Toolserver-announce April 2009

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Policy changed to accomodate OpenStreetMap projects.
by Daniel Kinzler 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

Hi all Wikimedia Germany has decided to help the OpenStreetMap community, and one part of this help is providing a place to play with OpenStreetMap-replated projects on the Toolserver cluster. The policy <https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Rules> has been changed to reflect this. Section 2 now reads: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use of the toolservers must be related to a designated affiliate project (see below). This rule will be strictly enforced as violations are an abuse of donated resources. If you are at all unsure if something you want to do is appropriate, contact ts-admins first. 1. Designated affiliate projects of the toolserver are currently 1) The Wikimedia Foundation and any of its projects and 2) OpenStreetMap and any of its projects 2. The use of specific resources like databases or login servers may be reserved for use with specific projects. For instance, some resources may be set asside for use for OpenStzreetMap-related projects. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you want to start playing with OSM stuff, please be patient for a few more weeks. Hardware has been ordered (more about that later). -- daniel

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fingerprints.toolserver.org
by River Tarnell 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, for people accessing the Toolserver without their usual SSH client fingerprint database, there is now a secure way to verify the fingerprint of each system: https://fingerprints.toolserver.org the SSL certificate is signed with a valid CA key which should be accepted by all browsers. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAkn3QfMACgkQIXd7fCuc5vLmIQCgveHNrRHw38WnfcDGBXjwn++c JTYAnRRST1t0OmwfSxAu/B4vVDw7qmQa =ZlsP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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my personal email address is not a support contact
by River Tarnell 19 Apr '09

19 Apr '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, if you have a problem or need support for the Toolserver, you have several options: 1. ask on IRC (irc.freenode.net #wikimedia-toolserver) 2. open a request in the TS project in JIRA (https://jira.toolserver.org) - this is preferred for public requests 3. send mail to ts-admins [at] toolserver.org, which will open a private ticket viewable by all administrators. what you should not do is send email to me privately. this has been happening a lot recently and it's annoying. it won't get you support any quicker, all it'll do is make me not want to deal with your problem. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAknrF10ACgkQIXd7fCuc5vIPvACgm/KkvnvpesuSlN2FwYz/N4N6 tsYAnjiUZOW7Y2eMUrGg5Azn3PF7T/fz =lVxU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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network maintenance
by River Tarnell 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, there will be some maintenance today on the network which hosts the Toolserver. the expected outage time is less than 15 minutes. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAknm+kMACgkQIXd7fCuc5vJBHgCdFce7InXSjIOQpLrIP8/4OXQP k1gAoMBSQ0LlgC+DFixAfQq4RSyAVFR+ =jmZR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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IPv6 issues
by River Tarnell 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, due to some unknown issue at esams, IPv6 connectivity is non-functional. i have removed AAAA records from DNS until the problem is resolved. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAknm7M4ACgkQIXd7fCuc5vKUGwCfa8UQYzG44U2fvuL71Genc0qB +e0AniGGdnv7c1USP5idUKzOLViVWGVl =EoBU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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mytop replacement: rmytop
by River Tarnell 14 Apr '09

14 Apr '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, i've installed a mytop replacement called rmytop on nightshade. compared to mytop, rmytop: * doesn't flicker when updating the screen when there are a large number of threads * is faster * can connect to multiple servers at once and show queries from all of them * uses $HOME/.my.cnf instead of requiring its own configuration file * doesn't corrupt your terminal display by printing random garbage to the screen * is actively maintained to view multiple servers at once: $ rmytop -h sql-s1 -h sql-s2 -h sql-s3 at some point i'll probably replace mytop with a symlink to rmytop. if rmytop is missing any features you like from mytop, say so now. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAknj+58ACgkQIXd7fCuc5vJ97ACffjslxV/7ea6eCWzndurFTHYi XewAn2+01LfIbbQwI90JsQUYaYUcw2iy =X108 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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drop your unneeded mysql tables
by River Tarnell 14 Apr '09

14 Apr '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, the large size of user databases on the sql server is causing backups to take a long time to finish, which impacts s2 replication while it's running. if you have old tables which are no longer needed, please drop them. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAknjr/IACgkQIXd7fCuc5vJTQQCePCAkbXBkVZgdNE7g2QNPtlh7 zrsAn0SnMZ1Zvuopn6yVIfSynXR5/B4k =2w2y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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nightshade was rebooted
by River Tarnell 11 Apr '09

11 Apr '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, nightshade (the login server) was rebooted to remount /home. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAknf0kYACgkQIXd7fCuc5vK/+QCdGLIH4/rfbdjFjnXnplxaXuve 1CAAoIrVNTX/QhKlbDcpUL7f5sTIMEb/ =/lQ1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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zedler was rebooted
by River Tarnell 10 Apr '09

10 Apr '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, zedler (the s2 and /home NFS server) was rebooted for maintenance. this might improve the slow NFS performance seen recently on the login server. the outage time was approximately 15 minutes. additionally, we are testing NFSv4 instead of NFSv3 for /home on wolfsbane (the web server). if this shows no problems, we will deploy it on nightshade as well. again, NFSv4 should improve NFS performance for users. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAknepFkACgkQIXd7fCuc5vJBrACfccObgGdJS1zAvd4/LYcz75O3 AukAn2jDcRk28ToAk+QaW1vuskDTZOyZ =VLSw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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new Toolserver admin
by River Tarnell 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, Aryeh Gregor, aka Simetrical, has been added as a Toolserver administrator and will probably do lots of awesome things. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAknc9qQACgkQIXd7fCuc5vLHxgCgus8+IGRmbtQ4JYNUYQeHsN6i dwsAoKr6lDHGFaGkgFO0MQMETH4vh3pC =QLsZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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