing interactive fiction together over the network is possible ;)

Sharing Linux Terminal Sessions With Tmux and Screen

Tmux and GNU Screen are well-known utilities which allow multiplexing of virtual consoles. Using either, it is possible to start a session, detach, m...

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Show threadDr. Fyzziks12h ago
@elena @stereo @teapot_ben Oh yeah I totally forgot about the terminal-sharing capabilities of tmux, too! Good point!