HowTo: Update to Roundcube 1.6.9

Time for another Roundcube update!

On 28.07.2022 the latest major Release Version 1.6.0 was released. On 01.09.2024 the latest hotfix 1.6.9 was released. By now, it’s really time to install the update, isn’t it? 😉

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HowTo: Update Seafile Server for generic Linux to version 7.1.5 64bit

Seafile Server is an open source alternative to public cloud storage providers like Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Apple iCloud, Google Drive and Citrix Sharefile. It works on free Linux Distributions like Debian and gives you the freedom to use the comfort of a modern synchronization client, the simplicity of a modern WebGUI, completed with the knowledge where your data is and who can access it.

If you are searching for the update guide for Seafile 6.x to 7.0.x, please find the old article below. Thank you!

Changelog

  • 01.11.2020: Post updated for Seafile Server 7.1.5
  • 04.05.2020: Post updated for Seafile Server 7.1.3 and archived previous guide below, as it’s still relevant, if you want to upgrade from 6.x to 7.1.x
  • 24.12.2019: Post update for Seafile Server 7.0.5
    Reworked WordPress link structure, to point all update guides to a new static URL.


Since 22.09.2020 the fifth maintenance release version 7.1.5 is public available. Please see the official changelog:
https://download.seafile.com/published/seafile-manual/changelog/server-changelog.md

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Installing the Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server on Debian Linux with Saltstack

Installing the Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server on Debian Linux (msodbcsql17) with Saltstack requires to pass ACCEPT_EULA=Y to the package manager. This blog post shows a possible solution.

Introduction

Microsoft offers several open source utilities for quite some time now. One is the Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server on Linux which can be leveraged with unixodbc. In my case, I need this driver to query Microsoft SQL Server for my Zabbix ODBC monitoring, to execute native SQL queries for monitoring purposes. As I have to take control over 30+ Zabbix Proxies, I’m currently transforming all of them into Salt minions. My goal here is to achieve 100% automation, as soon as I install the Salt minion on a fresh Debian Linux. Continue reading “Installing the Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server on Debian Linux with Saltstack”

Zabbix: Simple file count for Linux

Watch the files count of a dir on Linux with Zabbix.

In EDI based communications you often have a dir where EDI files get saved and wait for processing. Every now and then these processes don’t work and the file count grows. Of course this is only one example, but it’s often handy to have a trigger fire, when a certain folder has more than X files in it.

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HowTo: Update Seafile Server for generic Linux to version 6.1.2 64bit

Seafile Server is an open source alternative to public cloud storage providers like Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Apple iCloud, Google Drive and Citrix Sharefile. It works on free Linux Distributions like Debian and gives you the freedom to use the comfort of a modern synchronization client, the simplicity of a modern WebGUI, completed with the knowledge where your data is and who can access it.

Since 17.02.2017 the eighth maintenance release version 6.1.2 is public available.

Time to upgrade the server! 😀

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