Server Update - New OS coming soon
Thu Dec 04, 2025 9:02 pm
Mon Oct 14, 2024 6:16 pm
The Operating System (OS) on which all of PPT runs is going to be end of life very soon.
I plan on upgrading it from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8 in the coming weeks. There may be some downtime during this process.
Of course, The PPT Forum site will be the primary focus to get working first
ETA: There is a LTS version that we have been able to use to continue as-is since the above original post.
However, it is becoming increasingly evident that we need to upgrade "everything". Ideally minimal downtime, but I have homework to do on this... Stay tuned.
December 2025...
Thanks to Extended Support, I have not needed to upgrade the server (yet).
2025 Dec 04: I am happy to say that I found multiple services that were not working properly on the server and fixed all of them yesterday, and also completely nuked the swap file that was causing serious memory and performance issues. I am expecting these changes and corrections to stop the increasing downtime of the site. So far, it does seem to be a little faster and a little more reliable. Fingers crossed!
The Operating System (OS) on which all of PPT runs is going to be end of life very soon.
I plan on upgrading it from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8 in the coming weeks. There may be some downtime during this process.
Of course, The PPT Forum site will be the primary focus to get working first
ETA: There is a LTS version that we have been able to use to continue as-is since the above original post.
However, it is becoming increasingly evident that we need to upgrade "everything". Ideally minimal downtime, but I have homework to do on this... Stay tuned.
December 2025...
Thanks to Extended Support, I have not needed to upgrade the server (yet).
2025 Dec 04: I am happy to say that I found multiple services that were not working properly on the server and fixed all of them yesterday, and also completely nuked the swap file that was causing serious memory and performance issues. I am expecting these changes and corrections to stop the increasing downtime of the site. So far, it does seem to be a little faster and a little more reliable. Fingers crossed!