Server Language

To allow programs to control each other, Linux has a common locale called "C". This language / locale allows interactions to happen predictably, and output to be parsed. Lifeboat relies on this.

Some providers do not configure their Linux instance to have this locale. We're not sure why.

For compatibility with Lifeboat, please install and activate the C.UTF-8 locale.

Configuring Locale

These instructions were extracted from a video sent by a Strato user.

1. Connect to your server via ssh
2. Run dpkg-reconfigure locales
3. The screen will change to a somewhat graphical user interface
4. Scroll through the list of available languages with the arrow keys
5. Select en_US.UTF-8 to be installed
6. Select C.UTF-8 as the system language

This seems to work. Someone with experience in this area is welcome to reach out with better details.