Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂21h 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 ⁂20h 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 threadtrainguyrom
@elena @teapot_ben @drfyzziks oh hell yeah! That's the best way to learn how to be an admin is roll up your sleeves and get in there! The more you do it the more comfortable you'll feel (and the more you'll get to understand the underlying systems without really realizing it)
Mar 24 at 1:51pmWeb
Show threadElena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂19h ago
@trainguyrom totally! It also helps to share my journey on the fediverse because I get superb tech support in less than 2 minutes 🥰​