From 9d6a10ffe260b36ef76a73e8d53c835e8d5562c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mantas Date: Mon, 1 May 2017 19:40:08 +0300 Subject: Complete refactor: add beta of #2, fix #1 --- content/incident/dns-catastrophy.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/incident/dns-catastrophy.md (limited to 'content/incident/dns-catastrophy.md') diff --git a/content/incident/dns-catastrophy.md b/content/incident/dns-catastrophy.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a379e6c --- /dev/null +++ b/content/incident/dns-catastrophy.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +Title: Catastrophic DNS failure +Description: After moving from one Minecraft server to another, some DNS settings had unknowingly been tweaked which caused a complete outage for everything hosted on our domain. +Date: 2017-04-04T15:58:32 +Section: post +--- + +##### Post-mortem + +On Monday, we switched our Minecraft game server’s DNS records to point from the old box in Seattle to the one which is currently in Bristol. According to our host, SpartanHost, “the domain for [our DNS] expired so working on getting it transferred”. + +We did salvage our domain before our host made the realization that our nameservers went kaput. This should not happen in the forthcoming feature as we are now using [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com) (and supposedly Amazon) for our DNS and nameserver setup. + +##### Another update (2017-04-06T14:48:40) + +Most services back up. Some sites still may not work; we’re working on it. + +##### Update (2017-04-04T17:16:48) + +Switched to different nameserver and DNS provider. Services are recovering. + +##### Initial report (2017-04-04T15:58:32) + +A DNS change of some sort occurred that removed critical metadata after the server move. We switched name servers—which takes a while—but this should ensure smoother sailing forward. There is nothing else we can do at the moment—however—you can join the server with this IP for the time being: pgmc.mcs4.me -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2