Tag: upgrade

Scheduled downtime: broadband upgrade on Thursday 13 February 2025

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There will be a scheduled downtime of the blog site on Thursday 13 February 2025 while the broadband connection is upgraded to full fibre. The upgrade work is due to take place between 0800hr and 1300hr (GMT), but the downtime may extend beyond this period to allow for any amendments to server connections that are also needed.

A message will be sent to Twitter/X, LinkedIn, BlueSky, Mastodon and blog members as soon as the site is fully available after the downtime.

Thank you in advance for your patience!

Apologies for the 9 hour server outage today, but I now know more about Apache and PHP!

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Apologies for the 9 hour server outage on my SAS-related blog site today, but I now know more about the relationships between Apache and PHP:

  1. The server’s Ubuntu operating system was upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04 on 18Aug2019.
  2. The Apache WordPress server was unaffected, but my Apache cloud server refused to start due to a PHP incompatibility.
  3. The cloud server software was then upgraded to use PHP7.2 instead of PHP7.0, but the server still refused to start.
  4. More PHP7.2 modules were downloaded and installed.
  5. The PHP configuration in the Apache cloud server was changed from PHP7.0 to PHP7.2, and it now started.
  6. At some point in the updates the listening ports on the Apache WordPress server were also updated, so, when it was automatically restarted at midnight, it immediately failed due to duplicate ports.
  7. Finally, this morning, I corrected the listening ports on the Apache WordPress server, which is how I’ve been able to write this blog post.

Thank you for your patience!

Beware of the 14th of June as the power supply for my SAS Blog server is being upgraded

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On the 14Jun2018 my power supply is being upgraded, which may cause server interruptions between 1200hr and 1600hr (UK time). I have an interruptible power supply attached to the blog server, but, while I’ve tested it for short interruptions, I can’t guarantee that the power supply will smooth over all of the disconnections for power upgrade.

Please accept my apologies if you are impacted.

If there is any interruption (to quote the movies) I will be back!!