On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 2:10 PM Michael Brutman <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Yes, it seems to be functioning normally now.  The next time I see a 5xx
> type error I'll know not to try to debug it. ;-0
>
> If the wiki is generally fast enough I wouldn't change anything.  My
> opinion was formed last night after one long session with it when it was
> clearly struggling.  If that is not the normal experience then consider
> doing nothing.
>
> If that is the normal experience, well, for a primary source of
> documentation that's not a great experience.  Given that "wiki.freedos.org"
> is a subdomain of "freedos.org" you could create additional DNS records
> that point just the "wiki" part to a new host, without changing anything
> else.  The steps would look more like:
>
>    - Pick a new wiki provider (Dreamhost)
>    - Configure and test *before* freezing or moving DNS records using an
>    entry in your local hosts file.
>    - Freeze and move content to the new host.
>    - Update the DNS records to point at the new host.
>    - Decommission the old wiki.
>
> That lets you keep the "wiki.freedos.org" name.
>
> Looking at the current DNS records:
>
> wiki.freedos.org:
>
>    - CNAME is vhost.sourceforge.net
>    - A record is 216.105.38.10 (Sourceforge.net)
>
> freedos.org:
>
>    - A record is 173.236.175.214 (Dreamhost)
>
>
> So just changing the A record for wiki.freedos.org to point at a new host
> (when it is ready) should do the trick.
>
>

That's a better idea and simpler. I already have test.freedos.org that is
usually empty - but right now is hosting a "test" copy of a new iteration
of the website. That seems like a good place to set up a new wiki, before I
push it to an official new wiki.freedos.org hosted on Dreamhost.

I'll push ahead on the website update so I can work on the wiki next.

Jim
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