I’m aware that some of you have been getting some errors loading this instance. This was a configuration that I needed to be adjusted which has since been.

Do be patient if we run into other issues, I’ll be continuously working in the back-end with others to better your overall experience.

Still a lot of capacity available!

edit: For those that are interested in the configuring changes. I was using the default lemmy configuration for the nginx worker_connections value. This value needed to be raised. Shout out to @ruud@lemmy.world over at lemmy.world for helping me out.

  • Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Just out of curiosity, would it help if when posting images we use services such as imgur (or alternatives)? I’m assuming if there is storage issues those type of posts are the biggest culprit.

    Thank you for hosting this server @TheDude :)

      • csm10495@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Would be cool if there was a plugin or something to link with imgur, etc.

        Have you considered disabling image upload?

        • TheDude@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          yes this is an option however the lemmy-ui which is responsible for displaying this page would still show the option. It could be manually removed and might be something I look more into at a later time.

      • PCChipsM922U@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        As someone who is still hosting a forum, I would not suggest this. I have also tried to reduce footprint of the forum using external image hodting services and this has always ended up badly (images get lost as one hosting service changes policy and maybe disables direct linking or just closes it’s doors, whatever).

        This is one of the reasons why I’m not tempted to open up a lemmy server, even though my hosting plan allows 3 subdomains. Used space will rise quickly, even if it’s just images… if videos are allowed as well, than all hell will break loose, even if they are processed and reduced in quality and resolution server side. I’ve seen it happen before, it’s a nightmare to revert things afterwards (users complain), not to mention you can’t revert the damage, that space is taken and that’s that.

        My estimate is that, if only images are allowed and images are processed in webp, it’ll take about a week for a quite busy instance to reach the 1GB mark… probably a lot faster if it’s an NSFW instance (a few days). Think about this from a migration perspective after 1 year - it will be a nightmare.

  • Quazen@sh.itjust.worksBEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    first comment here after coming from reddit, this looks really clean and simple so good job :)

  • wia@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    my all/hot on here hasn’t updated in update 10 hours. Is that something with our instance?

    Checked on a different instance and it seems to work fine.

      • wia@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yup, I’m stuck at 24 hours now.

        On desktop it will eventually load more stuff, after minutes if I just let it sit there. On Jerboa, nothing at all. Other sorting methods seem to work, but are weird or hard to use. New makes everything keep moving so I can’t keep my place. Active is just weird.

        I guess I can make an count on another instance as a backup.

  • manifex@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Thanks @TheDude! Scaling systems like this is always a challenge and you really get to learn the performance quirks of the code. Thanks for all your work.

  • TheDude@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    if anyone starts getting any weird errors please do let me know but everything still seems to be running smoothly from my side.

        • csm10495@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yeah still hanging for me (even on a different computer) :/ In looking at the dev tools, it doesn’t seem to do a POST or anything. The only thing it does is load the svg for the ‘thinking’ icon on the button.

  • agreenbhm@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    @TheDude@sh.itjust.works does Lemmy support a distributed configuration with multiple database and app servers, or are you limited to a single instance of everything?

    • TheDude@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      The official supported deployments are single instance based, that being said things are already broken up into separate docker containers so it should be pretty easy to do. Would need to do some testing before hand. If this instance continues growing this way I’ll need to look into scaling horizontally instead of vertically

      • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        If this instance continues growing this way I’ll need to look into scaling horizontally instead of vertically

        Could you elaborate what this means?

        • isildun@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Better to have more servers as opposed to one ultra powerful server because the ultra powerful server tends to be more expensive than an equivalent strength collection of weaker servers. Also, you pay for all the power even during times you don’t need it whereas you can take down or add more weak servers as necessary.

  • falkerie71@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for the update! Any plans for a separate channel outside of sh.itjust.works like Discord or Mastodon, just in case to give people a heads up if the server goes down or is in maintenance?