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Title: MelonLand is on the move!
Post by: Melooon on November 07, 2024 @864.53
:wizard: <---- On the Move! ----> :wizard: Yes its really true! MelonLand is on the move! We are moving server! :pc:
As some of you know the forum and other ML sites are spread across an array on odd servers and hosts; the main one dates back to 2020 and was a temporary server for a game-jam I was part of in college, it later got co-opted into a mini server for the Melonking.net hit counter and then later became the forum. Since then we have added TamaNotchi, The Everyone site, a mastodon server, image caching servers, databases, rss servers, mastodon bots, a minecraft server, my personal sites, the surf club, the wiki, and I'm working on the blog thing. Anyway all that is to say we have a messy mess of many servers and its finally time to move!
Everything will be gathered into one big server with lots of extra resources and room for activities :happy: The new server has been setup with a local hosting company, I had a video call with them some weeks ago and they seemed quite supportive of the whole project which is great!
I've been running tests and figuring things out so everything goes smoothly, I do not expect any big issues but I do expect some unusual behavior :omg:
The main things to look out for will be:
Unexpected outages during switch overs
Cert errors as domain names are updated
Unexpected bugs and doodads
It will be about two weeks before everything is done; I will post here before each switch over so you know to lookout for any issues, and the forum itself is scheduled to switch over on Monday the 18th all going well.
Anyway, I officaly declare that we are ON THE MOVE :ozwomp:
Title: Re: MelonLand is on the move!
Post by: candycanearter07 on November 07, 2024 @981.53
Best of luck!! I know how hard it can be to migrate stuff, but hopefully it'll have better performance!
Title: Re: MelonLand is on the move!
Post by: nuclearblues on November 07, 2024 @996.55
super exciting! thanks for the warnings about issues, and I hope everything goes smoothly :happy:
Title: Re: MelonLand is on the move!
Post by: Kallistero on November 08, 2024 @98.83
:seal:
:mark: AAAAA I CAN'T STOP MOVING :mark:
Good luck, and thanks for the heads up! :grin:
Title: Re: MelonLand is on the move!
Post by: littlesecret on November 08, 2024 @101.23
Woohoo!! I hope it all goes smoothly. Glad to be a part of the move B)
Title: Re: MelonLand is on the move!
Post by: PossiblyAxolotl on November 08, 2024 @198.90
Oh nice! I always wonder what it's like managing one's own servers and all that. Let me go pack my things!
Title: Re: MelonLand is on the move!
Post by: Salty on November 08, 2024 @652.44
Sending all the good vibes to my fellow SysAdmins!!! :wizard:
Title: Re: MelonLand is on the move!
Post by: Slix on November 08, 2024 @680.19
Good luck and I hope everything goes as smoothly as you hope too!
Title: Re: MelonLand is on the move!
Post by: TheFrugalGamer on November 08, 2024 @696.42
Sweeeeet! Sounds like this will make things easier from here on out. Good luck and I hope it all goes alright!
Title: Re: MelonLand is on the move!
Post by: Eunice on November 09, 2024 @537.99
Good luck with the move. Don't forget to put a kettle and tea etc in the top box so you can have a cuppa at the new server. (Yes, I'm being silly!)
Title: Re: MelonLand is on the move!
Post by: Melooon on November 14, 2024 @877.86
15/11/2024
Mastodon will now begin to switch over ^^ EDIT: This is now complete ~ ooph that was a painful processes but it seems to have worked!
15/11/2024 @684.17
Image caching will switch over soon - images will be broken. EDIT: Images should now be working again!
16/11/2024 @854.05
The Pad / Everyone site editor will now start to switch over - please avoid making everyone site edits until the all clear is issued! EDIT: All clear, the pad editor is now switched over.
Title: Re: MelonLand is on the move!
Post by: Melooon on November 19, 2024 @9.22
Most big moving is now done! (Other than the Minecraft server)
Please report any issues you run into, a LOT of things have changed in the background.. like A LOT :tongue: So there is a good chance there will be new and unexpected issues! Also lemmy know if anything is unusually good! Maybe something got better!! :pc: