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Andrew Fletcher
Recently, after upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04, we encountered a significant challenge with our Apache Solr service—it refused to restart. This post documents the steps I took to diagnose and resolve the issues, providing a clear guide for anyone facing similar troubles.   Initial troubleshooting The journey began with a simple command to check the status of our Solr service: sudo service solr statusThe response indicated that the service had failed: × solr.service - LSB: Controls Apache Solr as...
Andrew Fletcher
When Solr is displaying results on the site, first step is to log in the server...
Andrew Fletcher
On a server directory with over 100,000 PDF files, I needed to verify the...
Andrew Fletcher
Recently, I encountered an issue where my local Docker environment refused to...
Andrew Fletcher
Managing files on a server often includes tasks like clearing logs or resetting...
Andrew Fletcher
To review the content of files being generated in the /tmp directory on an Ubuntu server before Microsoft Defender removes them, you can use several approaches.  Following is the approach we took.   Real-Time Monitoring You can set up a script to monitor the /tmp directory and log the contents of new files. Use inotifywait to watch for new files and then copy them to another directory for review. Install inotify-tools: sudo apt-get install inotify-toolsCreate a monitoring...
Andrew Fletcher
Managing large directories, especially those filled with a diverse mix of media...
Andrew Fletcher
In the realm of system administration and monitoring, understanding memory usage...
Andrew Fletcher
A growing list of commands I've used and what they do in no specific order sudo...
Andrew Fletcher
The red flag was when I saw the server disk space is showing a site is taking up...
Andrew Fletcher
  Continuing on from the Drupal 9 to Drupal 10 upgrade outline written earlier... Upgrading Drupal 9 to Drupal 10.  However, the point of difference is this article works through the actual action steps of the upgrade. Planning and testing is critical for the Drupal to version 10 process to work successfully.  As some of the environments that I work in are deployed via CD/CI pipelines.   Resource settings Type Version Drush 11.6.0 Drupal 9.5.10   1. Download...
Andrew Fletcher
To resolve the CVE-2022-48624 vulnerability on Ubuntu using Nginx, it's crucial...
Andrew Fletcher
To determine the size of a directory using the terminal, you can use the du...
Andrew Fletcher
In many terminal text editors, you use find command as reference in Terminal...
Andrew Fletcher
You can use the pip list --outdated command to view a list of installed Python...