systemd sysv init compatibility mode: how it works and troubleshooting when it breaks

systemd sysv init compatibility mode is magical. That is in the sense that it tries to handle compatibility with sysv init scripts while you are distracted looking somewhere else.

When it works it works well, but when things break it makes troubleshooting more difficult. Especially if you don't understand what's going on behind the curtain.

The first thing you need to understand is that this probably doesn't do what you expect:

CVE-2015-8103: Critical remotely exploitable security hole in existing TurnKey Jenkins deployments

Thanks to ElColmo it has come to our attention that existing deployments of TurnKey Jenkins are still vulnerable to CVE-2015-8103, a critical issue that allows remote code execution by unauthenticated users.

This issue has been fixed with many others by the Jenkins project, as detailed in the  2015-11-11 Jenkins Security Advisory.

TurnKey needs a Drupal Expert Consultant

We are recruiting for someone to take on our website. I'm sure that there are plenty of talented members of our community that might like to apply! So here it is:
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Drupal Expert / Consultant

We're looking for a trustworthy, experienced Drupal expert we can put in charge of maintenance and development for the TurnKey GNU/Linux website.

v14.0 Optimized Builds - Part 2: Containers

Proxmox, OpenNode & Docker

Following close behind the Optimized Builds Part 1 announcement, I am happy to present Part 2: Container builds. Part 2 includes optimized container builds for:

v14.0 Optimized Builds - Part 1: OVA & VMDK

I am happy to announce the release of our OVA and VMDK VM builds. 14.0 optimized VM builds can be downloaded from their respective appliance pages (eg. LAMP, WordPress Node.js etc). Alternatively you can download the entire library via one of our mirrors.