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Is archives.aros-exec.org down?

Last updated on 12 months ago
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amigamiaamigamiaAdmin
Posted 12 months ago
#1
archives.aros-exec.org seems to be down at the moment.
Edited by amigamia on 03-03-2025 06:50, 12 months ago
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deadwoodAROS Dev
Posted 12 months ago
#2
It's possible that the whole aros-exec.org domain expired. It was bound to happen at some point.

Can you to a redirect from arosworld.org to https://arosarchi...epot.net/?

Here is what I got from the admin:

" If the current hostname for arosarchives is lost and you get a new one, just add a CNAME dns entry that points to arosarchives.os4depot.net and things should just continue to work as they do now."
amigamiaamigamiaAdmin
Posted 12 months ago
#3
I have updated the link to aros-archives in the WebLinks section to point to https://arosarchives.os4depot.net/
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deadwoodAROS Dev
Posted 12 months ago
#4
I mean maybe you could create a subdomain on arosworld.org with a redirect to arosarchives.os4depot.net? If not I'll see if I can aget another subdomain redirect.
amigamiaamigamiaAdmin
Posted 12 months ago
#5

deadwood wrote:

@deadwood - I mean maybe you could create a subdomain on arosworld.org with a redirect to arosarchives.os4depot.net? If not I'll see if I can aget another subdomain redirect.


Sorry I misunderstood you. I think I can. Checking now. I'll try archives.arosworld.org and get back to you.
amigamiaamigamiaAdmin
Posted 12 months ago
#6
Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I have it working with: https://archives.arosworld.org

Please try it to double check.
Mazze
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deadwoodAROS Dev
Posted 12 months ago
#7
Thanks!

One quetion though: are you able to add the CNAME entry as the admin wrote in the text I quoted? This should make so that instead of re-directing like now, it would work as previously with archives.arosworld.org being "the" domain I think.
retrofaza
amigamiaamigamiaAdmin
Posted 12 months ago
#8
I'll look. Te forwarding was much easier to use and that is done on the hosting service. I'll check on he domain management side.
deadwood, retrofaza
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retrofazaDistro Maintainer
Posted 12 months ago
#9
Are there any problems with the CNAME setting?
amigamiaamigamiaAdmin
Posted 12 months ago
#10
Well yes, I see the option to set the CNAME but when I add archives.arosworld.org and try to point it to arosarchives.os4depot.net it reports a zone error (See screenshots). This is from the web hosting side. On the domain registrar side, it just points me to the web hosting since DNS is managed there.

@deadwood In your post above "If the current hostname for arosarchives is lost and you get a new one, just add a CNAME dns entry that points to arosarchives.os4depot.net and things should just continue to work as they do now."

Who is the admin? I can maybe chat with him/her to see how exactly it was done.
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deadwoodAROS Dev
Posted 12 months ago
#11
I sent you PM on discord.
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retrofazaDistro Maintainer
Posted 12 months ago
#12

amigamia wrote:

@amigamia - Well yes, I see the option to set the CNAME but when I add archives.arosworld.org and try to point it to arosarchives.os4depot.net it reports a zone error (See screenshots). This is from the web hosting side. On the domain registrar side, it just points me to the web hosting since DNS is managed there.

@deadwood In your post above "If the current hostname for arosarchives is lost and you get a new one, just add a CNAME dns entry that points to arosarchives.os4depot.net and things should just continue to work as they do now."

Who is the admin? I can maybe chat with him/her to see how exactly it was done.


It is generally not possible to set a CNAME and any other record for the same name. The reason is that a CNAME acts like a redirect to something else. It is meaningless to have a redirect and some other setting at the same time.
amigamiaamigamiaAdmin
Posted 12 months ago
#13
If they do the same thing, why am I being asked to put a CNAME when a redirect does the same thing? Like you pointed out, I removed the redirect of my subdomain archives.arosworld.org to arosarchives.os4depot.net and managed to create a CNAME now (See attached) but I see no difference in behavior.
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retrofazaDistro Maintainer
Posted 12 months ago
#14

amigamia wrote:

@amigamia - If they do the same thing, why am I being asked to put a CNAME when a redirect does the same thing? Like you pointed out


The essence is that there cannot be two entries with the same name. You removed the original redirect and then added CNAME that's why it works now. As for me now everything is ok, thanks!

amigamia wrote:

I removed the redirect of my subdomain archives.arosworld.org to arosarchives.os4depot.net and managed to create a CNAME now (See attached) but I see no difference in behavior.


The change in behavior is visible. Previously archives.arosworld.org only redirected to arosarchives.os4depot.net, and now it is its alias.
Mazze
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deadwoodAROS Dev
Posted 12 months ago
#15
@amigamia

Thanks, now it works as old archives Smile
Mazze
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MazzeAROS Dev
Posted 12 months ago
#16
It works but I got a warning about an unsafe link.
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deadwoodAROS Dev
Posted 12 months ago
#17
I think certificate needs to be updated, let me check that.
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deadwoodAROS Dev
Posted 12 months ago
#18
Certificate is now update so there should be no more SSL warnings (I'm not getting any on Firefox anymore)
retrofaza, Farox
amigamiaamigamiaAdmin
Posted 12 months ago
#19

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The essence is that there cannot be two entries with the same name. You removed the original redirect and then added CNAME that's why it works now. As for me now everything is ok, thanks!


The change in behavior is visible. Previously archives.arosworld.org only redirected to arosarchives.os4depot.net, and now it is its alias.


Well it was more than just removing the redirect. I had to remove the subdomain as well and that is what was getting me in the error I shared earlier.

As for behavior, I get it now. In essence to the general user it doesn't really make a difference but at the name resolution level it does. I see now that archives.arosworld.org does not resolve to the same IP as arosworld.org but to the shared IP of os4depot.net

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.
retrofaza, Argo, Farox
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