[ale] ale.org is moving! DNS change needed.

Robert Tweedy robert at robert-tweedy.com
Tue Mar 16 19:35:07 EDT 2021 

Hi everyone,

The server move has completed, and the mailing lists are now (hopefully) 
up and running again. Please let me know if you notice any issues or 
other oddities with the lists and/or the ALE site.

Thanks,
Robert

On 3/15/21 10:29 PM, Michael H. Warfield via Ale wrote:
> On Mon, 2021-03-15 at 21:50 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> My IPv6 is not native, but it's not HE either.. So it would at least
>> be somewhat separate path.
>> But it sounds like you have DNS covered.
> We have that covered.  Change window from 18:00 to 19:00 EDT tomorrow
> evening.
>
> IPv6 is handled with a SIT tunnel to HE.  I will have to move the
> endpoint at HE but someone will need to set the SIT tunnel up at the
> new end point.  At this point HE can now handle dynamic addresses for
> that, but I'm not sure we need to go to that level of trouble.  IPv6 is
> provisioned and advertised separately.
>
>> -derek
>> Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
>>
>> On March 15, 2021 9:45:24 PM "Michael H. Warfield via Ale" <
>> ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 2021-03-15 at 21:09 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>>> If we need a DNS server, I run one and can be a primary or
>>>> secondary.
>>>> It's got v4 and v6.
>>>>
>>> And...  That's the other 800lb gorilla in the room.  The ale.org
>>> IPv6
>>> service is also from Hurricane Electric.  Does the new service
>>> provide
>>> native IPv6, or do we need to move to tunnel endpoints.  Either
>>> way,
>>> I'm going to need all the new addresses,
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>> -derek
>>>> Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
>>>>
>>>> On March 15, 2021 9:05:47 PM "Jeremy T. Bouse via Ale" <
>>>> ale at ale.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mike,
>>>>>
>>>>> Should definitely talk then... When wife I moved down to FL
>>>>> this
>>>>> time last year and I shutdown my home network, I moved
>>>>> everything
>>>>> into the cloud. All my domains are handled by Route53 and most
>>>>> of
>>>>> them now have DNSSEC enabled as well. I've been slowly working
>>>>> to
>>>>> limit the number of compute nodes I'm running and doing quite a
>>>>> bit
>>>>> via serverless methods. I replaced Wordpress with Hugo and my
>>>>> GPG
>>>>> key policy site that ran on PHP is now running as a Lambda
>>>>> function
>>>>> behind API Gateway.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 8:44 PM Michael H. Warfield <
>>>>> mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 2021-03-12 at 19:39 -0500, Jeremy T. Bouse via Ale
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> If I can be of any help in the future handling any of this
>>>>>>> let
>>>>>>> me know. I would not be opposed to setting up a Route53
>>>>>>> Hosted
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Zone
>>>>>>> for ALE along with my other domains. Could potentially also
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> help with
>>>>>>> any other web hosting-related issues there as well. Would
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> nothing
>>>>>>> to setup a separate AWS account under my multi-account
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> structure
>>>>>>> exclusively for ALE. I already have most of the setup
>>>>>>> process
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> fully
>>>>>>> automated using Terraform with changes as easy as pushing a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> commit to
>>>>>>> a private git repository.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> You and I need to talk.  I sold my Class B to AWS and have
>>>>>> been
>>>>>> considering some of their compute on demand and Route 53
>>>>>> services.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Always include me explicitly in the Cc.  I don't check the
>>>>>> lists
>>>>>> as
>>>>>> frequently any more.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regard,
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 9:12 AM Jim Kinney via Ale <
>>>>>>> ale at ale.org
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> As many know, the hosting of ale.org bits and services
>>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> been
>>>>>>>> from my home on a VM for quite some time. The data
>>>>>>>> connection
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>> using Comcast Business class that while rock solid for
>>>>>>>> years
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>> certainly expensive.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I recently shifted my home networking to AT&T Gig Fiber
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> WAY
>>>>>>>> less money. It's bandwidth is not as reliable, a few
>>>>>>>> hiccups,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> no one seems able to provide me the actual static IP
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> addresses I
>>>>>>>> pay extra for monthly. I want a credit for services not
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> provided
>>>>>>>> and I'm talking with clueless people. (I expected this
>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>> hopeful it would work out. It's been 5 months....)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As the Comcast contract ended, the monthly cost exploded
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> (x2!!!)
>>>>>>>> with apparently no recourse but a new contract.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So a new dedicated host is provisioned in Montreal with
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> ServerMania
>>>>>>>> for a really decent price and good bandwidth and
>>>>>>>> capacity.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> ale.org
>>>>>>>> will have a new VM with base OS easier to keep wordpress
>>>>>>>> php
>>>>>>>> upgraded than Centos 7.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Robert has worked to migrate existing content to the new
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> hosting
>>>>>>>> and we are ready to make the transition.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So.... It's time for a DNS party! Mike Warfield is the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> current DNS
>>>>>>>> provider. I don't think anyone else needs to jump in
>>>>>>>> unless
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> there's
>>>>>>>> a reason to change DNS hosting. But maybe a greybeard ale
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>> meeting
>>>>>>>> is a good thing anyway. Probably virtual. Covid stinks.
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>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>   
>>>>>   
>>>>   
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