Toolserver-l September 2010

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Perl upgrade to 5.12.2
by River Tarnell 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Perl on the Solaris systems will shortly be upgraded from 5.12.1 to 5.12.2. This should have no impact on users. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkySPGEACgkQIXd7fCuc5vLuPQCfawQtGLeDnCqTHC/3kdU/gPCF 1+MAmwdVvKK4tpYdimOeye8iivjvDEVM =5Hr4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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using local perl
by Ted Timmons 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

okay, so installing MediaWiki::API is supposed to be done locally. I'm following the instructions: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Perl The problem is that there's no local Config.pm at the given location. In other words, /etc/perl/CPAN/Config.pm in step 3 does not exist. That makes it hard to follow step 4 and beyond. I'm on willow. And about "no perl experts": I've only spent 10 years writing OO perl, I've just always used root access or a CM config that handles packages. I recently bought Randal Schwartz a drink- OTOH, Ward Cunningham then bought me a drink, so I can't complain. -ted

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Removal of Perl 5.10 on Solaris systems
by River Tarnell 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Some time ago we changed the default Perl on Solaris login servers to 5.12. Since then, no one has reported any problems with 5.12; we will therefore be removing Perl 5.10 later this week (that is, /usr/bin/perl5.10 and /opt/ts/perl/5.10/bin/perl). Applications that use /usr/bin/perl will not require any changes because of this. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkyONE8ACgkQIXd7fCuc5vKT0wCfab2WDZbRcGTSE5RidytNxbxJ IEsAni3jzrsn9kdCJ+kWukv49zXAlbvB =iEv0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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google analytics (and similar services)
by DaB. 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

Hello all, I was noticed by a user today that a few web-tools on the toolserver (at least 3) uses google analytics and violates our rules with that. No user is allowed to "publish connection data, especially IP addresses, of other people " [1]; "publish" means also "give data away to (other) companies or webpages". I will message these users separately, so that they can remove the problem themself soon. If you (because of nescience or ignorance) include a service like google analytics in your tools too, please remove it too very soon. Sincerly and good night, DaB. [1] https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Rules#Privacy_Policy - point 2 -- Userpage: [[:w:de:User:DaB.]] — PGP: 2B255885

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Conversion of nightshade to Solaris
by River Tarnell 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, After some internal discussion and previous consultation with users, we have decided to standardise on Solaris for the login and web servers. We will therefore be converting nightshade from Linux to Solaris at some point in the future. There is no fixed time frame for this at moment, but it won't happen sooner than a month from now, and we won't do anything until we are satisfied that all tools (and users) are ready for the migration. To start with, we want to identify and fix any issues which prevent users from moving their tools to Solaris. This will mainly include: * Software which needs to be installed or updated * Behaviour differences between Linux and Solaris where the Linux behaviour is more correct or preferable. Please take a moment to test your tools on willow, the existing Solaris login server. If you find any issues, please open a ticket in JIRA, and include [solaris] in the subject line so we can easily identify them. Software on Solaris is often newer than the software on the Linux login server. This isn't a problem that can be fixed (since the software will eventually be updated anyway), but during the migration period, we can install more recent versions on Linux as well to allow interoperability. The easiest way for users to migrate is probably to ensure your tools work on both systems; you can then continue to run them on Linux for now (if you want), and there will be no work required once the conversion is done. Some differences between the two operating systems are documented on the wiki at <https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Solaris>. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkyOOnsACgkQIXd7fCuc5vLvAwCgj5P6LFyP0aAxod1NrUfYncsT P1IAoIjzptaK7pQbDncna5rlIshVGSDE =r4o1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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need CPAN module installed on nightshade
by Ted Timmons 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

I'm a newbie to the toolserver world. Who do I contact to get perl's Time::ParseDate installed on a toolserver (specifically, nightshade)? -tedder

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Maintenance: user-store; all database clusters tonight
by River Tarnell 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 (I have the impression that our maintenance notices are not always very clear, since people are sometimes surprised when we carry out previously-announced maintenance. So, here's a new and hopefully improved notification format.) This is a maintenance notification for tonight (Saturday 11th) UTC. The following services will be affected: Service | Expected impact - --------------------------------+----------------------------------- s1 cluster | User databases unavailable for < 10 minutes s2 cluster | Entire cluster unavailable for < 10 minutes s3 cluster | User databases unavailable for < 10 minutes s4 cluster | User databases unavailable for < 10 minutes s5 cluster | Entire cluster unavailable for < 10 minutes s6 cluster | User databases unavailable for < 10 minutes user databases (sql) | Unavailable for < 10 minutes user-store filesystem | Unavailable for < 20 minutes NFS, LDAP, misc services: | None expected, but at risk during maintenance. SVN, phpMyAdmin, SGE, tsbot, | mail forwarding, DNS, | sql-toolserver database | All other services | No impact Start time: Sunday, 12th September, 12AM UTC End time: Sunday, 12th September, 3AM UTC Details: Tonight we will complete the upgrade to Solaris 10 Update 9 on the remaining servers. This requires under 10 minutes downtime while each system reboots. Since we will be upgrading the primary server in each cluster, which holds user databases, these will be unavailable during the reboot. Access to replicated databases will not be interrupted, since queries will be directed to the alternative server while one is rebooted. The exception is s2/s5 and sql (user databases), which currently have only one server. They will therefore be unavailable during the reboot. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkyLn7IACgkQIXd7fCuc5vLGIQCeOzuSSxfnVcwKaPz4JU4I15WL 864Ani/mUI0ed+8nfnocP3rVep+P64X6 =GEkv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Mail changes
by River Tarnell 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, We have replaced sendmail on the Solaris login servers with the Postfix MTA. This should not make any difference to users, except that it should fix the problem with cron mails not being delivered. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkyLxVsACgkQIXd7fCuc5vKBewCeLfsdZ7frvaC/SI4LM03XWCsC qaUAoITvPv6ULwCViT1jfDrYTDYEElMs =KyjE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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cron and email
by Andrew Steinborn 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

I am not getting cron emails, and think that my cron tasks are not working. They are run on willow, and I think that this is related to the upgrade done.

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Maintenance on hyacinth (s3/s4/s6); login/web servers
by River Tarnell 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Later tonight we will upgrade the OS on hyacinth (s3/s4/s6 server). This will involve ~30 minutes downtime, but should have no impact on users. We will also upgrade the OS on willow at the same time, which should require <10 minutes downtime. If there are no problems with that upgrade, we will also upgrade the web servers (wolfsbane & ortelius); but the cluster software makes this upgrade more intricate, so it may not be completed tonight. That will have no impact on users, since web requests will be served by the other server while one is being upgraded. This maintenance will take place around 12AM UTC on Saturday (11th). - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkyKUDkACgkQIXd7fCuc5vIJ3QCfWbdwQ+I/pzof66ffUZwklkwa SUYAoLyp7quTM0LCLlTw9vqIQLyhwTnI =/o9r -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Toolserver-l September 2010