Re: [Sks-devel] ams.sks.heypete.com migrating to new facility, changing IP addresses

[Pete Stephenson]

On 9/11/2014 4:10 PM, Pete Stephenson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> My VPS hosting company recently brought a new facility in Amsterdam
> online. The new facility has an upgraded backend which allows live
> snapshotting, native IPv6, and a bunch of other useful features.
> 
> Later today I will be migrating ams.sks.heypete.com to this new
> facility. This will entail a period of downtime. When it comes back
> online, the system will have new IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
> 
> After things are setup, tested, and working, I will update the DNS
> records pointing to the server. If I understand things correctly, SKS
> should automatically reload the membership file and re-query DNS names
> of peers every 6 hours or so, so peering should be reestablished
> automatically.

Brief addendum: it looks like I should be able to complete the migration
with minimal (<10m) downtime. Snapshots of a VPS are handy.

I will continue to operate the current server for a day or two after the
transition and DNS updates to ensure that all traffic has transferred to
the new system.

Cheers!
-Pete

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