On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 01:20:37PM +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote: > Sourceware service migration; downtime friday/weekend 28/29/30 nov > > Various sourceware.org, cygwin.com, gcc.gnu.org, dwarfstd.org, > elfutils.org and valgrind.org services will migrate to a bigger server > in a new datacenter this Friday afternoon. > > We already did a test migration and theoretically a fresh data sync to > the new datacenter should take just ~4 hours. But there are also > various DNS updates that need to be coordinated and might take some > time to propagate. So expect some service interruptions starting > Friday afternoon possibily extending into the weekend. > > Please follow https://fosstodon.org/@sourceware for updates.
Prechecks look good. We did most networking and DNS changes that could be done before the big switch. We hope the migration/downtime will be limited to 16:00-20:00 UTC today (date -d "Fri 28 Nov 2025 16:00 UTC"). One thing we didn't manage to get in place is IPv6. After the migration the services will only be accessible through IPv4. We hope to get IPv6 access back at a later time. https://forge.sourceware.org will not be affected by this, so this might be an ideal time to play with it if you haven't yet. See https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/ForgeExperiment Make sure to register with your @gcc.gnu.org/@sourceware.org account/email first though, because email and wiki will not work during the downtime. This is part of a larger effort to upgrade the Sourceware hardware, services and isolation. The Sourceware Project Leadership Committee, overseers, Software Freedom Conservancy, FSF sysadmins, Red Hat IT (https://osci.io) and OSUOSL work closely together as discussed during the last https://sourceware.org/sourceware-wiki/OpenHouse2025/ The Software Freedom Conservancy, our fiscal sponsor, is holding a fundraiser match challenge. To keep Sourceware worry-free, friendly and independent one of the best things you can do is become an SFC Sustainer https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/ Your support currently counts double! See under "2025 in Review", "Highlights From Our Member Projects" how SFC has helped Sourceware (and many other project) this last year. https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/#YearInReview
