Google Chrome soon to mark all HTTP traffic as insecure

Web browsers have been gradually encouraging websites to phase out HTTP traffic in favour of HTTPS traffic (secure encrypted browsing, usually associated with green padlocks / green bars). Some examples of this are displaying warnings if pages contain log in forms / credit card forms and are not served via HTTPS.

Google have announced that version 68 of Google Chrome, due July 2018, will flag up ALL sites served over the http:// protocol as insecure. This is likely to have substancial impact because Google Chrome is now used by over 50% of users and therefore other browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge etc) will likely follow suit.

It is vital that by then your website is serving all traffic securely over https:// with a valid SSL certificate. We offer a range of SSL certificate options to achieve this and can assist you every step of the way by providing the certificate, installing, renewing and monitoring it for any problems.

If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to reach out to us by emailing support@anu.net.

[Scheduled] Maintenance on power feeds in Amsterdam 2 datacenter

During the coming weeks our colocation service provider for our Amsterdam 2 datacenter will be performing circuit upgrades to enable higher power consumption per rack. As part of this work there will be temporary disruption to our A and B feeds at separate intervals.

We do not envisage any significant impact, however some equipment without redundant power supplies will have to be moved from the A to B feed and then back again prior to the maintenance.

Time windows involved:

2017-09-21 starting at 19:00 CET, preventative maintenance to move any equipment with single power supplied from the A feed onto the B feed. No or minimal disruption anticipated.

2017-10-02 08:00 – 17:00 CET, maintenance window for the A feed. No impact expected.

2017-10-05 to 2017-10-06 (exact window TBA) – preventative maintenance to move any equipment with single power supplied from B feed back to A feed. Some short interruptions of < 5 minutes may be required.

2017-10-09 08:00 – 17:00 CET, maintenance window for the B feed. No impact expected.

[Unscheduled] Xen node failure

Incident start time: 2017-09-15 05:00 CET
Incident status: ongoing
Fault: Xen hypervisor failure on ams2-xen-4-2

We are currently working to restore all affected virtual machines to other Xen nodes. As of 09:00 CET most VMs are back online but some larger images are still copying.

No data has been lost but some services are still disrupted.

Our apologies for the downtime.

If your service is affected, please be assured we are working a quickly as possible to restore all services. For any queries please contact support@anu.net