[SAC] [OSGeo] #2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required

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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: DNS | Keywords:
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Please apply the following changes to the DNS entry for the domain
"deegree.org".

We would like to move the deegree.org website to github.pages.
From our understanding this requires a DNS update to set a CNAME from
deegree.org to deegree.github.io and also a CNAME from www.deegree.org to
deegree.github.io:

{{{
@ IN CNAME deegree.github.io.
www IN CNAME deegree.github.io.
}}}

In case of questions please contact: tmc (AT) deegree.org.

Reference:
- https://help.github.com/en/articles/using-a-custom-domain-with-github-
pages

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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: DNS | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Changes (by Tfr42):

* cc: tmc@… (added)

Comment:

Added TMC to cc:

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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2019-I
Component: DNS | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Changes (by robe):

* milestone: => Sysadmin Contract 2019-I

Old description:

Please apply the following changes to the DNS entry for the domain
"deegree.org".

We would like to move the deegree.org website to github.pages.
From our understanding this requires a DNS update to set a CNAME from
deegree.org to deegree.github.io and also a CNAME from www.deegree.org to
deegree.github.io:

{{{
@ IN CNAME deegree.github.io.
www IN CNAME deegree.github.io.
}}}

In case of questions please contact: tmc (AT) deegree.org.

Reference:
- https://help.github.com/en/articles/using-a-custom-domain-with-github-
pages

New description:

Please apply the following changes to the DNS entry for the domain
"deegree.org".

We would like to move the deegree.org website to github.pages.
From our understanding this requires a DNS update to set a CNAME from
deegree.org to deegree.github.io and also a CNAME from www.deegree.org to
deegree.github.io:

{{{
@ IN CNAME

I remove.
www IN CNAME deegree.github.io.
}}}

In case of questions please contact: tmc (AT) deegree.org.

Reference:
- https://help.github.com/en/articles/using-a-custom-domain-with-github-
pages

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Comment:

you had two A records

@ » 136.243.175.5
plaza » 136.243.175.5

I removed those and replaced them with 2 cnames:

@ -> deegree.github.io
plaza -> deegree.github.io
www -> deegree.github.io

most everything else looks like it points to plaze which just seems to
redirect to www.degree.org

so not sure what the purpose of that is.

I tested and seems to go to github now, but ssl cert is not in place, so
guess you'll need to do that.

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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2019-I
Component: DNS | Resolution: fixed
Keywords: |
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Changes (by robe):

* status: new => closed
* resolution: => fixed

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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2019-I
Component: DNS | Resolution: fixed
Keywords: |
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Comment (by robe):

I put the plaza one back because it seems it is connected to a lot of
things not related to website.

Many of these you have moved to github though I think. So let me know if
you want to do anything with these.
Changed these
{{{
@ » deegree.github.io.
www » deegree.github.io.
}}}

Left these alone
{{{
plaza » 136.243.175.5

apidoc » plaza.deegree.org.
artefacts » plaza.deegree.org.
buildserver » plaza.deegree.org.
cite » plaza.deegree.org.
deegree3-demo » plaza.deegree.org.
deegree3-testing » plaza.deegree.org.
demo » plaza.deegree.org.
download » plaza.deegree.org.
drupal » plaza.deegree.org.
drupal-test » plaza.deegree.org.
nexus » plaza.deegree.org.
ogcri » plaza.deegree.org.
repo » plaza.deegree.org.
schemas » plaza.deegree.org.
wiki » plaza.deegree.org.
www » deegree.github.io.
}}}

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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: reopened
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2019-I
Component: DNS | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Changes (by stephanr):

* cc: Tfr42, stephanr (added)
* status: closed => reopened
* resolution: fixed =>

Comment:

I reopened the ticket because it looks like not only the DNS entries for
the website www.deegree.org resp. deegree.org have been changed.

It looks like MX records have been removed too, because no email can
currently be received for deegree.org.

Regarding the certificate for deegree.org/www.deegree.org could only be
set correctly after the DNS settings were adjusted (because letsencrypt is
used by github-pages).
Now the page can be displayed without SSL problems.

All DNS entries that are not related to the website, such as the MX-
records, plaza.deegree.org and its aliases, should remain unchanged, as
these are still needed even if some pages are redirecting to
www.deegree.org.

Could you please review the changes ?

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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: reopened
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2019-I
Component: DNS | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Comment (by robe):

Hmm there weren't any mx records. I saw a lot of email forwards done
directly using Pairs system.

I just send an email to psc@deegree.org if you got that email then those
are still working fine.

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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: reopened
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2019-I
Component: DNS | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Comment (by robe):

just resent my note to tmc@deegree.org

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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: reopened
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2019-I
Component: DNS | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Comment (by stephanr):

Replying to [comment:7 robe]:
> just resent my note to tmc@deegree.org
I have no access to e-mails to psc@deegree.org, I am only on the
list/forwarder of tmc@deegree.org.

However, since the weekend no emails have reached me via the list
tmc@deegree.org (incl. your mail).

Replying to [comment:6 robe]:
> Hmm there weren't any mx records. I saw a lot of email forwards done
directly using Pairs system.
>
> I just send an email to psc@deegree.org if you got that email then those
are still working fine.

For me it looks like the MX records have been removed or if they were
generated automatically before, they are currently not generated any more.

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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: reopened
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2019-I
Component: DNS | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Comment (by robe):

I see two forwards a psc and a tmc one. I added myself to tmc to see if I
would get the email and I didn't. Though it may have gone into my junk
mail so verifying.

I'll put in a call to Pair if I can't figure it out. At a glance looks
all setup right.

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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: reopened
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2019-I
Component: DNS | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Comment (by robe):

I figured out the problem. I see what you mean that the MX records
disappeared.

The issue was that even though Pair let's me put in a CNAME for degree.org
(converts it to @) and it works that evidentally somehow makes it strip
out it's own MX records which aren't editable from the interface.

So to fix I had to change the

{{{

CNAME @ deegree.github.io

to

A @ 185.199.110.153
}}}

After I did that I started getting the deegree.org emails to tmc (after
adding myself to the list). It's not ideal. Does anyone have a though
on how to have an CNAME @ and not screw up the MX.

I guess alternatively I could explicitly add in the MX of pair, but then
that would be screwed if they change it.

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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: reopened
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2019-I
Component: DNS | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Comment (by robe):

Although hmm that seems to have broken the SSL for deegree.org or perhaps
that wasn't working?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2272#comment:11&gt;
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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: reopened
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2019-I
Component: DNS | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Comment (by stephanr):

I have checked the settings of the github-pages, and also started an
update, which did not lead to the desired working result.

The SSL settings were running when the CNAME was still present, but it is
also documented on the github pages that forwarding (deegree.org and
www.deegree.org simultaneously) can cause problems with some providers.

After talking to another TMC member, we decided to redirect only
www.deegree.org via CNAME to Github pages and continue to use our own
server (plaza.deegree.org/136.243.175.5) for the redirection of
deegree.org to www.deegree.org.
(Which should also solve our SSL problem)

Can you please adjust the two records in this way?
{{{
@ IN A 136.243.175.5
www IN CNAME deegree.github.io.
}}}

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#2272: Change of DNS records for deegree.org and www.deegree.org required
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Reporter: Tfr42 | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2019-I
Component: DNS | Resolution: fixed
Keywords: |
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Changes (by robe):

* status: reopened => closed
* resolution: => fixed

Comment:

Done. Feel free to reopen if you still have issues

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