Master Server Migration + Downtime

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Unread post by StackOverflow » Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:34 pm
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Just a heads up, the master server will be moving from it's current location in San José to a new datacenter located in Las Vegas, meaning the master server will be offline during this time.

The downtime is expected to last between January 20th, 5:30 AM GMT until January 20th, 6:00 PM GMT.

I will be taking advantage of this downtime to perform some necessary performance optimizations for the master server software as well as the web server.

What does this mean for you?

The serverlist is cached on our web server, which is separate from our master game server for situations like these. This means that the serverlist will remain up, but just won't be updated during that time.

If you are a server hoster, you will likely see a lot of warnings that the server has been disconnected from the master server. This situation will remedy itself once everything is back online. No IP addresses will be changing because of this.

We will let you know when the server migration has been completed. Thanks for the patience. Blue_Happy1
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Unread post by rakiru » Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:37 pm
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Just checking, but is that supposed to be 5:30 AM to 6:00 AM? I only ask because that 12 and a half hour time window seems odd.
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Unread post by StackOverflow » Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:40 pm
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No, this is a physical server migration, hence the prolonged downtime.
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Unread post by SICKfudge » Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:49 pm
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Woot! Im out then anyway so it does not affect me, hope all goes well with your technical highjinks
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Unread post by MKU » Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:05 pm
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Yay, moving it closer to me! :D
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Unread post by 0xtobit » Sat Jan 19, 2013 5:31 pm
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When will the server list be cached? I just launched a new server and am bringing it up and down as I make adjustments to the config.txt, I just want to make sure my server is on the cached list for tomorrows outage.
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Unread post by StackOverflow » Sat Jan 19, 2013 5:33 pm
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0xtobit wrote:
When will the server list be cached? I just launched a new server and am bringing it up and down as I make adjustments to the config.txt, I just want to make sure my server is on the cached list for tomorrows outage.
The serverlist is automatically cached, so the cached version will be relevant to the very last second before the master server has been taken offline.
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Unread post by Cajun Style » Sat Jan 19, 2013 5:56 pm
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No, this is a physical server migration, hence the prolonged downtime.
As in: throw the server in the back of your car and start driving? Blue_D'oh
Pity you had to take the weekend, but I guess you have your reasons.
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Unread post by HoboHob » Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:48 pm
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Cajun Style wrote:
No, this is a physical server migration, hence the prolonged downtime.
As in: throw the server in the back of your car and start driving? Blue_D'oh
I'm sure they rented a u-haul and paid some random hobo to drive it all the way over to wherever the new host is.
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Unread post by Bigcheecho » Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:50 am
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MKU wrote:
Yay, moving it closer to me! :D
Exact same city where I am.
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Unread post by m3saint » Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:44 am
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its 6:00pm here already
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Unread post by rakiru » Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:37 am
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m3saint wrote:
its 6:00pm here already
Congratulations, you have stumbled across the incredibly fun and not at all annoying concept of timezones!
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Unread post by zaeempatel » Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:05 pm
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I have a problem, when I click the 'Play' file it leads to a website saying it won't work, I'm in UK, it's 8:04 PM 21st January 2013 can somebody please help me?


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Unread post by Jdrew » Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:15 pm
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zaeempatel wrote:
I have a problem, when I click the 'Play' file it leads to a website saying it won't work, I'm in UK, it's 8:04 PM 21st January 2013 can somebody please help me?


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That is the original website but it went down, you have to use servers from this website as this is the only place so far that has a master server.
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Unread post by AEM » Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:45 pm
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Yay, it's moving to where Aloha servers are housed. Blue_Sunglasses1
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