This is the tracking task for one of the Wikimedia Technology/Goals/2018-19 Q1.
Perform a datacenter switchover:
- Successfully switch backend traffic (MediaWiki, Swift, RESTBase, and Parsoid) to be served from codfw with no downtime and reduced read-only time.
- Serve the site from codfw for at least 3 weeks. Tentative dates are to switch over to codfw in the second half of September and switch back to eqiad after 3~4 weeks.
- Refactor the switchdc script into a more re-usable automation library and update it to the newer switchover requirements.
Switchover
Services: Tuesday, September 11th 2018 14:30 UTC Media storage/Swift: Tuesday, September 11th 2018 15:00 UTC Traffic: Tuesday, September 11th 2018 19:00 UTC Mediawiki: Wednesday, September 12th 2018: 14:00 UTC
Switchback:
Traffic: Wednesday, October 10th 2018 09:00 UTC (and maybe some prep work on Monday) Mediawiki: Wednesday, October 10th 2018: 14:00 UTC Services: Thursday, October 11th 2018 14:30 UTC Media storage/Swift: Thursday, October 11th 2018 15:00 UTC