Opensimulator Grid Backup & Restore

Opensimulator Grid Backup & Restore is a guide describing good backup practices for Opensim Grids. It covers basic backup principles and requirements for Opensim. Finally, it links to two additional articles, one for Ubuntu and another for Windows. This article is part of a larger whole covering all aspects of Continue Reading

Opensimulator Useful Control Scripts

Opensimulator Useful Control Scripts is a collection of helpful BASH/BAT scripts for starting, stopping and running crash recovery. It is part of a larger whole on setting up and maintaining Opensimlator Grids. Full Guide TMUX – Versions Start Everything – Opensimulator Useful Control Scripts This is the script run when Continue Reading

Extensible & Maintainable Opensimulator Config

Extensible & Maintainable Opensimulator Config is a guide to creating an Opensimulator configuration that is both extensible and maintainable. Unfortunately, the default setup isn’t well configured for this. Anyone who prefers a video to reading should scroll to the bottom. Full Guide Problems With The default Configuration and File Structure Continue Reading

Email Calendar & File Sharing

Email Calendar & File Sharing. A discussion about why these things are important, how they can integrate and a suggested solution. This article is part of a larger whole for setting up and maintaining an Opensimulator server and grid. However, much of it is relevant to many businesses. Full Guide Continue Reading

Buying Server Hosting For Opensimulator

Buying Server Hosting For Opensimulator is a complex decision with many factors. However, the primary considerations are direct price, performance, and running costs like any other server order. Opensimulator typically has two key areas to consider for server hosting. The first is for the Robust Services, and the second is Continue Reading

Opensim Server Setup Using Ubuntu & Windows.

Opensim Server Setup Using Ubuntu & Windows, a start to finish guide. Starting from setting up the operating system all the way through to a working system with regular backups, crash detection, extensible configuration and server security. The scope of the article is extensive; consequently, it will be split into Continue Reading

Opensim – Separating Robust Instances

Old Article, please use Extensible & Maintainable Opensimulator Config This post is left in place to avoid links breaking. Previous Version Start Opensim – Separating Robust Instances is an article detailing the process of separating Opensimulator Robust services into separate instances of Robust. Not all services should be separated and Continue Reading

Crash Detection And Recovery – Fire And Ice Grid

Crash Detection and Recovery is an update to the Fire And Ice Opensim Grid and to the Automated Opensim Startup and Shutdown guide. The most common way of having items restart is by using systemD. Unfortunately, when running mono processes inside a Tmux shell, this didn’t work satisfactorily. My solution Continue Reading

Another Year Of Student Life Completed Successfully.

When And Why My Student Journey Started Another Year Of Student Life Completed Successfully! Two years ago I embarked on the start of a five-year journey to gain a new career. After fifteen years (at the time) of self-employment, I made the decision, it was time to do something new. Continue Reading