We need to schedule a maintenance window for the IRCd at irc.wikimedia.org.
We want to:
-<s>enable firewalling (T104943)</s> DONE
This will disconnect IRC connections and require a restart of IRCD and also the RC feed bot.
Need instructions how to properly restart RC feed bot and announce a downtime for users.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | Dzahn | T123525 reduce amount of remaining Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) systems in production | |||
| Resolved | Dzahn | T134223 decom argon | |||
| Resolved | Legoktm | T128592 Add redundancy to IRC recent changes service | |||
| Resolved | Dzahn | T123729 Migrate irc.wikimedia.org to Jessie | |||
| Resolved | None | T37540 Enable full IPv6 support on Wikimedia wikis | |||
| Resolved | Dzahn | T105422 enable IPv6 on irc.wikimedia.org | |||
| Resolved | Dzahn | T87780 Add notice about rcstream to IRC RC motd | |||
| Declined | None | T105804 schedule maintenance for IRC server |
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tech/News/2015/30&diff=prev&oldid=12703397
tagged the ticket "user-notice"
It would be nice to know how long the maintenance window is intended to be and consequently what the estimated/expected downtime will be. It may make sense to include this information in any user notice as well.
As it currently stands, I can't communicate this to users since there is no date and time given here. The tech newsletter will be frozen for translation in a few hours, and unless additional information about scheduling is available, I won't be able to announce this in Monday's newsletter.
@gpaumier Sorry about that. I was travelling and did not get to actually schedule it this week yet and i will be on vacation for one week after Wikimania. Putting it on the tech news was premature. Please hold on for now. We'll put it on a later edition.
The blocker is kind of the knowledge how to properly bring the IRC bot back up. Sounds simple, but last time i know it was an issue and i couldn't find docs how it was fixed.
13:05 < valhallasw`cloud> mutante:
https://github.com/wikimedia/operations-puppet/blob/a329b58c01345c5f75437f2b8acff32cbf919c1a/modules/mw-rc-irc/files/upstart/ircecho.conf
13:05 < mutante> valhallasw`cloud: the author name is interesting :)
13:06 < mutante> this might be the newer system already
13:06 < mutante> upstart conf sounds good and what was missing last time, yea
Right should be able to:
rush@argon:~# sudo service ircd status
ircd start/running, process 15108
rush@argon:~# sudo service ircecho status
ircecho start/running, process 8210
Possibly https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRCD ? (Assuming those docs are uptodate)
changed my mind about putting unrelated things (IPv6, firewalling, change motd) into one maintenance window. the firewalling thing doesnt need a server nor service restart. will do that part without having to schedule. it was missing a rule for the RC bot before we can activate it. i uploaded a change for that
I resolved the firewalling part of this without needing a maintenance downtime.
I give it back to the pool/ up for grabs about the motd change and possibly IPv6.