It's finally time to complete the move of the site over to AWS (this post talks about the how and why, if you hadn't heard). This will require a few hours of downtime so I can grab a consistent snapshot of the site database and uploaded files. My last snapshot was from the middle of July, so it's out of date, but that should reduce the duration of the downtime.
Currently, I'm planning to take the downtime this Saturday, around 4:00pm Central time (UTC-5). We don't get a lot of traffic on Saturdays, since people are actually playing the game then.
I expect the downtime to last about 4 hours, but it might go longer depending on how slow our current host is. Today, for instance, it's dragging really badly.
Please be prepared for weirdness and broken things even once the site comes back up over on AWS. While I've tested most of the common use cases (uploading files, reading and posting, etc.), any complex site move is likely to result in some "fun" -- especially when we're also jumping PHP versions and server platforms (from Apache to nginx with FastCGI). If something blows up for you, first, wait until I post saying that the move is complete and I'm ready for bug reports. Then, if the problem persists, just drop me a PM (assuming PMs aren't what's broken ) with what you're doing and the exact error message that you got.
After everything is stable, I'll begin the process of upgrading our software and moving directories around to their final locations on the server. Once that's complete, I'll start fine-tuning performance, increasing PM storage, and playing with some new functionality, such as chat, that we've discussed in other threads.
Currently, I'm planning to take the downtime this Saturday, around 4:00pm Central time (UTC-5). We don't get a lot of traffic on Saturdays, since people are actually playing the game then.
I expect the downtime to last about 4 hours, but it might go longer depending on how slow our current host is. Today, for instance, it's dragging really badly.Please be prepared for weirdness and broken things even once the site comes back up over on AWS. While I've tested most of the common use cases (uploading files, reading and posting, etc.), any complex site move is likely to result in some "fun" -- especially when we're also jumping PHP versions and server platforms (from Apache to nginx with FastCGI). If something blows up for you, first, wait until I post saying that the move is complete and I'm ready for bug reports. Then, if the problem persists, just drop me a PM (assuming PMs aren't what's broken
) with what you're doing and the exact error message that you got.After everything is stable, I'll begin the process of upgrading our software and moving directories around to their final locations on the server. Once that's complete, I'll start fine-tuning performance, increasing PM storage, and playing with some new functionality, such as chat, that we've discussed in other threads.
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