Rogers Capital Technology Services - AS 36868 - joined the RING today.

We are a leading ITES and Outsourcing services provider in Mauritius and the Indian Ocean region. Through our numerous large-scale and multi-industry systems integration and infrastructure deployment projects, we have developed a solid reputation as a provider of avant-garde IT solutions that respond to sophisticated business requirements in Mauritius, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. We enhance our customers' productivity and efficiency by providing advanced integrated solutions, customisable softwares and high quality services. Our extensive applications portfolio provides a complete technology suite, which fit any large to medium organisation. Carrier grade IP and WAN solutions which change the way our customers communicate and collaborate. Services are delivered through our nationwide wireless network, manned on a 24x7 basis. Guaranteed Internet Services, Inter-Office Data Communication, Back-Up Connectivity

Users can connect to rogerscapital01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Mauritius.

Alsace Reseau Neutre (ARN) - AS 60630 - joined the RING today.

Not for profit ISP in Strasbourg, Great East, France. We provide VPN, VPS and housing censorship-free services. Currently multihomed behind Cogent (AS174) and Interoute (AS8928).

Users can connect to arnfai01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in France.

Nefos IT bv - AS 202591 - joined the RING today.

Nefos is a Dutch public compute cloud based on OpenStack backed by Ceph SDS.

Users can connect to nefos01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Netherlands.

Compudyne Inc - AS 47096 - joined the RING today.

Compudyne is a full-service ITSolution Provider, offering Network, Cloud, Professional and Managed Services to the Enterprise.

Users can connect to compudyne01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Minnesota, United States.

Limestone Networks - AS 46475 - joined the RING today.

Limestone Networks is a leading provider of on-demand, dedicated and cloud hosting services.

Users can connect to limestone01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in United States.

Nexthop AS - AS 49788 - joined the RING today.

Nexthop AS is a Norwegian internet service provider. Our products include hosting, IP transit and managed services.

Users can connect to nexthop01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Norway.

Aquilenet - AS 198985 - joined the RING today.

Non profit ISP member of the federation FDN in France

Users can connect to aquilenet01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in France.

Next week we’re going to upgrade all Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (aka “Precise”) hosts to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (aka “Xenial”). This upgrade is necessary to ensure that all RING nodes receive timely security updates. An additional benefit is that we’ll have more modern software.

Do not ubuntu upgrade yourself, the RING admins will first attempt an upgrade. If possible, a RAM upgrade to at least 1GB would be appreciated.

Timeline:

Sun 09-04-2017T23:59Z - disable RING SQA on all nodes

Since the upgrades require reboots & daemon restarts, and we can’t exactly pace and predict when what happens, we don’t want to risk sending people false RING SQA alerts dude to clusters of nodes being upgraded. The solution is that we will temporary disable RING SQA.

Mon 10-04-2017 - launch ansible upgrade script on all nodes

Martin Pels authored a really cool ansible playbook which facilitates the upgrade path (which actually is 12.04 -> 14.04 -> 16.04).

We’ll disable all auxiliary services (scamper, ringfpingd, munin-node), run the playbook against all nodes, reboot them, and hope for the best!

Wed 11-04-2017 - reach out to owners of nodes which didn’t survive

We expect that a number of nodes (for whatever reason) will not successfully upgrade to 16.04. Our management system will notify you if the upgrade was not succesful. In such cases we’ll simply ask that you re-provision the node with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and not bother trying to repair the upgrade.

Thu 12-04-2017 - enable RING SQA on all nodes, celebrate

Thursday most of the NLNOG RING should be back to normal, until next time in 2022 :-)

If you have any questions or concerns, let us know!

Arcadiz Telecom NV - AS 50309 - joined the RING today.

Arcadiz Telecom is a leading provider of premium made-to-measure solutions for business critical network connectivity. Building on 20+ years of telecom, connectivity and networking experience, Arcadiz Telecom designs, builds, implements and services advanced networking and connectivity solutions for customers in demanding and diverse businesses like service providers, banking, healthcare providers, government institutions and utilities.

Users can connect to arcadiz01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Belgium.

Casablanca INT s.r.o. - AS 15685 - joined the RING today.

Casablanca INT is Czech company established at 1996. We have our own datacenter covering more than 1,600m2. We provide complete portfolio of communications services - from server housing and cloud, through providing Internet access and VoIP, up to complex network infrastructure outsourcing.

Users can connect to casablanca01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Czech Republic.