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2024-01-28 — More attacks, 2024

In the past few hours, we've experienced another wave of attacks targeting our wiki infrastructure. To mitigate this, we've begun blocking entire Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs), effectively reducing the load on our database cluster. Additionally, we've heightened Cloudflare challenge levels. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our users. Until we compile a comprehensive list of the attacking networks, these measures will remain necessary.

2024-01-11 — Content Requests, 2024

We've noticed increased requests for specific content on the nixos.wiki addressed to the admin-team via email since the start of the year. Let's clarify our approach to these requests:
The admin team's primary role is to address operational issues. We do not create content based on individual requests. However, like any member of the NixOS community, our team members may contribute to the wiki on their own accord.

For content creation, we encourage you to connect with other NixOS users. You can find various platforms for interaction in the "Get in touch" section on our Main Page or Get in Touch page. If you've found a solution to a problem, consider contributing your knowledge to the wiki. Your input is valuable and can assist others facing similar challenges.

Thank you for your understanding and participation.

2023-12-12 — DDOS Attacks - December, 2023

The nixos.wiki is experiencing a significant upsurge in attacks, which have notably impacted our infrastructure. In the past day, these attacks have increasingly resulted in timeouts, particularly noticeable while editing wiki pages.

To counteract this, we’ve implemented new security protocols. These measures are more robust and aggressive, specifically designed to mitigate these attacks. We anticipate that for most users, these changes will be transparent and not impede normal wiki usage.

However, there’s an important caveat for users accessing our wiki via specific cloud providers (source of recent attacks). Such traffic will now trigger interactive challenges from Cloudflare. This is a permanent change to ensure the integrity and availability of our wiki for all users. We understand this may cause inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

2023-09-09 — Upcoming Infrastructure Changes at nixos.wiki - September, 2023

Over the past few months, nixos.wiki has been dealing with increased levels of attacks ranging from basic to complex ones targeting the database. Thankfully, we have support from Cloudflare (sponsoring their services), which helps us counteract a large part of these attacks.

Despite this help, some attacks reach our backend, so we have decided to migrate to a different setup to better protect the wiki and keep it operational. This means there might be a few downtimes in the weeks ahead. We will keep you posted on the timings here in the news section.

2021-09-24 — Nix web highlights - September, 2021

We are halfway between releases right now. Porcupine for the holidays. Some highlights of Nix around the web this month:

• Statistics on the 100 most frequently set NixOS options
• Call for a 21.11 (Porcupine) release manager is open
• Using Home Manager with Flakes keeps getting more coverage
• Popular flake templating library, flake-utils-plus, sees v1.2.0 release

2019-06-02 — Google Index Issues

The visibility of nixos.wiki pages in Google search results drastically dropped around 21st of May. The reason is still unknown.

2017-10-08 — Integration issues resolved

Login links now work as they previously did. They are found both in the header and the footer.

Edit button now shows combined with actions and is available in the footer.

2017-10-02 — New Wiki theme activated

We activated the theme proposed by samueldr (issue #7)

Login links can be found in the footer

2017-06-28 — Login via GitHub has been enabled

We are still working out some kinks. If you encounter any errors please contact User:Fadenb

2017-08-21 — More content

The content of nixos-users' wiki is already integrated