2/10/21 11pm start. Server Maintenance. Update Maintenance continues tomorrow. Today: Upgraded GRUB Ran FSCK over ubuntu volume, cleaned up filesystem errors causing crashes. Updated ubuntu server WIP Host OS Updates to reboot for still. probably tomorrow night. Read more →
Category: Blog Posts
Monthly server maintenance record # 1
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> Ubuntu 16LTS hyper-V Guest
BMSworld Virtual Machine checkpoint: created
apt-get upgrades: complete
do-release-upgrade: complete
VHD (vhdx)Inspection: Defrag, chkdsk: complete, no errors
Physical server
Baremetal Host (-hypertAnk)
C: Chkdsk /f : complete
Server 2016 updates applied
Malwarebytes scan: complete
Symantec Endpoint antivirus scan. complete
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0.00 KB[ISSUE] BMSworld login error ‘SOLUTION | Error: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress’
Ahh the dreaded “Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress” I think I’ve finally solved this – turns out that is you 303 redirect things to make other things more secure, you also need to set a cookie on your browser making sure that HTTPS is specified as the cookie domain,… Read more →
BMSworld & Cookies
We don’t use many cookies here. In the simplest terms, I use Youtube for video previews and in-page playback, an HTML5 video player for the background which also serves content from YouTube, Doubleclick, which again, is served by YouTube (No Ads delivered here.) If you wish to see a report on BMSworld, then please click this LINK Read more →
***Scheduled Outage*** BMSworld Webserver ***Scheduled Outage***
***SERVER OUTAGE*** Hi All. Starting at 8pm NZDST, BMSworld will be unavailable for approximately 2 hours. I will be upgrading the RAM in the server from 40GB to 64GB to significantly increasing the amount of php pages held in memory on the Ubuntu server. I will also be adding an SSD to the HDD raid array (4x1tb in RAID10) and… Read more →
A reflection on BMSworld.
BMSworld is like a vinyl record store. There are hidden gem’s throughout the store but you must dedicate some time to finding them and each vinyl you find, you take to the stores’ record player, pop on some headphones and lose yourself in the tune. Navigating BMSworld was always intended to be just like that. If you love the gameplay… Read more →
Known Website issues – 18/06/2019
Hi Team, There is a known issue with BMSworld and the downloads system implemented. To explain in brief; Downloads used to be hosted on the MEGA.NZ platform – this proved too costly. Downloads are slowly being moved to the webserver so that they are hosted over HTTP/HTTPS which for some people provides benefits such as 1.) Downloads over HTTP/HTTPS… Read more →
Christchurch Terror Attacks…
My heartfelt sorrow, tears and prayers go out to the Muslim community in Christchurch, New Zealand right now. This is a massive shock that has rocked New Zealanders and the world to its core. Some of you might know that I live in Christchurch right now. As a IT Field services engineer, I was driving out to a… Read more →
Blog 3: When/How did I become obsessed with BMS?
Interview Styled blog post. Interviewer: When did you become familiar with Beatmania/BMS? Admin.Rich: *fuzzy memory* between 1998 & 2000. Interviewer: Do you remember why you took a liking to VSRG’s / BMS? Admin.Rich. I love to create! The second I figured out what the game was about, which is at its basics, creating a song on the fly with a… Read more →
Status
What can you expect? Well……..
- Rants
- Raves
- Lots of stories documenting my development of the site
- Why?
- How?
And more!
– Admin.Rich