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Xen problem: can't boot after update to Debian Wheezy

by John Morgan Salomon

Hi, I’ve updated my VPS to Wheezy. Unfortunately, I can’t get it to boot. Xen console returns Booting instance: travelkazoo Using config file "/etc/xen/travelkazoo.conf". Error: Boot loader didn't return any data! I booted into rescue, mounted my root partition, chrooted, mounted /sys, /proc, and /dev/pts, and tried to figure out where I went wrong. I am not very familiar with xen - am I supposed to run xm create in /etc/xen? My previous squeeze system’s backups do not have a travelkazoo.conf file in /etc/xen. xm create /etc/xen/travelkazoo.conf doesn’t work. xend does not exist, even though I have xen-linux-system-686-pae installed, which is supposed to include it. So it obviously cannot run. xen utils installed is version 4.1, as is xen-hypervisor-4.1-i386 (arch is i386). update-grub2 works fine, /boot/grub2/grub.cfg exists and looks plausible, I’ve moved /etc/grub.d/10_linux to 50_linux so 20_linux_xen is first in line once I run update-grub2. I’ve been searching like mad and can’t seem to find anything else to try. Can someone please give me a hint what I’m missing, or do I need to reinstall squeeze from scratch and restore from backup? :( Here are all relevant packages installed: ii libc6-xen:i386 2.13-38+deb7u1 i386 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries [Xen version] ii libxen-4.1 4.1.4-3+deb7u1 i386 Public libs for Xen ii libxenstore3.0 4.1.4-3+deb7u1 i386 Xenstore communications library for Xen ii linux-image-2.6-xen-686 2.6.32+29 i386 Linux 2.6 for modern PCs (meta-package), Xen dom0 support ii linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-686 2.6.32-48squeeze4 i386 Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs, Xen dom0 support rc linux-modules-2.6.18-6-xen-686 2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch2 i386 Linux 2.6.18 modules on i686 ii xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64 4.0.1-5.11 i386 The Xen Hypervisor on AMD64 ii xen-hypervisor-4.1-i386 4.1.4-3+deb7u1 i386 Xen Hypervisor on i386 ii xen-linux-system-3.2.0-4-686-pae 3.2.57-3+deb7u2 i386 Xen system with Linux 3.2 on modern PCs (meta-package) ii xen-linux-system-686-pae 3.2+46 i386 Xen system with Linux for modern PCs (meta-package) ii xen-system-i386 4.1.4-3+deb7u1 i386 Xen System on i386 (meta-package)

10 years, 5 months

Intermittent connectivity issues?

by Paul Stimpson

Hi, I'm not sure if there is a problem but for the last couple of months, I've been seeing about 1 NAGIOS alert a week and various VPN problems that seems to say that there may be intermittent connectivity issues within the cluster. I'm seeing SSH warnings most commonly that my VOS is uncontactable even though I was logged in during some of them. I had a 10 hour backup file age NAGIOS warning today. I've also recently seen my VPN dropping out much more frequently than usual. Has anybody else experienced any symptoms please or is it just me? Thanks, Paul.

10 years, 5 months

Invoicing software

by Chris Smith

Hi Andy, Can I ask what you use to produce the BitFolk invoices? Is it an open-source tool chain or proprietary? Thanks, Chris -- Chris Smith <space.dandy(a)icloud.com>

10 years, 6 months

Vulnerable WordPress plugin - Reflex Gallery?

by Ian

In the past day or two, I've noticed several bots asking for /wp-content/plugins/reflex-gallery/readme.txt which I presume is part of the Reflex Gallery plugin at <http://wordpress.org/plugins/reflex-gallery/>. If they're looking to see if it is installed, there is usually bad intent behind it. I've used the contact form on the developer's website to let them know, and sent an email to the relevant address at wordpress.org, but if you are using it, it's probably a good idea to disable it until the reason for this probing is known. Ian

10 years, 6 months

puppetlabs and torproject APT repositories added to apt-cacher

by Andy Smith

Hello, By request, apt.puppetlabs.com and deb.torproject.org have been added to the apt-cacher: https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/Apt-cacher So if you make use of either of these repositories you can now do so through that if you wish. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting _______________________________________________ announce mailing list announce(a)lists.bitfolk.com https://lists.bitfolk.com/mailman/listinfo/announce

10 years, 7 months

Yahoo! breaks every mailing list in the world (including this one)

by Andy Smith

Hi, Yahoo! have made a change to their DMARC settings in a way that is incompatible with how Internet mailing lists tend to operate. As a result it is likely that members of this list (5 of you) with a Yahoo! email account will start to cause email delivery issues for others subscribers. As this is not something that we can easily fix, and represents a failure to understand how the Internet works on Yahoo!'s part, I have had to moderate those 5 members. My best suggestion is for those affected to change email address if you wish to continue posting to this and other mailing lists. Sorry about that. The technical issue is that Yahoo! now requires that all email with a Yahoo! email address as its From: address to have originated on Yahoo!'s network. Mailing lists relay mail on behalf of users, using their own envelope sender address in order to catch bounces, but keeping the original's From: address. As a result they send email that appears to be from an individual, but originates elsewhere. Yahoo!'s current DMARC settings cause sites that use DMARC to reject such emails. Unfortunately this is not just limited to Yahoo!. It includes Gmail, Hotmail, Comcast and other large email providers. So if a Yahoo! user sends an email to this list, multiple subscribers will reject it. This will go to bounce processing and ultimately may start kicking people off the list. Some more info: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg87153.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/08/yahoo_breaks_every_mailing_list_in_… http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247512/Yahoo_email_anti_spoofing_po… Once you've changed address you can re-subscribe from here: https://lists.bitfolk.com/mailman/listinfo/users Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting > I'd be interested to hear any (even two word) reviews of their sofas… Provides seating. — Andy Davidson

10 years, 7 months

What do others do about swap?

by Andy Smith

Hello, Just as a bit of research I wonder if those of you who have virtual machines at other providers could tell me: - How they provide their swap - If you don't like how they provide their swap, what you do to change it? I think it'd be best if you let me know that off-list, so I've set reply-to. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

10 years, 7 months

Google and Bitfolk's IPv6 range?

by Andreas Olsson

Greetings Anyone else who have gotten the cold hand from Google while connecting by way of Bitfolk's IPv6 range? I have recently started using my Bitfolk VPS as a VPN, and while connecting through it I'm not allowed to login to Google Apps. I can access the https://accounts.google.com/ login page, but I soon as I enter my credentials I end up at https://accounts.google.com/RestrictedCountry, which then points me to the https://support.google.com/a/answer/2891389 help page. This problem goes away if I force IPv4. The unwelcome IPv6 address being 2001:ba8:1f1:c10::1000. The much more welcome IPv4 address being 85.119.83.127. // Andreas

10 years, 7 months

semi-emergency reboot of urquell will take place at 2014-05-09 0100Z

by Andy Smith

Hi, Due to what I believe is a software bug in the version of Xen hypervisor running on urquell.bitfolk.com, it has become impossible to boot some VPSes. This will require a reboot to recover from, so I intend to perform a clean shut down and boot again at 0100Z Friday 9th May (2am tonight UK time). This is necessary in order to regain manageability. At the same time I will apply updates that should fix the problem. Customers on urquell should expect to see a clean shutdown followed by a boot again. I should expect the outage to take no more than 30 minutes. Apologies for the disruption and short notice this has entailed. urquell currently has an uptime of 1166 days. If you are unsure which piece of hardware your VPS currently resides on, you can work it out in a number of ways. Please see: https://bitfolk.com/customer_information.html#toc_3_Which_piece_of_actual_h… http://is.gd/16wUTV Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting _______________________________________________ announce mailing list announce(a)lists.bitfolk.com https://lists.bitfolk.com/mailman/listinfo/announce

10 years, 7 months

Ubuntu 14.04.x LTS (Trusty Tahr) available for self-install

by Andy Smith

Hi, Last night I added Ubuntu 14.04.x LTS (Trusty Tahr) to the self-installer. It appears to work fine in my limited tests. If you intend to make use of it just do a self-install by the usual procedure: https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/Using_the_self-serve_net_installer I am not yet aware of any customers who have upgraded to 14.04 though so while I do not expect any issues, you may want to exercise some caution. Upgrades from the previous LTS (12.04.x LTS) are of course supported by Ubuntu and I know of no reason why that also would not work, but again I am not yet aware of any customer who has done one. Installers for: 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) were removed as these distributions are now EOL for security updates. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting _______________________________________________ announce mailing list announce(a)lists.bitfolk.com https://lists.bitfolk.com/mailman/listinfo/announce

10 years, 7 months

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