DNS issues - Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles: forums

I, Brian · 27th February 2010, 10:34 AM

Terribly sorry for chronicles being down for a few hours this morning - one of the server techs needed to update the site's DNS - ie, the server's internet address - early this morning, but unfortunately was compiled on a secondary IP the server uses, taking down every single website on the server.

Anyway, got it fixed now and hopefully should not be any further problems with this.

The Ace · 27th February 2010, 10:37 AM

I hope you gave him a good wigging.

GOLLUM · 27th February 2010, 10:41 AM

Yikes....he couldn't be too popular.

I knew the site would not be down for too long.

Cheers....

Ursa major · 27th February 2010, 10:53 AM

The important thing is that the Chrons is now up again.

GOLLUM · 27th February 2010, 01:21 PM

Yeh....so the Bear can regale us with more puns....

I, Brian · 27th February 2010, 01:59 PM

Chrons always stays up.

Parson · 27th February 2010, 03:51 PM

Thanks Brian for your work. For me it was down later last night and I couldn't believe I couldn't get on. I thought I might be suffering from withdrawal by now, but no!

Karn Maeshalanadae · 27th February 2010, 05:09 PM

And here I was thinking another DoS attack. Good to know it wasn't a malicious hit.

Dave · 27th February 2010, 09:17 PM

I was concerned it might be my fault - I must have pulled on the server a lot yesterday - but I noticed a few of your other Britecorp websites were also down.

I also hoped it hadn't crashed and gone down without a back-up. I would have wasted all my time.

Glad everything is okay.

Jayaprakash Satyamurthy · 28th February 2010, 03:24 AM

The Britecorp site itself was still up, so for a while I thought it was the underlying forum software (I've been seeing odd things happening at another forum run on the same platform). Fortunately it was just good old human nature.

Chron always stays up is a good motto, considering some some of us never seem to sleep!

I, Brian · 28th February 2010, 09:19 AM

It's okay Dave, no need to panic - the DNS issue took down every single website on the server - it was just because when we moved to this new server, we were moved over to a newer server a week later by the same hosting company.

However, the DNS records were still all set up for the old server, so when DNS was updated on Friday night, it reverted to the new addresses, which had not been set up properly - hence why everything went screwy until this was all corrected.

A big headache, but only a temporary pain.

27th February 2010, 10:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
I, Brian Brian G. Turner Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK: SCOTLAND: Posts: 8,206 Blog Entries: 12	DNS issues Terribly sorry for chronicles being down for a few hours this morning - one of the server techs needed to update the site's DNS - ie, the server's internet address - early this morning, but unfortunately was compiled on a secondary IP the server uses, taking down every single website on the server. Anyway, got it fixed now and hopefully should not be any further problems with this.

27th February 2010, 10:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
The Ace Scottish Roman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Perth and Kinross Posts: 3,820	Re: DNS issues I hope you gave him a good wigging.

27th February 2010, 10:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
GOLLUM Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia, Victoria Posts: 9,224	Re: DNS issues Yikes....he couldn't be too popular. I knew the site would not be down for too long. Cheers....

27th February 2010, 10:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ursa major Bearly Believable Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK: ENGLAND: Posts: 12,138	Re: DNS issues The important thing is that the Chrons is now up again.

27th February 2010, 01:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
GOLLUM Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia, Victoria Posts: 9,224	Re: DNS issues Yeh....so the Bear can regale us with more puns....

27th February 2010, 01:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
I, Brian Brian G. Turner Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK: SCOTLAND: Posts: 8,206 Blog Entries: 12	Re: DNS issues Chrons always stays up.

27th February 2010, 03:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
Parson This world is not my home Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 3,294 Blog Entries: 5	Re: DNS issues Thanks Brian for your work. For me it was down later last night and I couldn't believe I couldn't get on. I thought I might be suffering from withdrawal by now, but no!

27th February 2010, 05:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
Karn Maeshalanadae Tonari no Totoro Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 3,411 Blog Entries: 23	Re: DNS issues And here I was thinking another DoS attack. Good to know it wasn't a malicious hit.

27th February 2010, 09:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 13,791 Blog Entries: 1	Re: DNS issues I was concerned it might be my fault - I must have pulled on the server a lot yesterday - but I noticed a few of your other Britecorp websites were also down. I also hoped it hadn't crashed and gone down without a back-up. I would have wasted all my time. Glad everything is okay.

28th February 2010, 03:24 AM	#10 (permalink)
Jayaprakash Satyamurthy Knivesout no more Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: India Posts: 4,170 Blog Entries: 11	Re: DNS issues The Britecorp site itself was still up, so for a while I thought it was the underlying forum software (I've been seeing odd things happening at another forum run on the same platform). Fortunately it was just good old human nature. Chron always stays up is a good motto, considering some some of us never seem to sleep!

28th February 2010, 09:19 AM	#11 (permalink)
I, Brian Brian G. Turner Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK: SCOTLAND: Posts: 8,206 Blog Entries: 12	Re: DNS issues It's okay Dave, no need to panic - the DNS issue took down every single website on the server - it was just because when we moved to this new server, we were moved over to a newer server a week later by the same hosting company. However, the DNS records were still all set up for the old server, so when DNS was updated on Friday night, it reverted to the new addresses, which had not been set up properly - hence why everything went screwy until this was all corrected. A big headache, but only a temporary pain.

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