Koumbit Network Status

Who's affected

Every virtual server and sites hosted on the shared hosting server.

Specifically, the followin servers are affected:

• chronos.koumbit.net which will affect:

  1. alternc.koumbit.net

  2. auth.koumbit.net

  3. filet.koumbit.net

  4. hlrn.koumbit.net

  5. hostmaster.koumbit.net

  6. leduc.koumbit.net

  7. shell.koumbit.net

  8. www1.koumbit.net

• homere.koumbit.net - hosting

• marius.koumbit.net - which will affect:

  1. bedford.koumbit.net

  2. csn.koumbit.net

  3. filmforge.koumbit.net

  4. log.koumbit.net

  5. ques.koumbit.net

• metis.koumbit.net - which will affect

  1. mysql0.koumbit.net

  2. recurse2.koumbit.net

  3. scanner.koumbit.net

• romulus.koumbit.net - which will affect

  1. builder.koumbit.net

  2. cache.koumbit.net

  3. hostmaster.koumbit.net

  4. mysql1.koumbit.net

  5. oxfamqc.koumbit.net

  6. puppet.koumbit.net

  7. recurse.koumbit.net

  8. voice.koumbit.net

• demeter.koumbit.net - database server

When

September 30th between 14:40 and 15:00, EDT (-0400).

What will happen

The servers will be rebooted for a security update. Furthermore, a new physical server will be added to the LoadBalancing configuration.

Why

The linux kernel has suffered multiple security vulnerabilities recently and we therefore need to upgrade with the newer kernels.

As for the load balancer, the goal is to resolve the recent reliability problems and allow for an easier maintenance of the services.

How

See the complete report (fr). Servers will be rebooted one after the other between 14:30 and 15:00. This will affect all virtual servers as the shared hosting, each outage lasting around 90 seconds.

The new server (hesiode.koumbit.net) will be put online but will not be activated before a new test period, as it is possible the new server breaks when displaying certain sites.

I object!

If this operation is too problematic for you or your organisation, please let us know within 24h to see if we can arrange otherwise.