We expect between 3:00-5:00 p.m. on August 31st, 2025 that all WCG endpoints will be down as we switch over to Nibi cloud. In preparation, we will systematically shut down prod leading up to cutover.
- Full migration of WCG from the Graham to Nibi cloud facilities will be completed between 3:00-5:00 p.m. on August 31st, 2025
- Sharcnet will then power down all hardware at Graham.
- We have put in a ticket with UHN Digital to move our DNS records to the new IP addresses we have been allocated in Nibi cloud, and all storage, networking, and compute resources are already provisioned at Nibi.
- We continue testing QA and Prod on the new infrastructure.
- We will experience some downtime as *.worldcommunitygrid.org URLs switch over. We will be bringing down workunit creation scripting, BOINC server components, and upload/download servers in sequence, halting the database, performing a final rsync and then bringing down the website, forums, and internal services over the next 48h.
- In the best case, our DNS records will be switched over on the 31st and everything behind the load balancer will be up and running. However, we want to prepare users for the possibility of additional downtime as we stand up prod on Nibi.