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Skinner

(63,645 posts) Mon Mar 6, 2017, 06:40 PM Mar 2017

DU had unexpected downtime this afternoon (March 6) [View all]

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The Democratic Underground website had unexpected downtime this afternoon from approximately 4:30PM to 5:30PM ET. This downtime was an unintended consequence of a minor configuration change we made to our database server earlier today. This configuration change caused us to run out of hard disk space for some of our server logs, which in turn caused the site to crash. The problem has now been fixed.

The site has not been compromised in any way. We were not hacked. No data was lost.

We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Skinner
DU Administrator

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DU had unexpected downtime this afternoon (March 6) [View all] Skinner Mar 2017 OP

Ah, that's what happened. krispos42 Mar 2017 #1

Thanks! nt wcmagumba Mar 2017 #2

♡ Thanks. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #3

Glad to know all is well again in DU land. herding cats Mar 2017 #4

Thank you guys malaise Mar 2017 #5

Ditto on the panic, we are living in a strange time. Thanks Skinner! winstars Mar 2017 #13

Glad to hear you're fine and not going through THAT again. Hortensis Mar 2017 #6

Thank you, Skinner! I am relieved we weren't hacked. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2017 #7

Whew! nt Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #8

Phew! sheshe2 Mar 2017 #9

Thank you Skinner, EarlG and elad! Aristus Mar 2017 #10

OOPS! nt csziggy Mar 2017 #11

the old 'minor configuration' excuse....sure, sure.... spanone Mar 2017 #12

Appreciate the info! Maeve Mar 2017 #14

Thanks so much for the explanation! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2017 #15

I get those error messages every so often at other sites LeftInTX Mar 2017 #16

okay.. phew and I thought it was something worse.. yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #17

Thanks.. mountain grammy Mar 2017 #18

Big sigh of relief here. 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #19

Thank God! (or whomever...looking at you, Skinner and EarlG.) sagetea Mar 2017 #20

Cool MrScorpio Mar 2017 #21

Relieved to hear it was a relative simple problem. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2017 #22

Thanks for the info. Thought it was another hack job. DinahMoeHum Mar 2017 #23

Thank goodness BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #24

Thanks for all you do, Skinner. democrank Mar 2017 #25

Whew! lamp_shade Mar 2017 #26

Thanks for letting us know :) n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2017 #27

Thanks! My tolerance for the dismal websites that are out there is zero. LuckyLib Mar 2017 #28

хорошая сделка obliviously Mar 2017 #29

I was afraid it was the Russians or their operatives in the White House liberal N proud Mar 2017 #30

Same Here Bear Creek Mar 2017 #41

Thanks for the heads-up. Ken Burch Mar 2017 #31

Thank fucking god. I was out all afternoon, and when I tried to connect at 5:15, japple Mar 2017 #32

Thank you for all of your work! Alice11111 Mar 2017 #33

Golly! Thanks Skinner & Team! furtheradu Mar 2017 #34

Were you a previous GP6971 Mar 2017 #45

Not exactly furtheradu Mar 2017 #53

Thanks and Welcome Back!! GP6971 Mar 2017 #58

Glad hacking wasn't part of this! Thanks. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2017 #35

It's good to know there was an attributable cause. lpbk2713 Mar 2017 #36

Thanks for that info, Skinner! kentuck Mar 2017 #37

GOD EMPEROR, after all, is likely going to die in jail. Bigger fish to fry and all that. byronius Mar 2017 #38

It's hard not to freak out these days! Welcome back everybody! nolabear Mar 2017 #39

I was certain the shoe had dropped Mr. Ected Mar 2017 #40

Thanks, thought Trump/Bannon raided the place. Appreciate your efforts. Hoyt Mar 2017 #42

Shit happens. Glad you're back. alfredo Mar 2017 #43

Glad all is well... defacto7 Mar 2017 #44

I'm sure this explains madokie Mar 2017 #46

Thanks, Skinner. VOX Mar 2017 #47

Have you considered using a NoSQL database for the logs? Yavin4 Mar 2017 #48

Thank you for all you do. 47of74 Mar 2017 #49

Thank you. warmfeet Mar 2017 #50

Why are minors making configuration changes anyway? xor Mar 2017 #51

Not that kind of minor, you fool. Orrex Mar 2017 #52

Ohhhhh, now I get it. Makes more sense now. xor Mar 2017 #56

I will relay this information to Vladimir ... eom ... da Kolesar Mar 2017 #54

Always expect the unexpected sabbat hunter Mar 2017 #55

Glad you're back....whew hibbing Mar 2017 #57

Thanks for all your hard work! Mountain Mule Mar 2017 #59

Thanks for the explanation.n/t ohheckyeah Mar 2017 #60

THX Skinner and back up team. magicarpet Mar 2017 #61

When I was in kindergarten in the '50's tavernier Mar 2017 #62

Great to know........... turbinetree Mar 2017 #63

You were back up quickly, but it's still good to have clarification. CBHagman Mar 2017 #64

Nice work getting the site back up so quickly! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2017 #65

Thanks to you all BlueMTexpat Mar 2017 #66

Don't scare me like that! Lady Freedom Returns Mar 2017 #67

Not hacked is good news. raven mad Mar 2017 #68

glad it was not anything serious. niyad Mar 2017 #69

Given that wikileaks just released some stuff that likely Snowden gave to Russia, MADem Mar 2017 #70

Russia NamesDave Mar 2017 #71

Damn SQL Log files xeodtech Mar 2017 #72