Part 3: They said a phone can’t run without a battery. Unfortunately, Pettyl didn’t get the memo. This post is an update of the second part of my Moto server series: lemmy.zip/post/72142441 Rumor has it that keeping an 8-year-old phone permanently plugged in with its equally ancient Li-ion battery might not be the greatest idea ever conceived. Some even claimed that a phone needs a battery to work. Very negative people. Anyway, I removed it. Pettyl did not care. nginx: UP PHP-FPM: UP MariaDB: UP WordPress: UP cloudflared: UP sshd: UP The battery is currently sitting next to the phone, contributing absolutely nothing to the project. Pettyl is now running entirely from USB power, at around 37°C, while continuing to serve the website like this is completely normal. There is, however, one tiny detail the haters may enjoy: It can’t boot without the battery. So the official Pettyl disaster recovery procedure is now: Insert battery Boot Pettyl Connect USB power Remove battery Pretend this is enterprise infrastructure The battery is no longer a battery. It is the starter motor. I see no problems with this architecture. Anyway, Part 3 is going great.