On Saturday, October 18th the following services will be relocated and upgraded:
- Production database (powers all services)
- Website / Portal - www.allstarlink.org
- Stats Service - stats.allstarlink.org
- Node Config Backups - backup.allstarlink.org
- Node Directory Service - allmondb.allstarlink.org
- Node Lookup Files - nodes1.allstarlink.org / snodes.allstarlink.org
The following is the anticipated timeline of the maintenance:
- 1300 UTC / 0900 EDT - Changes to the database will be restricted by shutting down the Website Portal, Stats Service, and Configuration Backups
- 1330 UTC / 0930 EDT - Node Registration Services will be offline briefly (< 15 minutes) while the registration servers are pointed to the new database system. Additionally Node Directory and Node File Lookup services will be disabled.
- 1430 UTC / 1030 EDT - Website/Portal, Stats, Configuration Backups, Node Directory, and Node File Lookup services will be migrated and re-enabled no later than this time. All systems should be returned to normal by this point.
The following should be noted about the maintenance:
- Registration IP changes and registration time records will not be updated between 1300UTC and 1430UTC. This will impact any nodes that change services and prevent them from connecting or be connected to. A mobile hotspot is the most common scenario.
- No statistics will be gathered and processed between 1300 UTZ and 1430 UTC. Legacy stat data for inactive nodes (i.e., nodes that have not posted new stats after 1430 UTC) will be removed.
- Some IP addresses will change as announced in Infrastructure Announcement: Website, Backup, and Statpost Server IP Changes
Please do not report any service issues or registration issues to Community or the Helpdesk the morning of the maintenance until 1200 EDT / 1600 UTC