Scheduled System Upgrades in Progress
We are currently upgrading network equipment and prepping for Mastodon Upgrade
Past System Upgrades
Date: 12-27-2022
We are currently upgrading and testing out new network hardware.
Actions Completed:
- Patched host OS - Bring down internal dns services and remote storage pools - Bring down mastodon - Backing up firewall Policies - Backing up firewall os - Upgrading firewall Policies - Upgrading firewall os - Installed new router - Restoring internal DNS Services - Updating os packages on server - Connecting server up to internal dns server - Connected up router and switchNotes:
- We will be performing these tests and upgrades as noted on the in the server's announcement bulletin board. - These tests and upgrades will be going on between 7 p.m. Mountain time on 12/26/22 to 3 a.m. Mountain time on 12/27/22. - Downtime should be minimal except for at the beginning of the maintaince periodDate: 12-22-2022
We are currently upgrading our mastodon server to include ton of new feature.
This update will include new features from our test instance at https://test-mastodon.furrypaws.cc/home. The New features that will be rolled out are: - post size has been increase to 20,000 characters instead of 500 - profile bios can now have 10 fields instead of 4 - favourites has been changed to likes - new themes have been added thanks to coffee - a new theme made custom for this instance -elasticsearch for improved post searching - and more I will also be rolling out some more monitoring tools for alerts for furrypaws in case of issues like downtime, hard drive issues, and more. This update will role out tonight starting at 10 pm Mountain Time and could be down for a few hours