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Next server update: 12.02.2021 - Preparation log

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    Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
    last edited by Brutus5000 2 Jul 2021, 21:05 31 Jan 2021, 20:36

    The next server update has been scheduled for the 13.02.2021 betwen 8.30 - 10.30 GMT (=UTC).

    What is planned so far:

    • Migrate ratings and rating changes to new leaderboard tables
    • Upgrading NixOS to release channel 20.09 (including update of all userspace packages and a reboot)
    • Reconfigure Docker to no longer use native ZFS volumes but transparent ext4/xfs volumes (managed by ZFS). Reason: there are performance and management issues with the native ZFS storage support in Docker
    • Set up ZFS autosnapshot and tune it
    • Update all Docker base images to the latest bugfix release for FAF services (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Prometheus, ...)
    • Update lobby server to next version containing several bugfixes

    What could come if we have enough time to make it happen:

    • Move from MySQL to MariaDB
    • Implement ZFS tuning as researched by Mozilla/Let's Encrypt (* requires MariaDB)

    What will probably not come:

    • Update the replay server in order to use Zstandard compression for new replays

    He said, "I've been to the year 3000
    Not much has changed, but they live underwater
    And your great-great-great-granddaughter
    Is playin' FAF, playin' FAF"

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      Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
      last edited by 7 Feb 2021, 21:05

      Shame on me, just fixed the date. It will be on Friday.

      He said, "I've been to the year 3000
      Not much has changed, but they live underwater
      And your great-great-great-granddaughter
      Is playin' FAF, playin' FAF"

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        Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
        last edited by 12 Feb 2021, 17:55

        Small recap of todays update:

        • The whole update was done in about 1h 15min, so a lot faster than I expected (mostly thanks to @p4block amazing Linux skills)
        • We didn't receive larger complaints so far, so we didn't break anything. major. There seems to be a smaller issue with the lobby server sending queue pop times we'll need to checkup.
        • Unfortunately the MariaDB update is postponed for now due to additional work required

        Side note:
        Due to the ZFS reconfiguration we were now able to setup auto-snapshots of the whole system. So there are now dedicated internal backups not just of the db but of everything. We still need to improve external backups (right now only the MySQL database is subject to backup)

        He said, "I've been to the year 3000
        Not much has changed, but they live underwater
        And your great-great-great-granddaughter
        Is playin' FAF, playin' FAF"

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          Rowey
          last edited by 12 Feb 2021, 17:58

          I definitely Did not Break the Contribution Page https://faforever.com/contribution 😉

          "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" - Spock

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