FYI
From: STFC Cloud <STFC-CLOUD(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> On Behalf Of Jacob Ward - STFC UKRI
Sent: 02 January 2024 13:44
To: STFC-CLOUD(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: STFC Cloud - Operating System End of Life Notification
Good Afternoon (and Happy New Year),
We are getting in touch to inform you about End of Life (EOL) dates and decommissioning procedures for some of our Operating System Images, specifically:
* centos-7-nogui - EOL 30/06/2024
* centos-7-gui - EOL 30/06/2024
* scientificlinux-7-nogui - EOL 30/06/2024
* scientificlinux-7-gui - EOL 30/06/2024
* centos-stream-8-nogui - EOL 31/05/2024
* centos-stream-8-gui - EOL 31/05/2024
* ubuntu-bionic-18.04-nogui - EOL 31/05/2023
* ubuntu-bionic-18.04-gui - EOL 31/05/2023
What this means is that the above images will no longer receive any maintenance or security updates and continuing to operate machines with these images poses a risk to the platform as a whole.
As such access to the above images will be revoked as of 12:00pm on Friday 5th January 2024. This means that you will not be able to create and new machines using any of the above images but any existing machines will not be affected.
Following the revocation of access to the images, we request that all users running machines with the above images delete or replace their VMs as soon as possible. Over time we will contact user communities individually to ensure this action takes place.
Note that in this instance we will not accept users conducting an 'in-place upgrade' of the Operating System on their machines.
Note also that any users running machines with self-managed images from the above Operating System families must also delete or replace their VMs as soon as possible.
Below is a recommended replacement for each Operating System family:
* centos-7 -> rocky-8 or rocky-9 (pending QA testing)
* scientificlinux-7 -> rocky-8 or rocky-9 (pending QA testing)
* centos-stream-8 -> rocky-8 or rocky-9 (pending QA testing)
* ubuntu-bionic-18.04 -> ubuntu-focal-20.04 or ubuntu-jammy-22.04 (pending QA testing)
If you have any questions or concerns, or require support with the actions requested in this notice please contact cloud-support(a)stfc.ac.uk<mailto:cloud-support@stfc.ac.uk>
Thanks,
STFC Cloud Operations Group
SCD Cloud Operations Group | Senior Systems Administrator
Email: jacob.ward(a)stfc.ac.uk<mailto:jacob.ward@stfc.ac.uk> | www.stfc.ac.uk<http://www.stfc.ac.uk/> | www.ukri.org<http://www.ukri.org/>
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porkbun.com | Expiring Domains - 30 days or less
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There are domains in your account (mantidproject) that are expiring in
30 days or less. We suspend most domains after they are expired for 10
days. At about 21 days after expiration domains are sent to third party
auction services where auctions start at about 26 days past expiration. You
may continue to renew your domains up to 30 days past expiration. Expired
domains will be removed from your account at about 31 days past expiration
and will typically be deleted between day 35 and day 45. Some domains, such
as .cx, must be renewed before expiration to avoid costly redemption fees.
Please read the knowledge base article "What happens after a domain
expires?
<https://kb.porkbun.com/article/37-what-happens-after-a-domain-expires>"
for more detailed information.
Domain Expires In Auto Renew Billing Information
staging-mantidproject.org30 Day(s)YESYES
RENEW NOW
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= AUTO RENEW POLICY =
We will attempt to auto renew domains with auto renew turned on as long
as your account has a valid billing profile. For most domains we will begin
to auto renew at 7 days prior to expiration. You can always change your
auto renew settings here
<https://porkbun.com/account/domains?utm_source=porkbun&utm_medium=email&utm…>.
= DID YOU KNOW? =
Once your domain expires it will eventually get deleted and any services
you have attached to it, such as a website or a custom email address, will
stop working. If you don't renew your domain, it will be released to the
public and anyone will be able to purchase it.
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<https://porkbun.com/support?utm_source=porkbun&utm_medium=email&utm_campaig…>,
whichever you prefer.
Learn more
<http://kb.porkbun.com/article/37-what-happens-if-i-let-my-domain-expire?utm…>
about grace periods and what happens to your domains once they expire.
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porkbun.com | Expiring Domains - 60 days or less
= Hello there! =
There are domains in your account (mantidproject) that are expiring in
60 days or less. We suspend most domains after they are expired for 10
days. At about 21 days after expiration domains are sent to third party
auction services where auctions start at about 26 days past expiration. You
may continue to renew your domains up to 30 days past expiration. Expired
domains will be removed from your account at about 31 days past expiration
and will typically be deleted between day 35 and day 45. Some domains, such
as .cx, must be renewed before expiration to avoid costly redemption fees.
Please read the knowledge base article "What happens after a domain
expires?
<https://kb.porkbun.com/article/37-what-happens-after-a-domain-expires>"
for more detailed information.
Domain Expires In Auto Renew Billing Information
staging-mantidproject.org57 Day(s)YESYES
RENEW NOW
<https://porkbun.com/account/domains?actionButton=renew&utm_source=porkbun&u…>
= AUTO RENEW POLICY =
We will attempt to auto renew domains with auto renew turned on as long
as your account has a valid billing profile. For most domains we will begin
to auto renew at 7 days prior to expiration. You can always change your
auto renew settings here
<https://porkbun.com/account/domains?utm_source=porkbun&utm_medium=email&utm…>.
= DID YOU KNOW? =
Once your domain expires it will eventually get deleted and any services
you have attached to it, such as a website or a custom email address, will
stop working. If you don't renew your domain, it will be released to the
public and anyone will be able to purchase it.
RENEW NOW
<https://porkbun.com/account/domains?actionButton=renew&utm_source=porkbun&u…
>
Have a question? Our support team is here to help. You can call us at
1.855.767.5286 or send us a note
<https://porkbun.com/support?utm_source=porkbun&utm_medium=email&utm_campaig…>,
whichever you prefer.
Learn more
<http://kb.porkbun.com/article/37-what-happens-if-i-let-my-domain-expire?utm…>
about grace periods and what happens to your domains once they expire.
<https://twitter.com/Porkbun> <https://www.facebook.com/PorkbunLLC/>
<https://porkbun.com>
*Porkbun, LLC*
21370 SW Langer Farms Parkway, Suite 142-429
Sherwood, OR 97140, US
1.855.PORKBUN (1.855.767.5286)
support(a)porkbun.com
<mailto:support@porkbun.com?subject=Account%20Creation%20Inquiry>
ICANN Registrant Educational Materials
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/educational-2012-02-25-en>
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FYI if you haven't received it directly
From: STFC Cloud <STFC-CLOUD(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> On Behalf Of John Good - STFC UKRI
Sent: 31 October 2023 11:41
To: STFC-CLOUD(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: STFC Cloud service update
Importance: High
Good morning,
We are pleased to inform you that the majority of the restart work for the cloud has been completed successfully. We have restarted any VMs that were ACTIVE as of 09:20am on the 26th of October, as well as a portion of our L3 flavor VMs. User communities can now start or recreate any remaining VMs or services at their leisure.
Note that despite this we are still operating at risk until 12:00 tomorrow.
Should you run into any issues with your VMs or the Cloud in general please raise a ticket with cloud-support(a)stfc.ac.uk<mailto:cloud-support@stfc.ac.uk>
Additional notes:
* A small number of Hypervisors have experienced various hardware failures. We did expect this and affected User Communities will be contacted individually.
* The Openstack Swift (object store) Service is still undergoing restoration works and is to be considered Offline, further updates will follow.
* We are planning a few improvements to the Openstack Octavia (loadbalancers) service, this service may appear unstable while those works take place.
Best regards,
STFC Cloud Operations Group
From: Good, John (STFC,RAL,SC)
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2023 4:53 PM
To: STFC-CLOUD(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:STFC-CLOUD@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Subject: STFC Cloud service update
Importance: High
Good afternoon,
We are pleased to inform you that the electrical testing in R89 was completed successfully over the weekend. This has allowed us in the Cloud Operations Group to spend today following our procedures to restore the service and, this work has progressed well. We are continuing to test the full VM lifecycle through all stages and once satisfied, will progress to starting up user VMs.
We will provide a further update on progress tomorrow.
Best regards,
John Good (he/him) | STFC Cloud Delivery Manager
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Scientific Computing Department
Building R89 / F15
Harwell, Oxfordshire
OX11 0QX
Tel: +44 (0)1235 446294
E-mail: john.good(a)stfc.ac.uk<mailto:john.good@stfc.ac.uk>
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