OUTAGE: webos-internals.org and preware.org server outage Tue 23:00 UTC for up to 8h

rwhitby · 03/09/2010, 12:31 AM

Starting at 23:00UTC Tuesday (less than 16 hours from the date of this posting), we will be taking *.webos-internals.org and most of *.preware.org offline for up to 8 hours.

This is to install the new server that was bought with donations to WebOS Internals over the last 6 months.

During this period, ipkg.preware.org (the site that hosts all the homebrew feeds) will be pointed to a different machine (ipkg3.preware.org) so that Preware and WebOS Quick Install should continue working uninterrupted. I've already changed the DNS to enact this, so it should propagate widely before the current ipkg2.preware.org goes offline.

The wiki at http://www.webos-internals.org (including all icons and screenshot URLs that point to files on the wiki), the Preware installers at http://get.preware.org, and the installation instructions at http://get.preware.org will all be offline during that period. The source code repositories at http://git.webos-internals.org, and the WebOS Internals autobuilder will also be offline.

-- Rod

063_xobx · 03/09/2010, 12:35 AM

you guys have it all taken care of not that im surprised none of your work has been anything less than what i wouldve expected from palm

mrloserpunk · 03/09/2010, 12:39 AM

rod, how should we respond to the 15 threads here about the sites being down? Sarcasm, kindness or down right hostility? Your call

063_xobx · 03/09/2010, 12:40 AM

i was just gonna post a link here to all of them

rwhitby · 03/09/2010, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrloserpunk

rod, how should we respond to the 15 threads here about the sites being down? Sarcasm, kindness or down right hostility? Your call

I think professionalism is the word I'm thinking of

-- Rod

jason2851 · 03/09/2010, 03:06 AM

Could I vote for something along the lines of:
"Aliens landed and destroyed the servers; Rod fought back heroically using only his Pre as a weapon. Luckily he conjured up a magical alien repellent patch and won. Servers will be back up soon (as soon as Rod uses the stolen alien technology); have a nice day."

mrloserpunk · 03/09/2010, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rwhitby

I think professionalism is the word I'm thinking of

-- Rod

and so it was said. Professionalism it is. This time at least!!

rwhitby · 03/09/2010, 06:08 PM

The server outage is starting now.

We will use the @webosinternals twitter account for updates, and post here when everything is back up.

-- Rod

Spyderekz · 03/09/2010, 06:13 PM

Its the end of the world!!

rwhitby · 03/09/2010, 06:44 PM

Preware and WOSQI have been operating from a mirror server (located at a different site) for the last 12 hours at least. So it's not really the end of the world

-- Rod

Cerealklr · 03/09/2010, 07:37 PM

Yes, but now I can't impulsively research on the wiki! Oh Noes!

dingwall1 · 03/09/2010, 08:06 PM

Rod, thank you and your teammates. We really appreciate all you guys do.

rwhitby · 03/09/2010, 10:27 PM

The data transfer from the old machine to the new machine is going slower than expected :-(

Good thing we set up the Preware mirror feeds ...

-- Rod

HTVaquero · 03/10/2010, 06:11 AM

it been 11hrs

....I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANY MORE!!!!!

...ok, I can

alanh · 03/10/2010, 10:22 AM

Great.... I had to pick TODAY to have a warranty replacement of my Pre. I miss my patches!

addiarmadar · 03/10/2010, 12:25 PM

Is the site still down? ATM I cannot pull it up still.

egaudet · 03/10/2010, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanh

Great.... I had to pick TODAY to have a warranty replacement of my Pre. I miss my patches!

The mirror feeds are still operational, you should have no problems installing packages.

allenfrisch · 03/10/2010, 12:51 PM

MAN, I have bad timing! I just got my Pre Plus yesterday and have been banging my head against the wall trying unsuccessfully to get all of my software to work! Does this mean that once the "outage" is over apps like FileCoaster and PreWare will be working properly again? In spite of the mirrors I haven't been able to get much that was downloaded outside of the official App Catalog to work correctly.

Also, is anyone around here saying conclusively that this is a problem with the 1.4 update? Should I reset my Pre back to factory specs and use 1.3.5 until they've updated all the apps to work with 1.4?

To be honest, I'm not enjoying the first 24 hours with my new Pre so much...

enormous · 03/10/2010, 01:07 PM

Rod,

Can you divulge what your new setup is? As a geek/linux sys admin/donator, I'm chock full of curiosity!

-Eric

irwinr12 · 03/10/2010, 02:43 PM

Hey Rod,

How do I make a donation? Knowing that the money is actually going back into the development efforts is definitely a motivation for me to donate!

-Jeremy

03/09/2010, 12:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
rwhitby Developer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Adelaide, Australia - follow @webosinternals on Twitter visit www.webos-internals.org and www.facebook.com/webosinternals Posts: 5,690 Thanks: 35 Thanked 5,353 Times in 1,603 Posts	OUTAGE: webos-internals.org and preware.org server outage Tue 23:00 UTC for up to 8h Starting at 23:00UTC Tuesday (less than 16 hours from the date of this posting), we will be taking .webos-internals.org and most of .preware.org offline for up to 8 hours. This is to install the new server that was bought with donations to WebOS Internals over the last 6 months. During this period, ipkg.preware.org (the site that hosts all the homebrew feeds) will be pointed to a different machine (ipkg3.preware.org) so that Preware and WebOS Quick Install should continue working uninterrupted. I've already changed the DNS to enact this, so it should propagate widely before the current ipkg2.preware.org goes offline. The wiki at http://www.webos-internals.org (including all icons and screenshot URLs that point to files on the wiki), the Preware installers at http://get.preware.org, and the installation instructions at http://get.preware.org will all be offline during that period. The source code repositories at http://git.webos-internals.org, and the WebOS Internals autobuilder will also be offline. -- Rod __________________ WebOS Internals and Preware Founder and Developer You may wish to To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. by Paypal to donations @ webos-internals.org if you find our work useful. All donations go back into development. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by rwhitby; 03/09/2010 at 12:43 AM.

03/09/2010, 12:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
063_xobx Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Off-Topic Section Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 145 Thanked 719 Times in 474 Posts	you guys have it all taken care of not that im surprised none of your work has been anything less than what i wouldve expected from palm __________________ Tired of all the Palm/HP doom and gloom? Cheer up the worst is yet to come! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

03/09/2010, 12:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
063_xobx Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Off-Topic Section Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 145 Thanked 719 Times in 474 Posts	i was just gonna post a link here to all of them __________________ Tired of all the Palm/HP doom and gloom? Cheer up the worst is yet to come! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

03/09/2010, 06:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
rwhitby Developer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Adelaide, Australia - follow @webosinternals on Twitter visit www.webos-internals.org and www.facebook.com/webosinternals Posts: 5,690 Thanks: 35 Thanked 5,353 Times in 1,603 Posts	The server outage is starting now. We will use the @webosinternals twitter account for updates, and post here when everything is back up. -- Rod __________________ WebOS Internals and Preware Founder and Developer You may wish to To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. by Paypal to donations @ webos-internals.org if you find our work useful. All donations go back into development. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

03/09/2010, 06:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
rwhitby Developer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Adelaide, Australia - follow @webosinternals on Twitter visit www.webos-internals.org and www.facebook.com/webosinternals Posts: 5,690 Thanks: 35 Thanked 5,353 Times in 1,603 Posts	Preware and WOSQI have been operating from a mirror server (located at a different site) for the last 12 hours at least. So it's not really the end of the world -- Rod __________________ WebOS Internals and Preware Founder and Developer You may wish to To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. by Paypal to donations @ webos-internals.org if you find our work useful. All donations go back into development. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

03/09/2010, 12:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
mrloserpunk Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Syracuse Posts: 2,559 Thanks: 682 Thanked 414 Times in 307 Posts	rod, how should we respond to the 15 threads here about the sites being down? Sarcasm, kindness or down right hostility? Your call

03/09/2010, 03:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
jason2851 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 86 Thanks: 62 Thanked 17 Times in 8 Posts	Could I vote for something along the lines of: "Aliens landed and destroyed the servers; Rod fought back heroically using only his Pre as a weapon. Luckily he conjured up a magical alien repellent patch and won. Servers will be back up soon (as soon as Rod uses the stolen alien technology); have a nice day."

03/09/2010, 06:13 PM	#9 (permalink)
Spyderekz Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 36 Thanks: 16 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Its the end of the world!!

03/09/2010, 07:37 PM	#11 (permalink)
Cerealklr Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 17 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Yes, but now I can't impulsively research on the wiki! Oh Noes!

03/09/2010, 08:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
dingwall1 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 124 Thanks: 24 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Rod, thank you and your teammates. We really appreciate all you guys do.

03/09/2010, 10:27 PM	#13 (permalink)
rwhitby Developer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Adelaide, Australia - follow @webosinternals on Twitter visit www.webos-internals.org and www.facebook.com/webosinternals Posts: 5,690 Thanks: 35 Thanked 5,353 Times in 1,603 Posts	The data transfer from the old machine to the new machine is going slower than expected :-( Good thing we set up the Preware mirror feeds ... -- Rod __________________ WebOS Internals and Preware Founder and Developer You may wish to To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. by Paypal to donations @ webos-internals.org if you find our work useful. All donations go back into development. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

03/10/2010, 06:11 AM	#14 (permalink)
HTVaquero Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 15 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	it been 11hrs ....I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANY MORE!!!!! ...ok, I can

03/10/2010, 10:22 AM	#15 (permalink)
alanh Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 25 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Great.... I had to pick TODAY to have a warranty replacement of my Pre. I miss my patches!

03/10/2010, 12:25 PM	#16 (permalink)
addiarmadar Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 155 Thanks: 11 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Is the site still down? ATM I cannot pull it up still.

03/10/2010, 12:51 PM	#18 (permalink)
allenfrisch Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Bad Timing MAN, I have bad timing! I just got my Pre Plus yesterday and have been banging my head against the wall trying unsuccessfully to get all of my software to work! Does this mean that once the "outage" is over apps like FileCoaster and PreWare will be working properly again? In spite of the mirrors I haven't been able to get much that was downloaded outside of the official App Catalog to work correctly. Also, is anyone around here saying conclusively that this is a problem with the 1.4 update? Should I reset my Pre back to factory specs and use 1.3.5 until they've updated all the apps to work with 1.4? To be honest, I'm not enjoying the first 24 hours with my new Pre so much...

03/10/2010, 01:07 PM	#19 (permalink)
enormous Homebrew Developer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: D.C. Area Posts: 195 Thanks: 73 Thanked 37 Times in 19 Posts	Rod, Can you divulge what your new setup is? As a geek/linux sys admin/donator, I'm chock full of curiosity! -Eric

03/10/2010, 02:43 PM	#20 (permalink)
irwinr12 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hey Rod, How do I make a donation? Knowing that the money is actually going back into the development efforts is definitely a motivation for me to donate! -Jeremy

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