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Self-Hosted, I think someone is using my Appwrite instance, need help verifying

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FknWolf
10 Jun, 2025, 18:16

Hey, out of curiosity, is there a way to check how many organisations are in your self hosted Appwrite instance? Im self hosting in digital ocean, and lately my server had become super under load, like even on a highly available plan i was hitting CPU usage of 80-90%, and I only have 2 projects, 1 a test and 1 a slightly more advanced test. Memory usage was high too! So I check my docker logs, and after restarting docker, i see a message that basically says [domain i do not recognise] is not a main domain. Skipping SSL certificate generation I am taking that to mean that someone somehow came across my installation and used it inside of the actual appwrite cloud service. Anyway to verify?

TL;DR
Developers suspect bots are using their self-hosted Appwrite instance. They noticed unusual activity and high server load. To verify if someone accessed their installation, they can check the usage for each container with `docker stats`. Additionally, they can monitor the number of organizations in their instance and investigate any unrecognized domains in docker logs for unauthorized access.
D5
10 Jun, 2025, 18:52

That warning is usually from bots hitting your instance. Check what's the usage for each container with docker stats

FknWolf
10 Jun, 2025, 18:57

kinda weird, bots from an immigration law firm?

FknWolf
10 Jun, 2025, 18:58

oh yeah it might be bots you are right, i just saw honestburger on there and deno

but why and how

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