Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

SoylentNews Site Certs Updated Today

posted by martyb on Thursday August 22 2019, @12:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the say-that-five-times-fast dept.

martyb writes:

I just finished updating the certs for SoylentNews.

We get our certs through Let's Encrypt. Yes, we could automate the whole process, but it has been discussed and decided that given our... unique configuration, it is best to have a human in the loop than to let a script somehow run amok and then try to restore things when who-all-knows-what got deployed and things have gone sideways.

I have checked our web sites for production, dev, and staff as well as sending and retrieving e-mail; all seemed to be okay.

More than anything else, this is a check on us to see if we (well, me, actually) overlooked anything. If you do detect any issues, please post a comment to this story.

(Hat tip to The Mighty Buzzard for standing by in case I bollixed up something.)

[Update: Unless, of course, you cannot post a comment to this story! Then pop onto the #Soylent channel on our Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server and let us know over there. --martyb]

Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
SoylentNews Site Certs Updated Today | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 20 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by martyb on Thursday August 22 2019, @01:03PM (4 children)

    by martyb (76) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 22 2019, @01:03PM (#883585) Journal

    Thanks for the laugh!

    Was my first time doing the cert upgrade solo, so I was a wee bit nervous. But now that I had a much better idea of what was going on, it went smoothly, all-in-all. That said, this is when things tend to start getting "exciting" when I *think* that I know what is going on! So, out of an abundance of caution, I put this story out so as to catch any shortcomings as soon as possible.

    P.S. I have no SN shells to sell; see C shell seller Sally's cellar instead.

    --
    Wit is intellect, dancing.
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +2  
       Funny=2, Total=2
    Extra 'Funny' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  
    Total Score:   4  

  • (Score: 2) by Fnord666 on Thursday August 22 2019, @02:55PM (2 children)

    by Fnord666 (652) on Thursday August 22 2019, @02:55PM (#883645) Homepage

    Thanks for the laugh!

    Was my first time doing the cert upgrade solo, so I was a wee bit nervous. But now that I had a much better idea of what was going on, it went smoothly, all-in-all. That said, this is when things tend to start getting "exciting" when I *think* that I know what is going on! So, out of an abundance of caution, I put this story out so as to catch any shortcomings as soon as possible.

    P.S. I have no SN shells to sell; see C shell seller Sally's cellar instead.

    And you documented everything in detail and posted it on the wiki, right?

    • (Score: 2) by martyb on Thursday August 22 2019, @03:52PM (1 child)

      by martyb (76) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 22 2019, @03:52PM (#883685) Journal

      And you documented everything in detail and posted it on the wiki, right?

      Already done; there is a staff "tech wiki" where TMB had posted the instructions and which I was dutifully following.

      --
      Wit is intellect, dancing.

  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday August 22 2019, @10:03PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Thursday August 22 2019, @10:03PM (#883800) Journal

    Thank you for the job well done!

    See C shell Sally sells her what?

    --
    --- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---