Elite Wiki server down

[another_commander]

Trying to download http://wiki.maikschulz.de/img_auth.php/ ... enus8k.oxz (original filename: http://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/5/5 ... enus8k.oxz). It fails, is there something I am doing wrong from my side? The download does not work from the expansion manager, nor from a browser.

[maik]

Trying to download http://wiki.maikschulz.de/img_auth.php/ ... enus8k.oxz (original filename: http://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/5/5 ... enus8k.oxz). It fails, is there something I am doing wrong from my side? The download does not work from the expansion manager, nor from a browser.

Ah ok, this URL is used to update the download counter for the files in the wiki. You can bypass it if you change "img_auth.php" in the URL to "images". Then you use the webserver directly, not the MediaWiki in-between. OXZ authors will lose information on downloads though. IMHO acceptable for the time being.

[another_commander]

OK, thanks maik, got it. So, here is what can be done to restore OXP availability until the main wiki is fixed:

1. Download this file: https://we.tl/t-kSL5XbzA2H. It is the collective OXP manifest, with all download links originally pointing to wiki.alioth.net now switched to point to maik's server.
2. Copy the file inside oolite.app\GNUstep\Library\Caches\org.aegidian.oolite (this is for Windows, use the equivalent cache locations for Linux and Mac as required). You can overwite the original file with the same name already there.
3. Launch Oolite. You can download OXPs now as you normally would

ATTENTION: DO NOT UPDATE THE EXPANSIONS LIST. If you do, then the manifests will be re-donwloaded from oolite.org and all download links will revert to the original wiki. You can update the expansion list again once the main wiki is back up online.

The above donwload link is valid for one week from the date of this post.

[Cody]

<applauds> Well done, the two of you!

[maik]

OK, thanks maik, got it. So, here is what can be done to restore OXP availability until the main wiki is fixed:

Great job, a_c, thank you muchly!

[maik]

2. Copy the file inside oolite.app\GNUstep\Library\Caches\org.aegidian.oolite (this is for Windows, use the equivalent cache locations for Linux and Mac as required). You can overwite the original file with the same name already there.

For Macs, the location is in your user's home directory, so in ~/Library/Caches/org.aegidian.oolite/. Mine actually did not include this file before, but copying your file there works for me. It picks up all the updates I have to do just nicely.

[Cholmondely]

Would there be any chance (in the fullness of time, at the appropriate juncture) of being told what went wrong this time?

And, also, being told what went wrong last time (Nov 25th - Dec 4th)?

Do we need, for example, to handle the wiki with kid-gloves? Or get Redspear to dance widdershins and utter imprecations in Ancient Chaldean?

[maik]

In the meantime, if someone fancies a 2012 version of our wiki: voilà

Note: To serve the OXZ's from this server I turned off non-essential services (that includes the database) to use as little memory as possible as this server is quite constrained. Therefore, the 2012 version is not available at this time.

[maik]

Would there be any chance (in the fullness of time, at the appropriate juncture) of being told what went wrong this time?

And, also, being told what went wrong last time (Nov 25th - Dec 4th)?

Do we need, for example, to handle the wiki with kid-gloves? Or get Redspear to dance widdershins and utter imprecations in Ancient Chaldean?

The time before last time (several years ago) there was a hardware problem with Winston's database server. If I get sharable information I will post it here.

[RGVV]

OK, thanks maik, got it. So, here is what can be done to restore OXP availability until the main wiki is fixed:

This is a wonderful solution, very smart, I'm on a Mac and it works. Thanks all very much for your efforts - much appreciated.

[RGVV]

The above donwload link is valid for one week from the date of this post.

Does this mean that repair of the original server is to be expected within one week?

[Cody]

Not necessarily!

[maik]

The above donwload link is valid for one week from the date of this post.

Does this mean that repair of the original server is to be expected within one week?

At the moment, no way to tell. I will post additional information when I receive it.

[RGVV]

Thank you maik.

[maik]

I setup a new backup server (meant to do that for a long time already) and restored my latest backup. For the time being, you can reach it at http://85.214.218.129/mediawiki. It contains the wiki edits until end of September 2020, and is set to read-only (like the "old" backup server). What does not work (can't get it to install...) is the Semantic MediaWiki extension, so ship stats are displayed in a somewhat broken way. It looks like everything else works. Let me know if there is something that does not.