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Re: Server migration - status, discussion
Well, the rpc.textpattern.com migration didn’t go smoothly, it needs a second pair of eyes from a dev and/or plugin author. I suspect it’s a combination of out of date plugins and some tweaks needed for 4.7.x.
I’ve directed RPC DNS back to its original home (Joyent) until we can resolve the issues. Normal service should resume for everyone in the next couple of hours.
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#17 2018-08-21 18:55:15
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Re: Server migration - status, discussion
I can not reach textpattern.org: FF says SSL_ERROR_PROTOCOL_VERSION_ALERT (Chromium calls it ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH).
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Re: Server migration - status, discussion
uli wrote #313561:
I can not reach textpattern.org: FF says
SSL_ERROR_PROTOCOL_VERSION_ALERT(Chromium calls itERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH).
Hey uli – thanks for the report. I’ve got the all-clear here, you might have stale DNS since it moved in the last 24 hours. Can you try pinging it from your command line and post the results here?
ping -t www.textpattern.orgEdit: I’m not seeing any SSL/TLS cipher mismatch, so it might be localised to you. What operating system and browser versions are you running?
SSL test results: www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=textpattern.org&latest
Last edited by gaekwad (2018-08-21 19:16:25)
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#19 2018-08-21 20:55:17
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Re: Server migration - status, discussion
ping: invalid timeout: `www.textpattern.org' is output.
FF is 45.9.0 ESR, Chromium is 50.0.2643.0
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Re: Server migration - status, discussion
uli wrote #313565:
ping: invalid timeout: `www.textpattern.org'is output.
FF is 45.9.0 ESR, Chromium is 50.0.2643.0
Mea culpa. Can you try: ping www.textpattern.org instead?
You should see a ping response from 46.101.236.252 if you’re on IPv4 and 2a03:b0c0:3:d0::ce8:2001 if you’re on IPv6.
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#21 2018-08-22 12:37:18
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gaekwad wrote #313573:
You should see a ping response from
46.101.236.252
Yes, I got
PING www.textpattern.org (46.101.236.252): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 46.101.236.252: icmp_seq=0 ttl=57 time=3383.539 ms
64 bytes from 46.101.236.252: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=42.747 ms
64 bytes from 46.101.236.252: icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=43.558 ms
64 bytes from 46.101.236.252: icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=42.809 ms
64 bytes from 46.101.236.252: icmp_seq=4 ttl=57 time=42.769 ms
64 bytes from 46.101.236.252: icmp_seq=5 ttl=57 time=43.509 ms
64 bytes from 46.101.236.252: icmp_seq=6 ttl=57 time=43.011 ms
64 bytes from 46.101.236.252: icmp_seq=7 ttl=57 time=43.471 ms
64 bytes from 46.101.236.252: icmp_seq=8 ttl=57 time=42.913 ms
64 bytes from 46.101.236.252: icmp_seq=9 ttl=57 time=43.148 ms
…Can I do something to visit .org again or would I simply have to be patient?
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Re: Server migration - status, discussion
uli wrote #313575:
Can I do something to visit .org again or would I simply have to be patient?
Something to try – reset Chrome SSL state – I’ve used this approach before for related SSL cache strangeness and it has worked well for me.
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#23 2018-08-22 22:19:53
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I could not make it work, alas, but currently something is annoying much much more (and I hope I’m not going to be locked out completely very soon):
The forum shows the same message (SSL_ERROR_PROTOCOL_VERSION_ALERT in FF) when I click links to user’s profiles (try e.g. this one, ). At least those pages where the URL contains the .com domain. I can reach pages though when I replace .com by .io in the adress bar. When I call the same URL on my smartphone I even get a 404.
I hope I can keep using the forum in the long run.
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Hi Uli. forum.textpattern.com returns 404s from here. It is only the .io domain which is currently working.
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Re: Server migration - status, discussion
The forum isn’t actually moving until the week after next now – we are going to spend a few days before that tweaking the .org site so it’s working better.
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uli wrote #313584:
I could not make it work, alas, but currently something is annoying much much more (and I hope I’m not going to be locked out completely very soon):
[…]
When I call the same URL on my smartphone I even get a 404.
This is actually a good sign. I’ve been thinking about why you can’t connect, and if you’re getting a 404 on forum.textpattern.com from the phone that’s a good sign – that’s as it should be, at least for a short term while we sort some things out.
I am confused as to why you’re having SSL errors. It’s almost like you have stale SSL entries in your browsers. Is it feasible to clear your browser history for the Textpattern sites to check if that helps?
The cipher list I’m using is the Mozilla recommended list, which excludes broken crypto and has support for modern browsers. That said, if we’re missing something that makes it fail that’s clearly not good and I will address it.
uli: can you tell me your operating system, I’ll see if I can reproduce your situation at this end.
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Re: Server migration - status, discussion
This period of transition is taking some time because of legacy & custom code in a number of Textpattern sites. There’s a bunch of work to do to get things running on modern code, and keep the flagship sites up-to-date.
I am very, very mindful of having nothing break or disappearing, and untangling some of the older sites (which run on old server technology) is turning out to be quite challenging.
And it’s also summer in the north hemisphere, so people’s availability is more scattered. We’re moving things, tidying as we go, and the focus is on high availability at the moment. When things are moved to the new servers, there will be a period of consolidating where some properties will be merged into fewer domains overall. As an example, the forum right now lives on forum.textpattern.io but in time will move to (or, “return to”) forum.textpattern.com – all the content will remain, of course, existing logins will still work, and no doubt spammers will be keen to push their SEO services – it’ll also be running a newer codebase with better performance and other benefits.
Thanks for your continued patience. I’ll update the original post to reflect the current situation.
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uli: are you running security software on your computer? Have a look at this thread, see if it helps:
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Doesn’t Uli run a fairly old Firefox ESR version, if my memory serves me correct?
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philwareham wrote #313597:
Doesn’t Uli run a fairly old Firefox ESR version, if my memory serves me correct?
Yep. Edit: actually, April 2017 according to https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/45.9.0esr/
There’s an about:config tweak that could be made, might be an SSL 3.0 issue. Server is running TLS 1.3 with a 1.2 fallback, so if FF is looking for TLS 1.0 (not safe) then it may complain.
Last edited by gaekwad (2018-08-23 14:34:40)
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