336 days uptime

Today my little server at Vultr (9$ a month) has been up for 336 days straight. Before that it was about 150 days. My server runs with the operating system OpenBSD, where the team releases a new version every six months. So I tend to do an update and reboot whenever a new version is released, but it seems like I forgot the last update.

This server serves my website https://erict.org, my personal e-mail server for et@erict.org, and works as an encrypted backup storage (I have an attached 40 GB encrypted storage). And it have not crashed for years. I can literally just forget about it and it still works.

Is not that cool?

Admittedly, the server does not run anything crazy, but still..

I give the credit to the incredibly well-built OpenBSD, its project goals, and the team of volunteers behind it. For my purposes, which is to run a simple website and email/calendar server, OpenBSD is perfect.

Looking now, the main software I use on the server is:

• httpd: HTTP server.
• nginx: Reverse proxy.
• smtpd: Email server (OpenSMTPD).
• dovecot: Enables IMAP so I can view my mail from other devices.
• postgresql: Database.
• radicale: Calendar server.
• rspamd: Spam protection. Learns from emails marked as spam.
• redis: Used by rspamd.
• sshd: Enables SSH (OpenSSH).
• pf: Firewall.
• cron: Schedule jobs/commands.