Server and System Status

NC018 update: Mail moving, still working on websites

24 July 2011 14:41:00 +0000

Email is moving again on server NC018. However, an automated update of the IP address for most websites failed. We’re working on restoring these websites as fast as we can.

Tags: down time, email delivery, hardware, nameservers, reboot
Categories: Maintenance, NC018, Upgrades
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Server NC018 back online, some issues

24 July 2011 13:03:33 +0000

Server NC018 is back online at the new data centre. We’re working through a few residual issues at the moment, mainly with email. We will post further updates here shortly.

Tags: down time, email delivery, hardware, nameservers, reboot
Categories: Maintenance, NC018, Upgrades
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Move of server NC018 under way

24 July 2011 02:39:09 +0000

The move of server NC018 started at 01:21 UTC. Further updates as necessary.

Tags: down time, email delivery, hardware, nameservers, reboot
Categories: Maintenance, NC018, Upgrades
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Physical move of server NC018 this weekend

18 July 2011 05:26:59 +0000

We have a major maintenance event happening this weekend, 23-24 July. Please read the details on our blog.

Tags: down time, email delivery, hardware, nameservers, reboot
Categories: Maintenance, NC018, Upgrades
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Email delivery issues: Zamtel and iWayAfrica

1 July 2011 19:24:14 +0000

For the last couple of days we’ve been seeing email to zamtel.zm addresses queued on our mail servers. Not sure what’s happening on their end, but our systems are working fine and mail to other destinations is being delivered normally.

Also, the delivery issues with iwayafrica.com addresses that we’ve been seeing for several months now — in fact, the better part of a year — continue. Email sent to these addresses is usually not delivered for several days, if at all. Again, this issue is with the destination mail servers, and is not under our control.

Tags: email delivery, mail relay
Categories: Email, NC018, NC023
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Server NC020 rebooted

17 May 2011 14:24:16 +0000

We have rebooted server NC020 and everything is fine now. We suspect one of the websites hosted on this server received a lot of traffic within the last hour or so — more than the server could handle. We’re still looking at all of the logs and will determine whether or not that was the case and post more here when we have all of the information.

Tags: dos attack, reboot
Categories: Incidents, NC020
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Server NC020 overloaded

17 May 2011 14:01:19 +0000

Server NC020 is overloaded and responding very slowly. We have our suspicions as to why, and are looking into the issue. We will post updates here.

Tags: dos attack, reboot
Categories: Incidents, NC020
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Server NC018 update

29 April 2011 10:31:12 +0000

We’ve taken a thorough look at everything and are confident that there are no issues on the server itself. Router graphs show that the server has sustained somewhat higher than normal traffic over the last few hours, and this may have been the issue, but everything is operating smoothly at this point and has been for a while now.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact NinerNet support. Thank-you.

Tags: connection issues, reboot
Categories: Incidents, NC018
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Performance issue on server NC018

29 April 2011 06:50:40 +0000

We’re investigating a performance issue on server NC018. The server was rebooted at 06:00 UTC, and this seems to have improved the situation, but we’re still looking for a cause and will post more information here shortly.

Tags: connection issues, reboot
Categories: Incidents, NC018
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SSL certificate issue resolved

21 April 2011 06:06:25 +0000

We have tracked down the problem with the new SSL certificate on server NC018 and fixed it. We have also tested on Windows, Mac, Linux and iOS (iPhone) computers using Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Konqueror, and all work as expected. We have also used a testing tool made available by the issuer of the SSL certificate, and the SSL certificate installation passed all tests.

If you have experienced problems loading SSL pages on a niner.net sub-domain — e.g., the control panel (cp.niner.net), the webmail (webmail.niner.net), etc. — please close and restart your web browser to clear this issue on your computer. If you continue to experience the problem, please try rebooting your computer. If you still experience the issue, please contact NinerNet support, and tell us what operating system you are using (e.g., Windows XP/Vista/7, Mac, Linux, etc.), what browser you are using (e.g., Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Chrome, etc.) and the version number of your browser. Please also include the exact text of any error messages you are seeing.

We apologise for the inconvenience this may have caused you.

Tags: browser warnings, ssl, ssl certificate
Categories: Incidents, NC018
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System	Status	Ping
NC023	Internal	Up?
NC028	Internal	Up?
NC031	Internal	Up?
NC033	Operational	Up?
NC034	Internal	Up?
NC035	Operational	Up?
NC036	Operational	Up?
NC040	Internal	Up?
NC041	Operational	Up?
NC042	Operational	Up?