Computer security is paramount. Timely operating system and application updates are key. This goes for your Bitcoin and Lightning nodes. This goes for your docker containers too. When was the last time you updated them all? Bragging about "uptime" means you're bragging about running a kernel with known vulnerabilities. Update your systems and reboot them. The more you know.
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If I restart them they will hardly come back up, it’s a miracle it is still working 👀
If you don't restart, you don't apply the delicious kernel updates. 👀
I keep telling that to the Product Manager. Technical debt is a bitch man, nobody gives a fuck besides the people putting down the fire after the shit hits the fan
That’s why DevOps Platform as a service tools are going to be helpful going forward. Simply deploy containers to infrastructure built according to best practices and avoid shortcuts taken by DevOps teams to get an MVP out the door.
Where’s the nostr cto when you need them?
◀◀◀ good practise for node runners!
You can upgrade and restart Linux kernel without rebooting whole system (kexec).
Yes but sometimes updates create more issues than they solve
you don't need to be bleeding edge and install updates the moment that they come out. install them on a dev environment. if you don't have one, install them two weeks after they come out and have been thoroughly tested by the world.
Real admins update live kernels...