Hello,
today 2021-02-23 in about ~30 minutes (16:00 UTC) we will change how virtual
machine instances running in Cloud VPS contact NFS dump servers [0].
There is no action required on your side.
We anticipate little to no impact as a result of the network changes. But in
case you notice something is not properly working with dumps NFS in Cloud VPS
(or Toolforge) please contact us [1] as soon as possible. The relevant
phabricator ticket [2] is T272397.
regards.
[0] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Dumps
[1]
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Cloud_Services_Introduction#Commun…
[2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272397
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Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
SRE / Wikimedia Cloud Services
Wikimedia Foundation
Hello,
we are planning to change how Cloud VPS instances and Toolforge tools contact
WMF-hosted wikis, in particular the source IP address for the network connection.
The new IP address that wikis will see is 185.15.56.1.
The change is scheduled to go live on 2021-02-08.
More detailed information in wikitech:
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/News/CloudVPS_NAT_wikis
If you are a Cloud VPS user or Toolforge developer, check your tools after that
date to make sure they are properly running. If you detect a block, a rate-limit
or similar, please let us know.
If you are a WMF SRE or engineer involved with the wikis, be informed that this
address could generate a significant traffic volume, perhaps about 30%-40% total
wiki edits. We are trying to smooth the change as much as possible, so please
send your feedback if you think there is something we didn't account for yet.
Thanks, best regards.
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Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
SRE / Wikimedia Cloud Services
Wikimedia Foundation