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IRC server refresh for irc.wikimedia.org
In a couple of minutes, I will be shutting down irc.wikimedia.org and the rc bot to perform a much needed upgrade of the irc server.
We have been experiencing problems with the current server, with IRC feeds not showing up, and the goal is to remedy these problems, as well as incorporating new functionality.
The documentation for the new new server will show up shortly thereafter on Wikitech.
It is excpected that there will be a little downtime during which users will not be able to connect to irc.wikimedia.org. The upgrade should take about 10 minutes, and there is a rollback plan in case something goes wonky.
Server named Singer has a sore throat?
In working on the servers, some apache config files were made inoperable. This is on a misc. services computer named Singer. This is the host for our blogs, as well as some other web-facing info. As such, the cached blogs are affected, but not the tech blog. (It was, but it was the easiest to get back online.)
Apologies for any annoyance this single server downtime may have caused anyone. Rest assured, it will be fixed and steps will be taken to prevent it from occurring in the future.