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Replace all instances of lighttpd with nginx
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Replace all instances of lighttpd with nginx. See linked subtickets.

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 ResolvedfaidonT84041 Replace all instances of lighttpd with nginx
 ResolvedfaidonT84053 mailman - replace lighttpd
 ResolvedDzahnT82698 shutdown sodium after mailman has migrated to jessie VM
 ResolvedDzahnT105756 Mailman Upgrade (Jessie & Mailman 2.x) and migration to a VM
 ResolvedDzahnT108057 Phabricator NDA for John Lewis
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 ResolvedDzahnT108073 test importing of mailing list configs and archives on staging VM
 ResolvedDzahnT108071 export config and archive data from sodium
 ResolvedDzahnT108080 service IP can't be switched over
 ResolvedDzahnT108082 give John Lewis shell access on the mailman staging VM
 ResolvedDzahnT108070 install jessie on new VM for mailman
 ResolvedRobHT108065 eqiad: 1 VM request for mailman
 ResolvedDzahnT108383 create basic mailman setup on fermium (jessie) for testing import
 ResolvedRobHT109393 rename wikitech-announce.disabled.T100503
 ResolvedDzahnT109399 go through all directories in /var/lib/mailman and decide if migration is needed
ResolvedDzahnT109467 write migration plan for mailman
 ResolvedDzahnT109539 rename lists mwapi-team.disabled.T97148 and flowfunding.disabled.T97328 ?
 Resolved• JohnLewisT109624 move mailman server and service IPs to hiera / make it possible to run multiple instances at once
 ResolvedDzahnT109838 clean up mailman data directory (moderated messages > 0.5 million)
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 ResolvedDzahnT109890 reinstall fermium with public IP
ResolvedDzahnT109923 add public IP for fermium - DNS and DHCP change for reinstall
 DuplicateDzahnT109891 announce mailman downtime
 ResolvedDzahnT109921 setup rsyncd on fermium to copy files from sodium
 ResolvedDzahnT109922 write script to import mailing lists from other server
 DuplicateDzahnT109924 reinstall fermium with jessie and public IP
 ResolvedDzahnT109925 apply regular lists role on fermium and confirm no issues
 ResolvedDzahnT110695 mailman: listinfo template encoding
 ResolvedDzahnT110129 rsync all configs and archives one more time
 InvalidDzahnT110131 import all lists with the script we wrote for that
 ResolvedDzahnT110132 lower lists.wikimedia.org TTL to 5 min
 ResolvedDzahnT110133 announce scheduled downtime
 DeclinedDzahnT110135 right before the switch: lower TTL to 10 seconds
 ResolvedDzahnT110136 hold lists.wikimedia.org with exim
 ResolvedDzahnT110137 shut down mailman on sodium
 ResolvedDzahnT110138 rsync the diff since mail was held on sodium
 ResolvedDzahnT110139 switch over mailman service IP
 ResolvedDzahnT110140 send follow-up email, announce changes with new mailman version if any that have user impact
 Resolved• JohnLewisT110382 mailman cronjobs not running?
 ResolvedDzahnT110440 rsync exim spool directory
ResolvedDzahnT110441 test sending individual mails from fermium during migration
 ResolvedDzahnT112229 fermium needs to have exim4-daemon-heavy installed, not -light
 ResolvedDzahnT113020 run /var/lib/mailman/bin/update and ./check_perms
 ResolvedDzahnT113045 start exim on fermium / revert migration hack
Restricted Task
 ResolvedfaidonT84026 install-server - use nginx instead of lighttpd
 ResolvedArielGlennT84021 download server - use nginx instead of lighttpd

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• rtimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Dec 18 2014, 1:56 AM
• rtimport added a project: ops-core.
• rtimport set Reference to rt7743.
Dzahn created this task.Jun 24 2014, 9:01 PM
Dzahn added a comment.Jun 24 2014, 9:01 PM

Dependency on ticket #7739 added by dzahn

Dzahn added a comment.Jun 24 2014, 9:01 PM

Dependency on ticket #7740 added by dzahn

Dzahn added a comment.Jun 24 2014, 9:01 PM

Dependency on ticket #7741 added by dzahn

Dzahn added a comment.Jun 24 2014, 9:01 PM

Dependency on ticket #7742 added by dzahn

Dzahn added a comment.Jun 24 2014, 9:03 PM

On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Faidon Liambotis <faidon at wikimedia> wrote:
decided to move them towards nginx, as it clearly won the
event-based-Apache-killer-
webserver :)

faidon closed subtask T84026: install-server - use nginx instead of lighttpd as Resolved.Dec 18 2014, 4:54 PM
faidon renamed this task from stop using lighttpd to Replace all instances of lighttpd with nginx.Dec 18 2014, 5:07 PM
faidon lowered the priority of this task from Medium to Low.
faidon updated the task description. (Show Details)
faidon changed the visibility from "WMF-NDA (Project)" to "Public (No Login Required)".
faidon changed the edit policy from "WMF-NDA (Project)" to "All Users".
faidon set Security to None.
faidon closed subtask T84053: mailman - replace lighttpd as Resolved.Jan 20 2015, 12:04 AM
faidon closed subtask T84021: download server - use nginx instead of lighttpd as Resolved.
faidon closed this task as Resolved.Jan 20 2015, 12:07 AM
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lighttpd is gone from production now. Tool Labs still uses it but isn't going to go away anytime soon, as we were giving users the option to ship their own lighttpd config so it's an "API" that we have to maintain for a while.

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