adminless.ovh web services to fpsclasico.de migration started
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:56
hello everybody
so as mentioned on other sections of the current board open here this thread to go documenting the migration of the adminless.ovh web services into the new fpsclasico.de domain for this season and counting. well, so much stuff that I don't even know where to start so by now just report that currently I started by migrating the ftp so now the former ftp server has been already replaced by the new ftp.fpsclasico.de server with more capacity and faster downloads and in addition it even comes with a web interface (yes now you can also browse it at https://ftp.fpsclasico.de) that was missing altogether on the adminless.ovh version and that it's important because not every device/operative system/browser (ex. most mid range android phones) has direct embedded support for passive anonymous ftp which means that these users couldn't access the downloads basically. that's now corrected so whoever wants and/or can't get the files via ftp can simply get them via regular https which also may serve if someone is fancy and want some "secure" (encrypted over the wire) downloads. to make the change really effective (not just a announce for the future, to start working right now) I sed'ed (automatically replaced) any occurrence of the former ftp.adminless.ovh with the new ftp.fpsclasico.de at the board so unless I missed something big I think that that should complete this initial task.
then please I would really appreciate if some of you could browse the new ftp site (both via ftp and https) and check a few posts and download links to ensure that everything is working for everybody. as issues so far the only problem is that there's a on-going bug with some security module of the new web server that breaks some pages, this is a really rare thing and is due to be patched on a new release of the web server (not by me, by the web server developers and then published by the server's operative system provider), well, that's the kind of things that happens when you deploy the very latest everything, if it happens for you rest assured it shouldn't persists for too long.
no need to say that obviously as with anything with the new domain is fully ipv6/ipv4 compliant (well, the web services already were for the most part). and that's all for now on the next days I'll go deploying more services at the new domain and documenting them here as it happens to let you know so people doesn't get lost.
finally as a bonus task to strengthen our internet presence and "guard" it (to some extend) from outside attacks I finally decide to let the former domains running (adminless.ovh and unfreeze.ga) contrary to my initial "fair" intention of simply dispose them as well as bring a third back domain to the table, fpsclasico.eu, which is the only one I could ever be interested in and that it actually make sense here (just as a curiosity here, my idea for the domain has always been some eu domain however be it for some reasons or another, i.e. money/conditions, I never got to deploy some eu domain, it's funny I ended up getting some eu under these specific circumstances. nevertheless, now that I set up the de domain I even prefer it over the eu one as it's more specific than just some eu domain that could be anywhere and just "generic"). so get that clear, those are the only supported domains here thus please make sure to note them right and add them to your favorites so you don't get mess up.
ah and also that I almost forgot just a remainder, due the strong security measures at the server as well as the server unavailability on some regions under some specific circumstances and at some specific networks it's possible that perhaps some dns resolutions fail, it that's the case then I simply inst you to use the google public dns servers for your names resolutions for example (i.e. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) or any other well know american or European dns servers of your choice.
well and now yes, that's all to start with, I hope within this month, more or less, everything is properly set up and going.
so as mentioned on other sections of the current board open here this thread to go documenting the migration of the adminless.ovh web services into the new fpsclasico.de domain for this season and counting. well, so much stuff that I don't even know where to start so by now just report that currently I started by migrating the ftp so now the former ftp server has been already replaced by the new ftp.fpsclasico.de server with more capacity and faster downloads and in addition it even comes with a web interface (yes now you can also browse it at https://ftp.fpsclasico.de) that was missing altogether on the adminless.ovh version and that it's important because not every device/operative system/browser (ex. most mid range android phones) has direct embedded support for passive anonymous ftp which means that these users couldn't access the downloads basically. that's now corrected so whoever wants and/or can't get the files via ftp can simply get them via regular https which also may serve if someone is fancy and want some "secure" (encrypted over the wire) downloads. to make the change really effective (not just a announce for the future, to start working right now) I sed'ed (automatically replaced) any occurrence of the former ftp.adminless.ovh with the new ftp.fpsclasico.de at the board so unless I missed something big I think that that should complete this initial task.
then please I would really appreciate if some of you could browse the new ftp site (both via ftp and https) and check a few posts and download links to ensure that everything is working for everybody. as issues so far the only problem is that there's a on-going bug with some security module of the new web server that breaks some pages, this is a really rare thing and is due to be patched on a new release of the web server (not by me, by the web server developers and then published by the server's operative system provider), well, that's the kind of things that happens when you deploy the very latest everything, if it happens for you rest assured it shouldn't persists for too long.
no need to say that obviously as with anything with the new domain is fully ipv6/ipv4 compliant (well, the web services already were for the most part). and that's all for now on the next days I'll go deploying more services at the new domain and documenting them here as it happens to let you know so people doesn't get lost.
finally as a bonus task to strengthen our internet presence and "guard" it (to some extend) from outside attacks I finally decide to let the former domains running (adminless.ovh and unfreeze.ga) contrary to my initial "fair" intention of simply dispose them as well as bring a third back domain to the table, fpsclasico.eu, which is the only one I could ever be interested in and that it actually make sense here (just as a curiosity here, my idea for the domain has always been some eu domain however be it for some reasons or another, i.e. money/conditions, I never got to deploy some eu domain, it's funny I ended up getting some eu under these specific circumstances. nevertheless, now that I set up the de domain I even prefer it over the eu one as it's more specific than just some eu domain that could be anywhere and just "generic"). so get that clear, those are the only supported domains here thus please make sure to note them right and add them to your favorites so you don't get mess up.
ah and also that I almost forgot just a remainder, due the strong security measures at the server as well as the server unavailability on some regions under some specific circumstances and at some specific networks it's possible that perhaps some dns resolutions fail, it that's the case then I simply inst you to use the google public dns servers for your names resolutions for example (i.e. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) or any other well know american or European dns servers of your choice.
well and now yes, that's all to start with, I hope within this month, more or less, everything is properly set up and going.