The long awaited server migration is finally ready, I will outline the details here.
What's happening?
I am moving zzzchan to a new application server. This new server is better, cheaper, and has a 100% working jschan installation ready to go.
What has to be done?
I will have to take the site down for a bit in order to rsync files and a mongo backup into the new server. These will slot right in once the transfer is done. From there all I need to do is edit the site's DNS. I don't expect this process to take more than hour if everything goes well. The .onion service will be dormant through the whole process and switched over after the clearnet site is confirmed working on the new server.
When is this happening?
Current date is this tuesday evening but I've been sick since saturday. Watch the global announcements for any delays.
What if something goes wrong?
The current, soon to be old appserver will be at the ready to switch back to. Again global announcements will be used to announce if I have to switch back. I only see potential issues with updating DNS but thats only because its the only untested part of the process
What's changing with the switch?
A multitude of broken features will become functional, including:
- Live posting, even over TOR
- Tegaki
- All the other frontend scripts that have not been working.
The site's nginx configs have also been reworked completely for the new server, as has the backup process. We will be even more nuke resistant than before!