[IMC-pgh-tech] Re: [Deganawida-sysadmin] staughton/dega/walesa emergency downtime TONIGHT (9/15)

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mtoups,

  Thanks for the email. where is the new location? 

elaine
scimc


--- mtoups at indymedia.org wrote:
> Hi everyone in staughton/dega land,
> 
> unfortunatley, due to unforseeable circumstances,
> staughton, deganawida and walesa must
> all be taken down tonight and physically
> moved to a new location.
> 
> services should be restored within 1-2 hours.
> this downtime will probably begin around 7-8pm
> Eastern Daylight Time (eastern US), but might
> be as late as 1am.  We'll update you as we know
> more precisely when things will happen.  (irc.indy
> is a good way to stay abreast of the latest
> developments)
> 
> IP addresses should change -- we will take care
> of indypgh.org DNS, so sites that are CNAME'd
> to staughton.indypgh.org or deganawida.indypgh.org
> should be fine.  for example,
> santacruz.indymedia.org
> is a CNAME alias for deganawida.indypgh.org so no
> changes will be necessary.  however, DNS entries
> that refer directly to 128.2.x.x addresses will
> need to change (changing them to a CNAME asap would
> be advisable so that we can just change the DNS
> here when the time comes).
> 
> these sites do use CNAMEs and will be fine:
> 
> (dega.indymedia.org is an alias for
> deganawida.indypgh.org.)
> santacruz.indymedia.org is an alias for
> dega.indymedia.org.
> pr.indymedia.org is an alias for
> staughton.indymedia.org.
> sonora.indymedia.org is an alias for
> dega.indymedia.org.
> 
> these sites do not use CNAMEs:
> 
> neworleans.indymedia.org has address 128.2.40.83
> estrecho.indymedia.org has address 128.2.40.83
> indymediapr.org has address 128.2.40.83
> arkansas.indymedia.org has address 128.2.41.249
> 
> i will submit a request to dns at indymedia.org to
> change the last four entries to CNAMEs ASAP, that
> way we'll be ready when we switch IP addresses
> and make the appropriate changes to the indypgh.org 
> DNS zone.
> 
> please let me know if there are other sites which I
> am neglecting to mention here.  also, if someone has
> a nicely prepared splash page (like the one used
> when stallman goes down for maintainance), let me
> know and i can get that put up during the transition
> period.
> 
> 
> apologies about the sudden change -- this is an
> emergency situation we could not forsee.  we've
> been working all day to prepare and minimize
> downtime,
> but please address tech at indypgh.org if you need
> anything
> from us while things are in transition.
> 
> thanks.
> 
> -matt
> for pgh-imc tech
> 
> -- 
> gpg --keyserver keys.indymedia.org --recv-keys
> CE9CE8AD
> 

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