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    Mechanipus outage & Closing plans

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    • Chime
      Chime last edited by

      As sent to Mechanipus-hosted game admins:

      Two major things:

      First, the primary server most of you are on (Kuramori) needs to undergo
      a migration operation ASAP. I'm scheduling this for around mid-day
      (US-time) tomorrow (Thursday, 6 December 2017). Services (mush,
      database, webhosting, shell access, etc) will be completely offline
      during the duration of this move, which may take several hours.

      No data is lost or in any immediate danger, but physical hardware
      problems necessitate this move to ensure we have reliable backups.
      (Blessed are the pessimists, for we take backups, etc.)

      Kuramori should return to operating status afterward all by itself, but
      I anticipate that mushes linking against truly antique libraries may not
      restart without a recompile. Please understand: this is 2017 and
      Kuramori is a 64bit Debian environment; some of you are still running
      binaries compiled on ISU. It's easier to recompile and relink than
      continue to maintain binary compatibility, so that's what we'll be
      doing. Sorry-not-sorry.

      I'll be around to recompile or assist with other restart operations as
      needed; my Discord id for those of you using that sort of setup is
      Chime#3134. Contacting me there is fine, but keep in mind that I do
      have a job and extensive help requires extensive time. Hangouts, email,
      etc. is fine too.

      Second, it's become apparent that Mechanipus is much less an essential
      component of the MUSHing community than it was; there are a multitude of
      low-cost hosting services and VM providers that are a much better fit
      for most users.

      As a result, Mechanipus will be closing.

      Mushes will be permanently halted and web services suspended on 15
      January 2018. Two weeks later, at the end of January, I will be doing
      the final removal of accounts, data, and likely decommissioning Kuramori
      itself.

      I strongly suggest moving to a new provider as soon as you are able.
      You may need to find codestaff to help you; I do not have the time or
      energy for such an undertaking, but I'm happy to advise other hosting
      providers that are stepping up to the plate.

      Please do not:

      • Ask me to fix your wiki.
      • Ask me to export your mush, sql, wiki data, images, etc.
      • Ask me to Continue hosting "just this one thing."
      • Panic. Really; you have weeks to get yourself sorted out, just start now.

      Thank you for your time and effort over these years to keep our hobby
      alive. I've delayed this announcement until another unrelated problem
      (see above) has required an outage. After the outage, I will get things
      back online, but please do remember that the End is approaching.

      It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Coffea arabica that thoughts acquire speed, the table acquires stains, the stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.

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      • Sunny
        Sunny last edited by

        Thank you for everything you've done for the mushing community and hosting soooooo many games. Your time, effort, expenses, and everything else you've put into it all has been appreciated. I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yUYvyAY954

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        • TiredEwok
          TiredEwok last edited by

          This has me a bit sad, even if I never did more than play on some of the games you hosted. Feels like the end of an era, in a way. Thank you for everything you've done for the hobby. 🙂

          "Just leave me alone. I'm not myself. I'm falling apart, and I don't want you here." - ― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

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          • Quibbler
            Quibbler last edited by

            Thank you for all your work.

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            • JinShei
              JinShei last edited by

              Thank you for all your support over the years for Darkspires 🙂 We'd never have opened if not for you!

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              • Coin
                Coin last edited by

                ❤

                "Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.

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                • Please Delete
                  Please Delete Banned last edited by

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                  • Auspice
                    Auspice last edited by

                    As others have said, thank you for your time in service!

                    I would like to share for folks that may need it during the transition:

                    My friend hosts MU*s. Former player. It's $5/mo, first two weeks free for setup time. He'll gladly assist in the process (he knows some codebases better than others, but he's a dev guy so he can quickly learn).

                    http://kydance.net/pages/mu_hosting

                    Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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                    • T
                      TheBigD last edited by

                      Thank you for doing what you did for so long. 🙂

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                      • L
                        Loa last edited by

                        Your hosting was awesome at a critical time for us at Tenebrous Isles, Chime 🙂 thank you so much. I've played on many of the games you hosted and you were always reliable and amazing for the people that depended on you.

                        I hope you have lots of restful days after the closure without worry of someone pinging you about an outage or issue! You've definitely earned it!

                        -Loa

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