Re: [boost] [1.35.0] Going live with the new web site

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-29 13:05:38

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Beman Dawes wrote:
>> Rene Rivera wrote:
>>> Beman Dawes wrote:
>>>> Rene Rivera wrote:
>>>>> Beman Dawes wrote:
>>>>>> Let's go over the repointing of the DNS entries to make sure I do the 
>>>>>> right thing. The current relevant A record entries are:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     beta.boost.org -> 129.79.245.252
>>>>>>     boost.org -> 66.35.250.210
>>>>>>     live.boost.org -> 129.79.245.252
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So to repoint, I'll change the boost.org entry to 129.79.245.252, right?.
>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Do I then delete either of the other two entries?
>>>>> No. We still need the beta.boost.org as that is truly a separate site in 
>>>>> that it reflects the beta state in SVN. And it's the one we will test 
>>>>> changes out in before moving them to the live site in an ongoing basis.
>>>> OK. The release files are on Sourceforge, I've downloaded each and 
>>>> compared to the originals, and AFAICT we are ready to go live. Just let 
>>>> me know when to repoint the DNS entries.
>>>>
>>>> The release date is today.
>>> Repoint now :-) I'm working on making minor changes to add the 1.35 
>>> links into the web site (on the beta side). So I'll move those over shortly.
>> Done.
> 
> And I just merged the changes to make 1.35 appear into the live site.
> 
>> boost.org is getting the new site. So far www.boost.org is still getting 
>> the old site for me, but hopefully that is just until some dns cache 
>> entry expires. Easydns says it takes at least an hour for caches to 
>> clear. There wasn't any A record entry for www.boost.org, by the way.
> 
> I still get the old site :-( But my ISP has always been slow in getting 
> DNS changes. I checked on the web server itself and it says:
> 
> -bash-3.00$ host boost.org
> boost.org has address 129.79.245.252
> -bash-3.00$ host www.boost.org
> www.boost.org is an alias for vhost.sourceforge.net.
> vhost.sourceforge.net has address 66.35.250.210
> 
> So yes, there's no A record for www.boost.com, as it's an alias record.

Hum... I didn't see the C (alias) record because I failed to scroll down 
on the screen. I've now delete the C record and added an A (host) record 
for www.boost.org.

That hasn't propagated to my ISP yet.

I'll keep trying www.boost.org from time to time to make sure it works.

--Beman