DNS (NS2) Migration: Perth AU to Melbourne AU
NS2 replacements have been successfully deployed! Thanks for your patience.
Also, DirectAdmin (stable) has recently been updated from v1.705 to v1.710 which overhauls ACME (SSL):
- https://docs.directadmin.com/changelog/version-1.706.html#new-domain-tls-certificates-provisioning-system-using-acme
- https://docs.directadmin.com/changelog/version-1.708.html#tool-for-enabling-new-tls-system-for-all-users
- https://docs.directadmin.com/changelog/version-1.710.html#history-of-certificate-issue-attempts-using-acme
We’ve done the global change for all users on all servers to the new ACME system, so you can use this now!
These nameserver replacements are on-track to be finalised this evening & in-service on Monday.
Many thanks for your patience as we’ve also taken this opportunity to bolster our NS2 infrastructure.
We’ve created the new DNS Virtual Machines on the Melbourne Dedicated Server. Now configuring.
Post-configuration, we’ll then sync these into production usage as Secondary Domain Name Servers.
Initial works are underway on the Dedicated Server in Melbourne. Migration next week is likely.
We’ll keep you updated as we progress with overhauling NS2 instances. Thanks for your patience.
Our new Dedicated Server is now being deployed into Melbourne today.
We expect to be working through the DNS workload migrations into next week. Thank you.
Hi there,
We’ll be performing migrations of our client NS2 instances - this has been done several times now: once was due to our Adelaide provider closing their business, and this time it’s due to security in the Perth environment.
Rather than perform the bulk migrations using the same end-goal of having separate Virtual Machines that we don’t have proper control of, this time we’ve negotiated a Dedicated Server in Melbourne with a provider we’ve used for 10~ years, which will have our tried-and-verified hypervisor on it, allowing easy growth into the future.
We appreciate your patience especially given how many times we’ve had to move NS2 instances, and are happy with this new plan as it will avoid there being any future requirement to relocate them. In the coming years, we will likely look to do the same thing with NS1 instances - although that has a very low priority compared to NS2.
The order has been placed for the Bare Metal, and it’s expected to come online early next week. From there we’ll build-out the Dedicated Server and the VMM over-the-top, then prepare for these bulk DNS migrations.
Please let us know if you’ve any questions or concerns about these works - we’re always happy to help.
Cheers,
Merlot Digital
- Nameserver Clusters / DNS (Brisbane & Perth)
- Nameserver Clusters / DNS (Adelaide & Perth)
- Nameserver Clusters / DNS (Singapore & Perth)
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