[Users] New Wiki Server, please change your Hosts file

[L. Mark Stone]

Thanks Jorge!

I’ll share a new Pingdom report in a day or two. 

All the best,
Mark
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L. Mark Stone, General Manager
Reliable Networks, a Division of
OTT Communications
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> On Sep 27, 2017, at 2:29 PM, Jorge De La Cruz <jorge.delacruz at synacor.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi guys,
> A quick heads up. The DNS change for the wiki have been done, you can flush your DNS cache and you will notice it, or it will be automatically appear soon.
> 
> Remember, you can still navigate using HTTPS, but I will recommend use HTTP to leverage the full power of varnish, User Login and Register, and wiki edits, will remain as HTTPS so you will be safe while performing those changes.
> 
> All bookmarks and so you had will still working. You will notice you are on the new Wiki if the copyright at the bottom it says 2017.
> 
> Please give me your feedback!
> 
> Jorge de la Cruz
> VMware vExpert and Veeam Vanguard
> Technical Marketing Manager at Synacor
> jorge.delacruz at synacor.com
> 
> Blogging about Zimbra since 2011 - https://www.jorgedelacruz.es/category/zimbra/
> Corporate Blog - https://blog.zimbra.com/author/jcruz/
> 
> Video: 2685704 at lifesizecloud.com
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> From: "Jorge De La Cruz" <jorge.delacruz at synacor.com>
> To: users at lists.zetalliance.org
> Sent: Tuesday, 26 September, 2017 9:57:10 PM
> Subject: New Wiki Server, please change your Hosts file
> 
> Hello,
> For months we've been struggling with issues on our Mediawiki instance, but I've been working this week on a new instance with varnish on front, updated mediawiki version and increased font size for readability (we had some concerns about it)
> 
> Attached how it looks like, but also, please I encourage you to change your /etc/hosts or hosts file in Windows to point to:
> 52.206.229.23 wiki.zimbra.com
> 
> One of the first things you might notice is that it's HTTP by default, and like said, using varnish to reduce the workload we need to use HTTP. For User Login or User register will redirec to to HTTPS, and keep that way for all edits, etc on the pages.
> 
> If you want to can use HTTPS too manually, but that will go through apache and you will lose all the benefits of the varnish caching.
> 
> I just wanted to give you this heads up before COMMIT.
> 
> We are performing some stress tests with thousands and thousands of requests with couple hundred concurrent users, and we will be ready to go by this week.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Jorge de la Cruz
> VMware vExpert and Veeam Vanguard
> Technical Marketing Manager at Synacor
> jorge.delacruz at synacor.com
> 
> Blogging about Zimbra since 2011 - https://www.jorgedelacruz.es/category/zimbra/
> Corporate Blog - https://blog.zimbra.com/author/jcruz/
> 
> Video: 2685704 at lifesizecloud.com
> Voice: +1-844-572-5683 extension 2685704
> 
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