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FrankZ · December 2023

@noob404 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said:

@FrankZ said:
Just spent the last 10 minutes trying to figure out why my web mail server was showing an expired cert, when I had renewed it on the 9th of December. Restart Apache, cert still shows expired. Verify that cert is correct by decoding at https://www.sslshopper.com/certificate-decoder.html yep cert is good. Then I remember that I am running nginx on that server not apache. Restart nginx. All good now. Does anybody else get these senior moments where you forget which type of web server you are running on a particular server ?
I am currently running 48 VMs.

It's quite natural when you are running 48VMs! BTW, don't most SSL certs provide a way to auto-renew the certs on a daily basis?

I renew every 60 days or so. Because I geocast I find it easier to have all my certs auto renew to one location, and then run a script to send them to all the places they need to go. I set it up this way on purpose so that I can read the output to make sure everything goes where it is suppose to and all the web servers restart properly. In this case I fat fingered the web server type so restarting apache did not make the cert renew in nginx. Good news was that my monitor caught it real fast and let me know there was something wrong.

Ngl, 50% of that stuff went over my head, mainly cause, "geocast" is a new term for me. But, thanks for that. I got yet another thing to learn about.

Geocast just means that I have multiple servers that run the same synchronized data in various locations around the world. The user gets sent to the closest server to his location so the response time is fast no matter their location. Most people normally just use a CDN to accomplish this but I do it my way. Not saying it is better for everyone, but it is better for me.

Oh, got it. So, kinda like your own CDN. Cool. So, is there a primary server that filters IPs to determine the country and then send the user to the closest server? Or, is there a different mechanism that does the initial filtering.

I run anycast gdnsd (DNS) servers that determine which server that IP is closest to and sends the user to that webserver. The data sync is a bit complicated to explain but in a nutshell every server is a master and they do majority polling when any desync happens. So what ever the majority of the 10 servers think should be right is what the ones out of sync will get updated to. This happens automatically after a server has been down, which is the only way I could manage a system like this. When the DediPath deadpool happened I had four servers die and the system resynced after days without issue.

noob404 · December 2023

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said:

@FrankZ said:
Just spent the last 10 minutes trying to figure out why my web mail server was showing an expired cert, when I had renewed it on the 9th of December. Restart Apache, cert still shows expired. Verify that cert is correct by decoding at https://www.sslshopper.com/certificate-decoder.html yep cert is good. Then I remember that I am running nginx on that server not apache. Restart nginx. All good now. Does anybody else get these senior moments where you forget which type of web server you are running on a particular server ?
I am currently running 48 VMs.

It's quite natural when you are running 48VMs! BTW, don't most SSL certs provide a way to auto-renew the certs on a daily basis?

I renew every 60 days or so. Because I geocast I find it easier to have all my certs auto renew to one location, and then run a script to send them to all the places they need to go. I set it up this way on purpose so that I can read the output to make sure everything goes where it is suppose to and all the web servers restart properly. In this case I fat fingered the web server type so restarting apache did not make the cert renew in nginx. Good news was that my monitor caught it real fast and let me know there was something wrong.

Ngl, 50% of that stuff went over my head, mainly cause, "geocast" is a new term for me. But, thanks for that. I got yet another thing to learn about.

Geocast just means that I have multiple servers that run the same synchronized data in various locations around the world. The user gets sent to the closest server to his location so the response time is fast no matter their location. Most people normally just use a CDN to accomplish this but I do it my way. Not saying it is better for everyone, but it is better for me.

Oh, got it. So, kinda like your own CDN. Cool. So, is there a primary server that filters IPs to determine the country and then send the user to the closest server? Or, is there a different mechanism that does the initial filtering.

I run anycast gdnsd (DNS) servers that determine which server that IP is closest to and sends the user to that webserver. The data sync is a bit complicated to explain but in a nutshell every server is a master and they do majority polling when any desync happens. So what ever the majority of the 10 servers think should be right is what the ones out of sync will get updated to. This happens automatically after a server has been down, which is the only way I could manage a system like this. When the DediPath deadpool happened I had four servers die and the system resynced after days without issue.

I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

TrK · December 2023

@noob404 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said:

@FrankZ said:
Just spent the last 10 minutes trying to figure out why my web mail server was showing an expired cert, when I had renewed it on the 9th of December. Restart Apache, cert still shows expired. Verify that cert is correct by decoding at https://www.sslshopper.com/certificate-decoder.html yep cert is good. Then I remember that I am running nginx on that server not apache. Restart nginx. All good now. Does anybody else get these senior moments where you forget which type of web server you are running on a particular server ?
I am currently running 48 VMs.

It's quite natural when you are running 48VMs! BTW, don't most SSL certs provide a way to auto-renew the certs on a daily basis?

I renew every 60 days or so. Because I geocast I find it easier to have all my certs auto renew to one location, and then run a script to send them to all the places they need to go. I set it up this way on purpose so that I can read the output to make sure everything goes where it is suppose to and all the web servers restart properly. In this case I fat fingered the web server type so restarting apache did not make the cert renew in nginx. Good news was that my monitor caught it real fast and let me know there was something wrong.

Ngl, 50% of that stuff went over my head, mainly cause, "geocast" is a new term for me. But, thanks for that. I got yet another thing to learn about.

Geocast just means that I have multiple servers that run the same synchronized data in various locations around the world. The user gets sent to the closest server to his location so the response time is fast no matter their location. Most people normally just use a CDN to accomplish this but I do it my way. Not saying it is better for everyone, but it is better for me.

Oh, got it. So, kinda like your own CDN. Cool. So, is there a primary server that filters IPs to determine the country and then send the user to the closest server? Or, is there a different mechanism that does the initial filtering.

I run anycast gdnsd (DNS) servers that determine which server that IP is closest to and sends the user to that webserver. The data sync is a bit complicated to explain but in a nutshell every server is a master and they do majority polling when any desync happens. So what ever the majority of the 10 servers think should be right is what the ones out of sync will get updated to. This happens automatically after a server has been down, which is the only way I could manage a system like this. When the DediPath deadpool happened I had four servers die and the system resynced after days without issue.

I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

CDN is just a cache for static files but geodns works for everything from the backend to the frontend.

FrankZ · December 2023

@noob404 said: I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

It was something I originally did for a closed system. Offices in various locations around the world, sensitive data that we wanted to run through as few intermediary service providers as possible. Could not go down, and would not ever lose the data.

I just kept working on improving the system for fun long after I was no longer directly involved.

0xC7 · December 2023

Pinging @MrEd here's too
gotta laugh to FrankZ fun fact

TrK said: I love those @MrEd facts 😂😁

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sh97 · December 2023

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said: I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

It was something I originally did for a closed system. Offices in various locations around the world, sensitive data that we wanted to run through as few intermediary service providers as possible. Could not go down, and would not ever lose the data.

I just kept working on improving the system for fun long after I was no longer directly involved.

That's very, very cool! 🔥
Wanted to try this stuff for a while now, but haven't gotten the time yet 🥲

Bonana123 · December 2023

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TrK · December 2023

@sh97 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said: I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

It was something I originally did for a closed system. Offices in various locations around the world, sensitive data that we wanted to run through as few intermediary service providers as possible. Could not go down, and would not ever lose the data.

I just kept working on improving the system for fun long after I was no longer directly involved.

That's very, very cool! 🔥
Wanted to try this stuff for a while now, but haven't gotten the time yet 🥲

You mean the GeoDNS stuff? or something to dow ith Franky?

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1allen · December 2023

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FrankZ · December 2023

@sh97 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said: I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

It was something I originally did for a closed system. Offices in various locations around the world, sensitive data that we wanted to run through as few intermediary service providers as possible. Could not go down, and would not ever lose the data.

I just kept working on improving the system for fun long after I was no longer directly involved.

That's very, very cool! 🔥
Wanted to try this stuff for a while now, but haven't gotten the time yet 🥲

The gDNSd stuff is not hard once you know whats going on, but there is not much good data out there to learn from, or easy installs. If anyone would like compiled binaries for lastest gDNSd with easy one step install scripts for Alma8, CentOS 8, deb11, or ubuntu20, let me know and I'll send them to you. I know that I am behind and will do the deb12/ubuntu22 ones soon, but I've had a lot of things going on lately. IE RN threads.

sh97 · December 2023

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said: I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

It was something I originally did for a closed system. Offices in various locations around the world, sensitive data that we wanted to run through as few intermediary service providers as possible. Could not go down, and would not ever lose the data.

I just kept working on improving the system for fun long after I was no longer directly involved.

That's very, very cool! 🔥
Wanted to try this stuff for a while now, but haven't gotten the time yet 🥲

You mean the GeoDNS stuff? or something to dow ith Franky?

Haha, the GeoDNS stuff. Frankz has given me some pointers as well on how to get started, but never got to try it out yet.

That being said, if I ever go to Mehico, I'll try to meet with the ChadFrankzz, just to do:

TrK · December 2023

@sh97 said:

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said: I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

It was something I originally did for a closed system. Offices in various locations around the world, sensitive data that we wanted to run through as few intermediary service providers as possible. Could not go down, and would not ever lose the data.

I just kept working on improving the system for fun long after I was no longer directly involved.

That's very, very cool! 🔥
Wanted to try this stuff for a while now, but haven't gotten the time yet 🥲

You mean the GeoDNS stuff? or something to dow ith Franky?

Haha, the GeoDNS stuff. Frankz has given me some pointers as well on how to get started, but never got to try it out yet.

That being said, if I ever go to Mehico, I'll try to meet with the ChadFrankzz, just to do:

Tell me in English so i can do that too

sh97 · December 2023

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said: I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

It was something I originally did for a closed system. Offices in various locations around the world, sensitive data that we wanted to run through as few intermediary service providers as possible. Could not go down, and would not ever lose the data.

I just kept working on improving the system for fun long after I was no longer directly involved.

That's very, very cool! 🔥
Wanted to try this stuff for a while now, but haven't gotten the time yet 🥲

You mean the GeoDNS stuff? or something to dow ith Franky?

Haha, the GeoDNS stuff. Frankz has given me some pointers as well on how to get started, but never got to try it out yet.

That being said, if I ever go to Mehico, I'll try to meet with the ChadFrankzz, just to do:

Tell me in English so i can do that too

Rough translation would be : what are you looking at fool, get lost you fool.
But @FrankZ can give the actual translation.

Meme reference:

TrK · December 2023

@sh97 said:

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said: I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

It was something I originally did for a closed system. Offices in various locations around the world, sensitive data that we wanted to run through as few intermediary service providers as possible. Could not go down, and would not ever lose the data.

I just kept working on improving the system for fun long after I was no longer directly involved.

That's very, very cool! 🔥
Wanted to try this stuff for a while now, but haven't gotten the time yet 🥲

You mean the GeoDNS stuff? or something to dow ith Franky?

Haha, the GeoDNS stuff. Frankz has given me some pointers as well on how to get started, but never got to try it out yet.

That being said, if I ever go to Mehico, I'll try to meet with the ChadFrankzz, just to do:

Tell me in English so i can do that too

Rough translation would be : what are you looking at fool, get lost you fool.
But @FrankZ can give the actual translation.

@MrEd wants to know it too

FrankZ · December 2023

@sh97 said:

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said: I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

It was something I originally did for a closed system. Offices in various locations around the world, sensitive data that we wanted to run through as few intermediary service providers as possible. Could not go down, and would not ever lose the data.

I just kept working on improving the system for fun long after I was no longer directly involved.

That's very, very cool! 🔥
Wanted to try this stuff for a while now, but haven't gotten the time yet 🥲

You mean the GeoDNS stuff? or something to dow ith Franky?

Haha, the GeoDNS stuff. Frankz has given me some pointers as well on how to get started, but never got to try it out yet.

That being said, if I ever go to Mehico, I'll try to meet with the ChadFrankzz, just to do:

LOL I think maybe that gif is Portuguese and he is saying something along the lines of "What are you looking at stupid" I don't speak Portuguese.

sh97 · December 2023

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said: I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

It was something I originally did for a closed system. Offices in various locations around the world, sensitive data that we wanted to run through as few intermediary service providers as possible. Could not go down, and would not ever lose the data.

I just kept working on improving the system for fun long after I was no longer directly involved.

That's very, very cool! 🔥
Wanted to try this stuff for a while now, but haven't gotten the time yet 🥲

You mean the GeoDNS stuff? or something to dow ith Franky?

Haha, the GeoDNS stuff. Frankz has given me some pointers as well on how to get started, but never got to try it out yet.

That being said, if I ever go to Mehico, I'll try to meet with the ChadFrankzz, just to do:

Tell me in English so i can do that too

Rough translation would be : what are you looking at fool, get lost you fool.
But @FrankZ can give the actual translation.

@MrEd wants to know it too

Edited my post, check the video 🤣

TrK · December 2023

@sh97 said:

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said: I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

It was something I originally did for a closed system. Offices in various locations around the world, sensitive data that we wanted to run through as few intermediary service providers as possible. Could not go down, and would not ever lose the data.

I just kept working on improving the system for fun long after I was no longer directly involved.

That's very, very cool! 🔥
Wanted to try this stuff for a while now, but haven't gotten the time yet 🥲

You mean the GeoDNS stuff? or something to dow ith Franky?

Haha, the GeoDNS stuff. Frankz has given me some pointers as well on how to get started, but never got to try it out yet.

That being said, if I ever go to Mehico, I'll try to meet with the ChadFrankzz, just to do:

Tell me in English so i can do that too

Rough translation would be : what are you looking at fool, get lost you fool.
But @FrankZ can give the actual translation.

@MrEd wants to know it too

Edited my post, check the video 🤣

Couldn't understand at all except Calm Down Leo

sh97 · December 2023

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@TrK said:

@sh97 said:

@FrankZ said:

@noob404 said: I see. This, though much more difficult would be better than a CDN, I think.

It was something I originally did for a closed system. Offices in various locations around the world, sensitive data that we wanted to run through as few intermediary service providers as possible. Could not go down, and would not ever lose the data.

I just kept working on improving the system for fun long after I was no longer directly involved.

That's very, very cool! 🔥
Wanted to try this stuff for a while now, but haven't gotten the time yet 🥲

You mean the GeoDNS stuff? or something to dow ith Franky?

Haha, the GeoDNS stuff. Frankz has given me some pointers as well on how to get started, but never got to try it out yet.

That being said, if I ever go to Mehico, I'll try to meet with the ChadFrankzz, just to do:

Tell me in English so i can do that too

Rough translation would be : what are you looking at fool, get lost you fool.
But @FrankZ can give the actual translation.

@MrEd wants to know it too

Edited my post, check the video 🤣

Couldn't understand at all except Calm Down Leo

Video is Spanish I believe, Frankz should be able to translate for us, but he's already given a rough translation for us

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