Postmortem May 19th Database Issue

[Null]

A recent environmental change has resulted in unpredictable loss of connection. That's basically it. The error I'm seeing is "No route to host", which is very hard to find related documentation on. In short, for whatever reason, one or both of the servers have suddenly decided to stop recognizing their name. I suppose that's my fault for relying on hostnames to begin with.

I've made a change just now. If you still experience issues let me know.

 

[Jaded Optimist]

@Null, Can you post the farms "emergency contacts" again? I know you posted it before, and I thought I saved them, but apparently I'm an idiot.

There was a list of the discord, back up links, etc...

 

[Null]

@Null, Can you post the farms "emergency contacts" again? I know you posted it before, and I thought I saved them, but apparently I'm an idiot.

There was a list of the discord, back up links, etc...

https://discord.gg/BGDSSyQ
kiwifarms dot is

 

[Lamy 2000]

Seriously though, computers can be fucking assholes sometimes. Hopefully you can sort it out soon. At least when it has been acting up, it's only been a couple minutes at the most. At least from what I've noticed anyway.

 

[nvrwastetree]

Good to see we're back up.

 

[mindlessobserver]

Maybe your server is just mad that you keep deadnaming it. Why can't you call Xir by its chosen name null? You should be more tolerant.

 

[Dirt McGirt]

My initial thought was that some fuckerry was going on. Good to know that wasn't the case.

 

[CWCissey]

Eh, fair dues. Didn't even notice any fuckery in the first place to be honest...

 

[X-Shaped Weeaboo]

Don't you all see? It was @Destiny his uncle at Nintendo finally got us shut down for a total 5 seconds!

 

[Nehelenia]

Anyway: I’d it was probably a minor issue. Good to see everything is alright for now!

 

[Cubanodun]

@Null doesn't know that the Venezuelan government send their best operatives to shut down the server because Maduro has a thread here

 

[NotoriousD]

The site just couldn't handle how much it was winning and shat itself.

 

[drain]

For me the host error only happened for a few minutes yesterday and today

 

[A Hot Potato]

I just had an issue momentarily.

I took a snapshot of what I got, if that helps.

 

[Null]

New I just had an issue momentarily.

I've taken another stab at fixing the problem.

I reviewed the database error logs and it said that the session table was crashing. Sessions are what represent a single user's activity on the site.

Some time ago, I changed sessions off of memory caching on the webserver for caching on the database to try and manage memory better. Now, the table responsible for session caching is crashing and it reboots by wiping the session table clean. I've moved it back to the webserver to see if that helps.

 

[Witchsmeller Pursuivant]

Just did it again for me. Out for about 5 mins.