Improbable IslandSep 28, 2023

Alright so

Improbable Island is Down.

My old web host, the one that's going bankrupt, said that they'd transfer the domain name to my new host yesterday. They didn't, they did it at like 2am this morning while I was asleep. All my other domains swapped over just fine, all of them coming in at like 8am the day of the transfer, this one didn't, no clue why.

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Old host also, at some point in the last few years, disabled the ability for customers to set a TTL on their domains? Because they suck?

So I'm afraid we now must wait for all the big ISPs to go "Huh, he's updated his domain, let's point that shit to the new place."

How long? Well heck I dunno, this was a lot quicker with all my other domains. Might be all day.

Sep 28, 2023 at 1:50pmWeb
Show threadImprobable IslandSep 28, 2023
If y'all are in any chatrooms with other Improbable Island players who didn't bookmark this page, kindly fill them in lol
Show threadImprobable IslandSep 28, 2023

You can follow along if you like:

https://www.whatsmydns.net/#TXT/_acme-challenge.improbableisland.com

We're looking for all these countries to have the key starting with DkGf.

Right now, 10am Pittsburgh time, some of them have no keys, and some of them have a key starting with L-krs - that second key is because I started the SSL cert process going, gave it a few until the majority of these countries were showing ticks, went "Right, that'll be more than enough," and hit the button. Reader it was not more than enough nor was it enough

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Show threadImprobable IslandSep 28, 2023
I went with a standard cert rather than a wildcard, we'll do the wildcard tomorrow or next week instead. What a pain in the feck
Show threadLienaSep 28, 2023
@ImprobableIsland So... if I understand this properly from the explanations on the website. Would this be a Root Name, TLD Name, Authoritative Name or a combo of these servers being the issue?
Show threadImprobable IslandSep 28, 2023
@Liena It's a combination of Heart Internet Got Eaten By GoDaddy and CavemanJoe Is A Dork issues
Show threadLienaSep 28, 2023
@ImprobableIsland Yet @cavemanjoe is the most wonderful dork, who is always doing his best!
Show threadDDRSep 28, 2023
@Liena @ImprobableIsland @cavemanjoe Very, very much seconded. ♥️
Show threadBunny the BunnyCatGirlSep 28, 2023
@ImprobableIsland @Liena she's not wrong, Joe
Show threadwolphstrykesSep 28, 2023
@ImprobableIsland Ah is this why we're getting alternate, "THIS PAGE IS NOT SAFE" alerts and logins changing out minute to minute?
Show threadSolSep 28, 2023
@wolphstrykes @ImprobableIsland Ah, glad that's not unique to just me. I had to do a full-stop and stare deer-eyed for a moment before I remembered something being said about something at some point and came to look here.
Show threadRourkie/RosieSep 28, 2023
@ImprobableIsland Twice in my life we've had to switch providers for our furry basketball organization. Both times the server migration was such a pain in the ass. Wishing you all the luck, and patience, in the world with this. It'll sort eventually.
Show threadImprobable IslandSep 28, 2023
@Rourkie Oh yeah, how come I'm not running an ad for your site on the New Day page? Sort us out a 468*60 banner when we're back up, the Incredible Nicheness of your site is EXACTLY what that program was designed for
Show threadRourkie/RosieSep 28, 2023
@ImprobableIsland sure, I'll see what I can sort out. (Also, I know it's not super helpful at the 11th hour, but feel free to reach out if there's anything I can do to help with migration/DNS issues if you need a second opinion/head to bounce things off of)
Show threadLienaSep 28, 2023
@ImprobableIsland shared on my end.