Both Sidekiq and Web limits only limit the concurrency, meaning how much “work” they can do simultaneously. As an example, a limit of 2 Sidekiq threads will only allow at any given time a maximum of 2 Sidekiq jobs to be running. The same goes for the Web process but the Web process allows for multiple workers. In theory a … Read More
I had to block some external instances
There is a bug that in a very specific situation, instances running version 2.3.x (not sure if others) can get a stuck Sidekiq request to /users/___username___/collections/featured This causes an endless loop of that request and could bring my servers to an halt. So, I had to make the decision to block several instances that were causing a massive amount of … Read More
Mastodon PgBouncer Guide
I did some changes to the initial commit by Nolan to the documentation of Mastodon PgBouncer Guide. As my pull request is still waiting to be approved, I leave it also here because I had some trouble to get it to work with the instructions that were initially shared. Installing PgBouncer On Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install pgbouncer Then: nano /etc/default/pgbouncer … Read More