[GNC-dev] [GNC] Fwd: www.gnucash.org

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Actually, this probably should go to gnucash-devel instead of
gnucash-user.  So please reply only to -devel..

Right now we do have some diversified DNS -- Linas runs 2 DNS servers and
I run one.  We could set up one more...  So THAT (DNS) isn't the issue.

I could also set up a www "mirror" at my site, so "www.gnucash.org" would
be somewhat diversified.  However, I'd rather it be a hot-spare than a
round-robin solution, and *that* is something I don't know how to do. 
What I mean is that we could set up multiple IP targets for
www.gnucash.org in DNS, but clients would then hit both of them, whereas
what I would want is for them only to hit the second if the first is
unavailable.

Moreover, that would only work for Linas' server (www), it wouldn't help
for mine (which also runs master git, wiki, email lists, etc).

I certainly welcome ideas, but we want to be the masters of our own
destiny, which means running our own servers and not using e.g. AWS.

-derek

On Sat, February 27, 2021 9:18 am, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote:
> gnucash should have geographically diversified web servers?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linas Vepstas <linasvepstas at gmail.com>
> To: David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com>
> Sent: Fri, Feb 26, 2021 6:18 pm
> Subject: Re: www.gnucash.org
>
> That's a question for the gnucash-user mailing list. I am not involved in
> spinning out releases. or in development, for that matter.
> -- Linas
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 2:18 PM David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> PS: Now web site is up, no 4.4 for Ubuntu 20-04 lts?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com>
> To: linasvepstas at gmail.com <linasvepstas at gmail.com>
> Sent: Mon, Feb 22, 2021 8:44 pm
> Subject: Re: www.gnucash.org
>
> The trick to dns fallover is having each web server be a dns server of the
> same domain saying it is the www.  The dns servrs that are up and
> accessible give out their own address.  This is old but a robust outer
> layer.
>
> Cloud services can set up multiple servers that are just virtual slices
> many places in their cloud.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linas Vepstas <linasvepstas at gmail.com>
> To: David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com>
> Sent: Sun, Feb 21, 2021 7:30 pm
> Subject: Re: www.gnucash.org
>
> Well, there's a mirror at utwente, I believe, but there's no automated
> failover to that. The master DNS server was down as well.
>
> I've set up dns failover in the past, but its kind of tricky, and hard to
> test, and didn't seem entirely reliable.
> -- Linas
>
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 2:49 PM David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Need a diverse set of mirror/duplicate locations!  Ask around!
>     On Saturday, February 20, 2021, 04:28:37 PM EST, Linas Vepstas
> <linasvepstas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Website is in Texas. No electric power for 5 days! -- Linas
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 7:59 AM David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> Has gnucash gone broke?  The website has been missing for days!
>
>
> --
> Patrick: Are they laughing at us?Sponge Bob: No, Patrick, they are
> laughing next to us. 
>
>
>
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