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A bit of UHub downtime at 2 p.m.

By adamg on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 11:59am

We're getting a new database and that'll require shutting the site down, currently scheduled for 2 p.m. Shouldn't take too long (maybe 15 minutes, he said, optimistically), but plan accordingly - and don't do anything truly newsworthy then, OK?

For the nerds: The host is upgrading from MySQL 5.1 to MySQL 5.6, because they've had enough with supporting increasingly antiquated versions.


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By one of the nerds on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 12:43pm.

Bold move, Cotton, let's see how it pays off.

Does your hosting provider's team hate having weekends without work to do?

By adamg on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 2:36pm.

They asked me what time. I stupidly said "oh, how about like 2 on Friday?" Because that's the sort of devil-may-care kinda guy I am. So, yeah.

Anyway, it's now after 2:30 and, as far as I can tell, no update has happened, so now to check what's going on ...

By anon on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 3:22pm.

This is probably pertinent to your future scheduling needs:

https://twitter.com/iamdevloper/status/450905958139834368

By schneidz on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 12:58pm.

are you running full lamp ? what distro (centos ?) ?

By adamg on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 2:35pm.

Ubuntu, to be exact.

By adamg on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 2:58pm.

Yay. Now to keep an eye open to make sure there aren't any problems.

By Kaz on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 5:10pm.

I upgraded 5.something to 5.6 (albeit not all in one chunk) on a bunch of servers over the past few years.

They were all painless ones. I'm sure you'll be fine.

By someday i'll register on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 3:48pm.

Adam, did you mess up the T as well?