Mastodon server migration

Hey adventurers!

Check this post for relevant infos about our Mastodon server migration

Roadmap

Updates

This post will be updated along the roadmap

Update 1 / 4 – 8:36 AM CEST (UTC+2)

All pre migrations checks from yesterday were passed with flying colors; considering that, and a few personal issues on 2/4, we decided to bring the date forward to today.

The Gamer's Tavern's mastodon instance will be offline starting 1 PM CEST (UTC+2)

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Update 1 / 4 – 1:00 PM CEST (UTC+2)

The server has been put in maintenance mode and we're creating the database dump along the media storage.

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Update 1 / 4 – 4:45 PM CEST (UTC+2)

Database dump has been created and downloaded as well as the media cache (circa 70 GB overall). The dump has been transferred to the machine and it's being restored.

The media cache is being transferred to the new object storage but it will require more time.

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Update 1 / 4 – 6:45 PM CEST (UTC+2)

Database has been restored and home feeds have been rebuilt on the machine. The media cache is still being transferred to the new object storage.

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Update 1 / 4 – 9:00 PM CEST (UTC+2)

Pinpointing an unexpected issue with the object storage. The database migration to the Mastodon Glitch Soc flavor has completed successfully.

The new certificate for Gamerstavern.online has been generated.

We're performing a last round of private checks, just to be extra safe

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Update 1 / 4 – 10:06 PM CEST (UTC+2)

The server at Gamerstavern.online is up and running again.

It's currently rebuilding all the cache in the background, hence if you should see missing images try to reload the page without using your browser cache (generally, shift + F5). The process will last 10+ hours so expect some minor discomforts during this time.

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