Tears of a Systems Administrator

Things that make sys-admins sad inside.

Google Domains Support

I have most of my Domains registered through Google, I was trying to accomplish a simple task, getting some custom nameservers to respond properly to “whois” inquires. This proved really difficult. Reggie 11:29 PM Thank you for contacting Google Domains. How may I assist you today? me 11:30 PM Hello, I have created glue records […]

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cPanel Updates

So cPanel recently pushed an update, from version 11.46 to 11.48, which is wonderful. HOWEVER! During this  update, MySQL is taken offline to upgrade the RPM, and is NOT automatically restarted.  I’m sorry, but if I was writing a script to upgrade something that is very likely critical to the operation of the server, I’d […]

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