Monthly server report
- In one line
- A quiet month: one disk alert, handled within 4 business hours; all updates applied; backups restored on test.
- Alerts
- 12 Oct 14:05: /home passed 90%. Handled at 16:40 the same day; old log archives moved off the disk, usage back to 71%. Log rotation fixed so it does not recur.
- Patching
- Four weekly windows, 23 packages updated. Kernel reboot on 27 Oct at 06:10, down for 4 minutes, every site checked afterwards.
- Backups
- 31 nightly off-site snapshots, all verified. Spot-check on 15 Oct: the shop restored to staging in 6 minutes and opened correctly.
- Disk
- / at 41%, /home at 71% after the clean-up. Growth about 3 GB a month.
- Security
- SSH accepts keys only; 1,204 password attempts were refused. No panel logins from new countries. Two moderate notices left for the 3 Nov window.
- Next month
- Two sites still run PHP 8.2, which stops receiving security fixes at the end of 2026. I suggest moving them to PHP 8.4 on staging first, then live.
Admin time used: 40 minutes of 1 hour. No extra hours billed.