The server move is now complete, although the DNS changes are still propagating out so some people will get sent to the old server. Those that do will see an error message about bad_httpd_conf. That’s normal, the old server isn’t setup to serve Random Curiosity any longer. (This was unavoidable.)

I apologize for the move taking longer than we expected. We ran into problems with the DNS change, namely the old provider’s system glitched and wouldn’t remove the old DNS entries for several hours. (I had to submit a support ticket to finally get the old entries cleared out.) At one point both IP addresses (old and new servers) were being returned so you had about a 50% chance of getting the correct one. Now the authoritative DNS servers are all returning only the new server IP, but it will take a while for all of the DNS servers on the Internet to sync up. As I mentioned earlier the rule of thumb on this is up to 48 hours for changes to fully propagate. Most people will probably see the change sooner (much sooner), but some may take the full 48 hours.

Comments have been turned back on so feel free to comment again. If you see any strangeness or something not working properly please let us know! We’ve tested the new setup and everything looks to be working but it’s always possible we missed something. 🙂

25 Comments

  1. Very nice, DNS appears to have propagated to me just fine (it’s 2007-01-28 18:40Z here… I live in ON, Canada).

    Let’s hope that if we ever have to do this again, it will be very, very far off into the future when it happens.

    cbhl
  2. Ah alright, thx for the info Mentar!
    Hope with this you don’t have to bother again with the server issue Omni, it’s always nice when you run a website and can just add content, I know what I’m talking about..

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