Downtime today
The XMPP service crashed early this morning and has now been restored. This appears to have been due to excessive connection attempts by one user. Am investigating further.
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Problems this afternoon
We experienced some problems with the XMPP server this afternoon as it seems we had been butting up against some resource limits. These have been increased which I’m hoping will be enough to run the server without further problems. At least not ones from the limits.
Upcoming changes
Website: I’m replacing the theme that WordPress uses to make the website at least look vaguely modern with a responsive design to work on tablets and phones as well. It will also now have more prominent links to various account functions rather than hiding them away on the side bar. XMPP server: I’m finalising the switch Read More …
Downtime next week
Update [16/03/2015] – This work will now almost certainly be happening the evening (UK) of Tuesday 17th. Downtime should be limited to 30 minutes. The server will be down for a short period one evening next week. This is currently planned to be either Monday (15th) or Tuesday (16th). It is also possible it might Read More …
Upgrades
I’ve been planning an upgrade to the server. It is currently running an old version of ejabberd and I’ve been wanting to upgrade to allow for a number of reasons such as better security and improved connection for people using mobile devices