Server system upgrade from Debian 11 to 12

Upgrade to Debian Bookworm

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The VM now runs Debian 12. It’s pending a reboot though.

Removal of unused software

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We saved about 15% of disk space on the system disk.

New Discourse plugins

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  • Data Explorer allows to run SQL queries against the Discourse database. It can be used by @staff. Notably, it’s used to display existing configured emails for categories and groups.
  • Staff Alias allows to use @well-being user for @staff, @moderators and members of the @well-being.team to avoid personal exposure when dealing with headstrong people.
  • Discourse ActivityPub plugin now includes support for public feeds and replies.

New email system

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Since our previous email providers is changing its plans, we have setup a new email system based on postalserver.io and Discourse mail-receiver.

more info about new email setup

Email @activitypub.eu now tend to be replaced with @socialhub.activitypub.eu but both should work (with some known exceptions that will be fixed if someone complains. :wink: Some older email have been removed (e.g., those for old event categories and related groups – but the forum access remains for them.)

In a :peanuts: shell, everything should be transparent for you, except when you reply to an old conversation via email where exceptions may occur: in this case, try to use the forum once and reply to the newly assigned email address.

All email supports SPF, DKIM and DMARC.

Please report any weirdness you may encounter!

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