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  • Matt@netmonkey.techtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldHow much swap?
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    1 year ago

    It’s something that Linux users have been saying for 20 years and it’s outdated. It makes sense when maybe your computer came with less than a GB of RAM, but these days I usually configure a server with a small amount of swap (like a couple of GB), and I set swappiness to something very low like 5.





  • Depends on the context, I think. For me, I rarely do it for personal stuff. If I wanted to be perfect, I could do it, assuming a signature is available to verify, but I’m lazy. I would venture to say most folks don’t do it either.

    With that being said, where I have been consistent about doing it has been writing config management code at work. If I need to have it download an installer from an untrusted source, I can verify that I’m installing the same package on all servers by verifying the signature before installation. This doesn’t always work well in all circumstances, though.







  • For personal Linux servers, I tend to run Debian or Ubuntu, with a pretty simple “base” setup that I just run through manually in my head.

    • Setup my personal account.
    • Upload my SSH keys.
    • Configure the hostname (usually after something in Star Trek 🖖).
    • Configure the /etc/hotss file.
    • Make sure it is fully patched.
    • Setup ZeroTier.
    • Setup Telegraf to ship some metrics.
    • Reboot.

    I don’t automate any of this because I don’t see a whole of point in doing it.