Hi Denis, we plan to switch from the current Whois update server, to a different server, sometime tomorrow evening. We expect a few minutes downtime for updates. On the update server, a read-only flag will prevent writes to the database. We will confirm all updates are replicated to the new server before switching. On each Whois server, maintenance mode will be turned on, which will cause incoming Syncupdates and REST API updates to be rejected (503 Service Unavailable). Incoming mailupdates will be queued up, and will be processed once maintenance mode is turned off. We will announce to the working group again when the downtime has ended, and updates will be accepted again. Regards Ed Shryane RIPE NCC
On 20 Mar 2018, at 02:34, denis walker <ripedenis@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi Ed
Thanks for the notice. Can you explain in a little more detail what will happen if anyone submits an update during this downtime, or for any automated scripts that send in updates?
cheers denis co-chair DB WG
From: Edward Shryane via db-wg <db-wg@ripe.net> To: Database WG <db-wg@ripe.net> Sent: Monday, 19 March 2018, 17:20 Subject: [db-wg] Whois Update Server Migration
Dear Working Group,
on Wednesday 21st March, we plan to migrate the Whois Update Server to a new configuration. This will cause a short downtime for Whois updates. Queries will not be affected.
We will also create a Service Announcement on the RIPE NCC website.
Regards, Ed Shryane RIPE NCC