"SYSADMIN SHOWDOWN: When Your Script Goes Rogue, Who You Gonna Call?"

[lovelas1]

Title: SYSADMIN SHOWDOWN: When Your Script Goes Rogue, Who You Gonna Call?

Hey fellow sysadmins, let's share some horror stories about when our trusty scripts decided to turn on us. I once had a script that was meant to automate a backup process, but it somehow got stuck in an infinite loop and caused my server to crash. Who's got a crazy script-related disaster to share?

 

[SALGOVIK]

"TBH, first thing I do is Ctrl+Alt+Del and hope for the best. If it's a VM or container, I spin up a new one and restore from a backup. Then, I go after the script with a fine-tooth comb, try to identify the root cause."

 

[yashcool]

Thoughts on best practices?

 

[stupor]

Thoughts on market updates?

 

[Semyon Klevzoff]

opportunities - let's talk

 

[GrafDenisOFF]

"Lol, I've been there. My auto-updater script once took over and started updating packages at 3 am every day. Now I use a timer to set update schedules, no more midnight madness"

 

[serg_alx]

Discussion: market updates