Servers/admin log/2009

2009

December 21

• 04:34 Firefishy: modified puff firewall script to not pool multiple IPs into single ratelimit block. Each IP now has own rate limit.

December 14

• 11:36 Firefishy: blocked 84.180.163.148 due very heavy bot activity against puff. (xrss bot)

December 11

• 08:11 Firefishy: increased 'open files' limits.conf on errol 1024 -> 4096.

December 10

• 19:38 TomH: Installed VPN connection between konqi and UCL network
• 14:41 Firefishy: konqi installed @ Imperial College London, software config pending.

December 1

• 22:37 Firefishy: APC cycled fafnir after lockup.

November 13

• 18:25 Firefishy: rate limited addional API scrapers
• 17:33 Firefishy: puff ratelimit connect from heavy sequential trace data scraper.
• 14:41 Firefishy: added number of historical planet files from 2006, 2007 and early 2008. Once mirrored could be removed, hit space limit.
• 08:27 TomH: Installed and configured exim on horntail

November 10

• 10:43 Firefishy: idris installed (yesterday) custom rsvg package patched against bugzilla.gnome.org #557036

November 7

• 17:19 Firefishy: custom installed latest stable e1000e module on yevaud.
• 17:18 Firefishy: added additional scaper IP to iptables rate limit rules.
• 16:44 Firefishy: rebooting yevaud to give an extra 49days on WD raptor firmware
• 16:22 Firefishy: ugly solution: installed lastest e1000e module from e1000.sf.net on errol to avoid braindead non-working ubuntu module.
• 06:07 Firefishy: errol not returned after reboot, UCL visit in morning.
• 02:40 Firefishy: rate limited API scrapping abuse via iptables on puff.

November 2

• 19:28 Firefishy_: horntail seems ok after reboot
• 18:57 Firefishy_: restarting horntail in ~10mins to hopefully clear driver/controller issue.

October 24

• 13:23 Firefishy_: updated WD Raptor firmware on katie
• 12:56 Firefishy_: set higher WD disk firmware idle3 on ridley
• 12:55 Firefishy_: updated WD Raptor firmware on fafnir

October 23

• 16:57 Firefishy: fixed lame osmlogbot bug.
• 16:55 Firefishy: update blog.osm.org to Wordpress 2.8.5 - try again.
• 12:14 Firefishy: Got osmlogbot up and running, based heavily on wikimedia admin log bot.