Coming upgrade and move

[sbr]

Click on the WAP2 down at the bottom of the page.

[Josephus]

Cool. Learn something new.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

I'm making it a point this week to get the Linode I ordered last night stood up.  There may be some performance issues, and if they are too bad I'll upgrade to a larger one or go through with the colo plan.  I want off this T1 connection ASAP so I can decommission it and switch my home connection to something cheaper.  There will be a (hopefully) brief service interruption when I make the transfer.  I will not be making any changes to the board and we will not lose any data.

[CountDeMoney]

I want off this T1 connection ASAP so I can decommission it

I dunno, man;  we're sorta getting used to the schedule.    Like Soviet Russia.  BREAD ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS ONLY.

[mongers]

I'm making it a point this week to get the Linode I ordered last night stood up.  There may be some performance issues, and if they are too bad I'll upgrade to a larger one or go through with the colo plan.  I want off this T1 connection ASAP so I can decommission it and switch my home connection to something cheaper.  There will be a (hopefully) brief service interruption when I make the transfer.  I will not be making any changes to the board and we will not lose any data.

Good idea, oh and can't you ban people who henceforth post too graphically intense content, I'm thinking specifically AuntieMay.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

I have the Linode configured and ready for the transfer.  I plan to make the transfer tomorrow morning.

The site will be down for about 30 minutes while I do the final database transfer.  I'll change the DNS records before I start the transfer, so by the time I'm done some of you may already be able to access the new server.  In the past, though, some DNS servers have taken days to get the updated records.  For those who may have problems, the new server IP is 66.228.52.41; you can put that in your hosts file for languish.org if you don't want to wait for your DNS provider to catch up.  Don't do it yet, though, or you won't be able to get here.

[Admiral Yi]

Good idea, oh and can't you ban people who henceforth post too graphically intense content, I'm thinking specifically AuntieMay.

And the people who quote their posts.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Switchover delayed by termites.  Stay tuned for a reschedule; I'm currently leaning towards Sunday.

[DGuller]

What's with about 8 guests all reading an NFL playoffs thread?  Is there something interesting in it?

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

So, I'm finally ready to move things.  I really need to stop procrastinating so much.

I'm going with the colocated server idea.  My datacenter slot is ready and the new machine will be in it in a couple days.  If everything goes as planned, I will switch over on Sunday evening.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

The new box is racked and up at the DC, 10 days late.  Tonight I will take the current site down, copy the database to the new box, and switch the DNS.

DNS information may take a few days to propagate.  The new server's IP is 108.166.163.106.  You may want to edit your hosts file to add a record for languish.org so you don't suffer an outage.  The database transfer should only take half an hour.

Edit Windows hosts file
Edit Mac hosts file

[garbon]

I went to save the IP down and when I went to name the file languish, saw that I'd had the IP from the last time saved the same way.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

I went to save the IP down and when I went to name the file languish, saw that I'd had the IP from the last time saved the same way.

That reminds me, everyone should check their hosts files anyway to make sure that there is not an entry for the current IP (66.253.55.117).  If there is, you need to delete that or you will not be able to get to the site after the switch.

[CountDeMoney]

Somebody's not gonna get the memo.

[Ed Anger]

So I'll be off languish for a few days. No biggie.