netz.smurf.noris.de may die soon

[Matthew East]

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Hi,

* Matthias Urlichs:
> Hi,
> 
> bad news -- I was in the server room where netz.smurf.noris.de is
> hosted, and one of my disks doesn't sound too healthy.
> 
> In other words: *Now* would be a good time, for those of you who are
> still using it for locoteam hosting, to move off my
> system.
> 
> There are three alternatives:
> - Hosting by ubuntu-eu
>   => admin at ubuntu-eu.org
> - Hosting by Canonical
>   => https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoHosting
> - Find your own hosting.
> 
> 
> DNS service for loco teams is also affected: it will move to
> master.ubuntu-eu.org. Teams will be able to update their zones
> dynamically.
> 
> Dynamic zone updates depend on a shared secret, which I'll generate per
> domain. Everybody who wants to admin their own zone: please send a
> GPG-signed email, stating which domain you're responsible for.
> 
> If your GPG key is not in the web of Trust yet, *now* would be a very
> good time to find somebody to sign it.
> If it's not uploaded to the key servers yet, please do so:
> 	gpg --send-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com <YOUR-KEY-ID>
> 
> There are a number of tools available for "real" dynamic DNS (that is,
> you use the DNS system itself to update your entries, not a web server);
> I have a nice Perl script for doing it. I'll send that to people, along
> with The Secret.
> 
> 
> Timeframe: I'll be on vacation for the next two weeks, starting
> Wednesday evening. (Yes, I know --- the timing sucks.) I'll do the
> DNS reorganization as soon as I get back.

This is difficult timing for me too, I'm going on holiday *today* for
approximately 3 weeks. I'm forwarding this email to the Italian team so
that they can discuss the alternatives, and maybe begin to implement them.

> If the machine should die, we do have current backups (available
> online); the externally-visible DNS service is provided by noris network
> <hostmaster at noris.net>, who'll be able to make interim changes.
> They'll definitely not accept update requests from random people,
> though. ;-)

Matt
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