You are viewing the community [info]voxpopulli

Vox Populli [entries|friends|calendar]
Vox Populli

[ website | Vox Populli ]
[ userinfo | livejournal userinfo ]
[ calendar | livejournal calendar ]

Server back up [18 Jul 2011|01:47pm]

alicettlg
Looks like the datacenter got it fixed!
post comment

Server down [18 Jul 2011|12:39pm]

alicettlg
The datacenter appears to be caught in a DDOS attack (where the hackers flood it with traffic, blocking legit traffic). It's aimed at some other server or website hosted at the same datacenter, but it affects everyone there. Even my server host's support portal is down. (Shame on them, they should have a backup outside their network.)

Might be a few minutes, might be an hour, may be intermittent during the day as the datacenter locates the hackers' traffic and blocks it.
post comment

livejournal.com emails now whitelisted [13 Mar 2011|02:28pm]

alicettlg
Thanks to AJ for notifiying me of the issue - I've whitelisted all email from livejournal.com's servers so you'll get comment notices again.
post comment

Server back up [23 Nov 2010|11:56am]

alicettlg
Server's back up, no details yet.
post comment

Server down [23 Nov 2010|11:25am]

alicettlg
Yes the server is down, I'm waiting on tech support at the datacenter to give me a clue. Will post here as soon as I have info.
post comment

Dreamwidth invite codes [11 Jul 2009|09:51am]

alicettlg
I've got five Dreamwidth invite codes, if anyone is interested, leave your email in the comments (they're screened) or email me at alice.ttlg at gmail.com with "Dreamwidth invite" in the subject.

If you're not sure what Dreamwidth is, it's an LJ alternative designed by a couple people who used to work at LJ and it's very open and transparent in their terms and geared towards fandom (but certainly open to anyone).

www.dreamwidth.org
2 comments|post comment

Server being rebooted... [23 Apr 2009|07:42pm]

alicettlg
Doing a reboot on the server, a process got stuck that takes a full reboot to terminate. Give it 20 minutes or so and it'll be up again.
post comment

DDOS attack at datacenter [28 Mar 2009|10:33pm]

alicettlg
Yes, it was a DDOS attack, this is from the datacenter:

At approximately 6:30pm [EDT] this evening we started seeing over a 3.5Gps attack against a particular client, which came all the way inbound into our network. The customer in question has been terminated. Our IP engineering department has taken steps to eliminate the inbound path of the attacker and is continuing to monitor our network for any additional anomalies. We apologize for any problems this may have caused.

So there might be some slowness but it should decrease and be back to normal by tomorrow.

[ETA the time zone on the above quote]
3 comments|post comment

Datacenter having problem [28 Mar 2009|05:55pm]

alicettlg
It looks like my serverhost's datacenter is having some problem that slows and/or blocks all access to all the servers they host, including their own. I can't get into their site to file a trouble ticket so I suspect they're having a router problem or possibly under a DDOS attack. The good news is that they usually get those fixed fairly quickly. So please be patient, it'll all come back soon!
post comment

Server up again [08 Mar 2009|03:41pm]

alicettlg
The server is up again! If you're still having problems getting to pages, try clearing your browser's cache or temp files, then close your browser.
1 comment|post comment

Server still down [08 Mar 2009|02:16pm]

alicettlg
Apache - what serves the webpages - is still down, I've put in a ticket with the datacenter to get it fixed. I'll post here when I know more.
post comment

[08 Mar 2009|02:11pm]

versailles_rose
Is Vox Populli gone or is it just a server hiccup?
1 comment|post comment

Free webhosting available [12 Aug 2007|07:28pm]

alicettlg
I'm offering free webspace and a forwarding email address for awhile. Here's the deal:

25 meg webspace for a fan website plus an email address that automatically forwards to your current address.

All fictional material allowed, all ages, gen, het, slash, adult, real people (as long as what's written/pictured is fictional).

You must be able to create your own site and upload it thru ftp. There are NO page builders at Vox Populli.

You must put up a publicly accessible website within 30 days of receiving the site access info from me. I am happy to provide free webspace but I do want to see it used. :)

If this is what you're looking for, please request a site here.

This will be my last post here. Please check out the new help forum at my Glenfinnan Web Hosting site, news and announcements are posted there and you can friend the RSS feed here at LiveJournal, [info]glenfinnanhost.
2 comments|post comment

New Support Desk and Forum for Vox Populli [12 Aug 2007|03:25pm]

alicettlg
Rather than wandering around between LJ and clones, I've set up something with a few more features. Vox Populli (and Glenfinnan Web Hosting, my non-fannish hosting side) have a Support Desk and a Forum now!

Support Desk:
http://glenfinnanhosting.com/support/

The support desk is the place to open a ticket when you're having problems with your account or have questions that deal specifically with your account. You can also open a ticket by email by sending an email to:

support [at] glenfinnanhosting.com

Either way, you'll get back an email confirmation, you'll get notified by email of any replies and you can add to your ticket or reply by email. You can also do that at the above url as well, the first confirmation will include your login info to view your open tickets and all replies.


Forum:
http://glenfinnanhosting.com/forum/

The forum takes the place of this LJ, I'll post any news, status updates or announcements there in the News & Announcements category plus, in the Open Discussion category, you can ask general questions there, discuss creating websites, setting up email addresses, subdomains, ftp accounts, using PHP, MySql, Perl, anything related to the services that Glenfinnan and Vox Populli provide. Anyone can answer questions and of course, I'll be on hand to help out too.

Anyone can read the posts at the forum but you will need to register with a valid email address to post or reply to a post.

Both the forum and support desk are hosted offsite so even if the Glenfinnan/Vox Populli server is down, these sites will be accessible. And I have a new offsite email address, contact [at] glenfinnanhosting.com, where you can reach me by email if the server is down - but I will likely direct you to either the support desk (if it's specific to your account) or the forum (if it's about the status of the server), both of these provide better tracks for everyone than just emailing me. (The alice.ttlg [at] ditb.net address still works although I will phase that out in the next month or so.)

ETA: I've syndicated the feed of the News & Announcements category here on LiveJournal. You can friend [info]glenfinnanhost and see any new posts in your flist. It'll be low traffic as I'm the only one who can post in that category. (I've also syndicated the feed at InsaneJournal with the same user name. I tried to set it up at GreatestJournal and got a "database unavailable" error, I'll try again later.)
5 comments|post comment

I will be offering free websites again soon... [07 Aug 2007|12:26pm]

alicettlg
In light of LJ's ridiculousness, I will be opening up free websites again soon, 50 meg of space (although no mysql, that is only available on pay accounts) and email forwarding.

I'm in the process of setting up the new server and will have to move a domain over there this weekend before I can offer free sites, but feel free to pass the word around, I'll post a notice here when they're available (probably late this weekend or early next week).

Remember that Vox Populli is fan-friendly, post all the porn you like! :) I also revised the TOS not long ago and removed the age restrictions I'd had in there previously. As far as I'm concerned, all fictional stuff about fictional characters (regardless of age) has artistic merit and thus fails the Miller test and is not obscene. Real People fiction is also welcome, as long as there's no images depicting real children involved in real sex.
10 comments|post comment

Server is up again [28 Jul 2007|02:54pm]

alicettlg
The server is up again, everything should be working properly now.
post comment

Server down [28 Jul 2007|01:16pm]

alicettlg
Yes, the server is down. I've contacted my host, hopefully they pull their heads out of their butts and get it rebooted in the next hour.

On the good news side, I've begun the process to move to a new server with a new host that maintains their own datacenter so no more of the "we don't host you" crap that my current host wastes my time over. And the new server is faster and more ram and an Intel Pentium processor so better for databases too. Plus it will have a remote reboot port so if a reboot is needed, I won't have to wait on tech support!

I'll be slowly migrating accounts over the next month and will notify each account holder as I do. There should be little to no disruption in service and all logins will remain the same.

Hopefully this will be the last time we have this problem with this old server!
1 comment|post comment

Server down [04 Jul 2007|11:09am]

alicettlg
Yes, the server is down, I'm in the process of getting it rebooted. It apparently started having problems early this morning but did work at least off and on till about three hours ago.

I'll post here when I have more info.

ETA: All fixed now.
post comment

Clarification on pay account upgrades [08 Jun 2007|04:48pm]

alicettlg
I'm not sure my previous post was clear but all *existing* pay accounts now have double their space and bandwidth and that should be visible when you log into your control panel. And there is no change in the hosting fees you're currently paying.

Anyway, tired now, TGIF!
4 comments|post comment

Also, upgrades to all pay hosting accounts [07 Jun 2007|09:10pm]

alicettlg
Last weekend, I upgraded all pay accounts, doubling space and bandwidth with no change in hosting fees. You can see the new hosting plans here:

http://www.populli.org/webhosting.shtml

Any questions, please let me know at alice.ttlg [at] populli.org
4 comments|post comment

navigation
[ viewing | most recent entries ]
[ go | earlier ]