Database

Migrating zabbix from mysql to timescaledb - database setup Members Public

This part continues our mysql to timescaleDB migration. We prepare our target database and add some helpers on the source to create a resumable process.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Database

Rocketchat fails after upgrade with index error Members Public

Upgrading rocketchat to version 5.0 resulted in some minor issues that prevented the system from starting - both are related to the database and can easily be fixed.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Container

Forever growing zabbix database Members Public

Starting with zabbix 6.0 some new featuers have been added - for example audit logging. This post shows downsides / limitations of audit logging on this release and how to avoid negative impact of this.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Database

upgrade postgres with timescaledb Members Public

Upgrading postgres can be a challenging task, because databases are mostly in use. Having extensions like timescaledb introduces even more complexity. This guide shows a fast way to upgrade a postgres database with timescaledb.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Linux

Exchange database fails with serious I/O error Members Public

Running exchange servers there's a slight chance that the database growth results in a state where the filesystem cannot allocate anymore segments. Let's fix this.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Windows

Triggering elasticsearch ilm step manually Members Public

Elasticsearch provides an index lifecycle management that will handle traversal of indices through a whole bunch of lifecycle steps. Sometimes you might want to give the ILM a small tap and move to a specific step manually. This guide will explain how this can be done.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Database

The one when compatible foreign keys are incompatible Members Public

Upgrading our ghost blog ran into issues migrating the database schema. Foreign keys failed with "Referencing column and referenced column in foreign key constraint are incompatible.". Let's fix it.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Database

Migrating zabbix from mysql to timescaledb - setting up environment Members Public

This series covers migrating a zabbix database from mysql to timescaledb. In this post we're preparing the databases for the migration.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Container