Emergency Transfer of Application

[email protected] (Doug Bell) Sun, 23 Nov 2025 09:00:12 -0600
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Summary:

* Our main server died
* We're running on a small VM for now
* We will scale to more VMs today
* Some things are broken and cannot be restored without contributed =
labor

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Yesterday sometime before 10:30am US/Central, the primary CPAN Testers =
application server died: One of the main disks failed. Since this =
machine is hosted by ByteMark, and since we have no contact with them =
anymore, there is no chance at restoration. As of 19:00 US/Central, I =
was able to restore operations on a medium-sized VM I'm renting from =
NetActuate[1]. It is less than half the capacity of the bare-metal =
machine that died, so we're still not back to where we were.

Scott Baker has procured some VMs from the Open Source Lab at Oregon =
State University[2]. I am going to scale the app to those systems as =
well in hope that the three VMs will handle the load we generate. My =
guess for that is "probably".

But, with ByteMark's servers now completely out, there are parts of the =
site that simply do not function.=20

* Our CPAN/BackPAN mirror is gone. I'm working on requirements to see =
how this can be fixed.
* E-mailed test reports have been offline for a while, but now is gone =
until a replacement can be made.
* Large sections of the primary site are still unimplemented

If anybody wants to make a large impact for a little work on some =
Mojolicious sites, we can get things working. Until then, I'm doing what =
I can with what I have.



Doug Bell
[email protected]




1: https://www.netactuate.com/
2: http://osuosl.org/


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after-white-space;"><div>Summary:</div><div><br></div><div>* Our main =
server died</div><div>* We're running on a small VM for now</div><div>* =
We will scale to more VMs today</div><div>* Some things are broken and =
cannot be restored without contributed =
labor</div><div><br></div><div>---</div><div><br></div>Yesterday =
sometime before 10:30am US/Central, the primary CPAN Testers application =
server died: One of the main disks failed. Since this machine is hosted =
by ByteMark, and since we have no contact with them anymore, there is no =
chance at restoration. As of 19:00 US/Central, I was able to restore =
operations on a medium-sized VM I'm renting from NetActuate[1]. It is =
less than half the capacity of the bare-metal machine that died, so =
we're still not back to where we were.<div><br></div><div>Scott Baker =
has procured some VMs from the Open Source Lab at Oregon State =
University[2]. I am going to scale the app to those systems as well in =
hope that the three VMs will handle the load we generate. My guess for =
that is "probably".</div><div><br></div><div>But, with ByteMark's =
servers now completely out, there are parts of the site that simply do =
not function.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>* Our CPAN/BackPAN mirror =
is gone. I'm working on requirements to see how this can be =
fixed.</div><div>* E-mailed test reports have been offline for a while, =
but now is gone until a replacement can be made.</div><div>* Large =
sections of the primary site are still =
unimplemented</div><div><br></div><div>If anybody wants to make a large =
impact for a little work on some Mojolicious sites, we can get things =
working. Until then, I'm doing what I can with what I =
have.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>
<div>Doug Bell</div><div>[email protected]</div><div><br></div><br =
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