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--- news:server_migrations_strw [2024/10/02 09:17] – jansen
+++ news:server_migrations_strw [2024/11/29 09:09] (current) – [Friday 29 november 2024 9 AM: License server] jansen
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 Existing login sessions on desktops or through ssh will not be affected, and logging in on desktops will work normally.
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+Unfortunately, ssh logins were not working properly with the new servers; this is being debugged and a new migration date will be planned.
+===== 1-10-2024: Gitlab server =====
+<color #c8bfe7>Please check your projects; keys may have to be regenerated.</color>
 ===== Wednesday 2-10-2024: 10 AM: Websites COMPLETED=====
 <color #c8bfe7>This day we will switch over our websites, including local.strw.leidenuniv.nl, intranet, helpdesk and everything on the observatory web servers, including project sites hosted here.
 These websites may be down for ~ 15 minutes. Nothing else will be affected by this change.</color>
-===== Monday 7-10-2024: 10 AM: Mail =====
+===== Monday 7-10-2024: 10 AM: Mail  COMPLETED =====
-A new STRW mail server has been prepared. During this switch, e-mail will temporarily not be available, estimated time ~ 30 minutes.
+A new STRW mail server has been prepared. <color #c8bfe7>During this switch, e-mail will temporarily not be available, estimated time ~ 30 minutes.
 Incoming mail will be delayed but will arrive once the new server is operational.
 As usual, there will be some [[:roundcube16|changes in the software]] due to the new versions.
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 Mailing lists ([[strw:mailman3|mailman]]) will be down for a bit longer, since they can only be imported into the new server once it is operational.
-===== Monday 14-10-2024: 10 AM: VPN server =====
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-Open connections to the VPN will be disrupted. Downtime will be short, and reconnecting your VPN afterwards will be easy, without changes required on clients.
+===== Monday 14-10-2024: 10 AM: VPN server  COMPLETED =====
+<color #c8bfe7>Open connections to the VPN will be disrupted. Downtime will be short, and reconnecting your VPN afterwards will be easy, without changes required on clients.
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+===== Wednesday 16-10-2024: 9 AM: Login servers (LDAP) COMPLETED =====
+<color #c8bfe7>For logging in, two sets of servers are in use: LDAP, which holds the database of user accounts, and the IDP servers that handle the logins and two-factor authentication on local websites (such as webmail and intranet).
-===== Monday 21-10-2024: 10 AM: Home disk =====
+Switching the LDAP servers should be quick, just a few minutes. There are two LDAP servers so we will make sure that one is running at all times. To be sure the database is in a consistent state, password changes will not be possible around this time.
-This is the most disruptive change. Logging in will not work without the home disk, and existing sessions may give errors or get stuck. So it is recommended to close applications and save your open files before this migration. It will probably be prudent to log out as well.
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-At the same time, we will also move the ''samba'' server, the server that connects the home disk for Windows users in the astrophysical and optical labs. Since the home disk isn't available anyway, this will not cause additional downtime for them (this doesn't affect Windows users on the physics domain such as the support stafff)
+===== Monday 21-10-2024: 10 AM: Home disk COMPLETED =====
-===== (date to be decided): Gitlab server =====
+<color #c8bfe7>This is the most disruptive change. Logging in on Linux systems will not work without the home disk, and existing sessions may give errors or get stuck. So it is recommended to close applications and save your open files before this migration. It will probably be prudent to log out as well.
-===== (date to be decided): License server =====
+At the same time, we will also move the ''samba'' server, the server that connects the home disk for Windows users in the astrophysical and optical labs. Since the home disk isn't available anyway, this will not cause additional downtime for them (this doesn't affect Windows users on the physics domain such as the support staff)</color>
-During this change, connections for reserved licenses will be disrupted (eg IDL, Mathematica)
+===== Friday 29 november 2024 9 AM: License server DONE =====
+<color #c8bfe7>During this change, connections for reserved licenses will be disrupted (eg IDL, Mathematica). In many cases, the software will recover once the license server is back online in the new location, but that is not something we can guarantee. So make sure you close your session or save your data.
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 ===== Reminders and questions =====

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