<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px">thanks Ed<br><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6436"><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6437"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6441" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6440"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6439"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6438"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Edward Shryane <eshryane@ripe.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> denis walker <ripedenis@yahoo.co.uk> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Database WG <db-wg@ripe.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 21:23<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [db-wg] Whois Update Server Migration<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6442"><br><div id="yiv2366159066"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6444">Hi Denis,<div class="yiv2366159066" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6457"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6443">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.</div><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6456"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6445">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. </div><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6455"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6447"><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6446">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).</div></div><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6454"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6462">Incoming mailupdates will be queued up, and will be processed once maintenance mode is turned off.</div><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6448"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6453">We will announce to the working group again when the downtime has ended, and updates will be accepted again.</div><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521583760270_6449"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066">Regards</div><div class="yiv2366159066">Ed Shryane</div><div class="yiv2366159066">RIPE NCC</div><div class="yiv2366159066"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066yqt8158509135" id="yiv2366159066yqt78617"><div class="yiv2366159066"><div><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv2366159066" type="cite"><div class="yiv2366159066">On 20 Mar 2018, at 02:34, denis walker <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv2366159066" ymailto="mailto:ripedenis@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank" href="mailto:ripedenis@yahoo.co.uk">ripedenis@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="yiv2366159066Apple-interchange-newline" clear="none"><div class="yiv2366159066"><div class="yiv2366159066"><div class="yiv2366159066" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15381"><span class="yiv2366159066">Hi Ed</span></div><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15387"><span class="yiv2366159066"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></span></div><div class="yiv2366159066" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15427"><span class="yiv2366159066" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15426">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?</span></div><div class="yiv2366159066"><span class="yiv2366159066" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15426"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></span></div><div class="yiv2366159066"><span class="yiv2366159066" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15426">cheers</span></div><div class="yiv2366159066"><span class="yiv2366159066" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15426">denis</span></div><div class="yiv2366159066" dir="ltr"><span class="yiv2366159066" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15426">co-chair DB WG</span></div><div class="yiv2366159066qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15382"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066yahoo_quoted" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15432" style="display:block;"> <div class="yiv2366159066" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15431" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="yiv2366159066" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15430" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="yiv2366159066" dir="ltr" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15429"> <font class="yiv2366159066" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15428" size="2" face="Arial"> </font><hr class="yiv2366159066" size="1"> <b class="yiv2366159066"><span class="yiv2366159066" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Edward Shryane via db-wg <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv2366159066" ymailto="mailto:db-wg@ripe.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:db-wg@ripe.net">db-wg@ripe.net</a>><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"> <b class="yiv2366159066"><span class="yiv2366159066" style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Database WG <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv2366159066" ymailto="mailto:db-wg@ripe.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:db-wg@ripe.net">db-wg@ripe.net</a>> <br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"> <b class="yiv2366159066"><span class="yiv2366159066" style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 19 March 2018, 17:20<br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"> <b class="yiv2366159066"><span class="yiv2366159066" style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [db-wg] Whois Update Server Migration<br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"> </div> <div class="yiv2366159066y_msg_container" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15434"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"><div class="yiv2366159066" dir="ltr">Dear Working Group,<br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" dir="ltr"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" dir="ltr" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15433">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.<br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" dir="ltr" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15456"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" dir="ltr" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15446">We will also create a Service Announcement on the RIPE NCC website.<br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" dir="ltr" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15445"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" dir="ltr" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15444">Regards,<br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" dir="ltr" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15443">Ed Shryane<br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" dir="ltr" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15435">RIPE NCC<br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" dir="ltr" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15442"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2366159066" dir="ltr" id="yiv2366159066yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521490566700_15438"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class="yiv2366159066" clear="none"></div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>