This post is another part of our list of short posts pinpointing specific cases OVHcloud has dealt with, both preparing for and during the migration. Here, we tell a story of how sometimes, a little unexpected behaviour can lead to a bug fix in a software program used by millions of people around the world. […]
Another day in ProxySQL life: sharing is caring Read More »
As explained thoroughly in an earlier post, the P19 migration meant we needed to add a new element to our infrastructure… namely the ProxySQL. Life was not easy for it at first, but it soon learned how to handle the diverse range of configurations your websites have, particularly when it comes to making sure the path connecting
A day in the life of a ProxySQL at OVHcloud Read More »
Recently, a previously-identified CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) security breach, CVE-2017-9841, was thrust back into the spotlight, thanks to PrestaShop‘s security alert. Unfortunately, it’s already been exploited ‘in the wild’ for a while now. What are the risks ? The CVE-2017-9841 vulnerability lets a malicious user remotely run PHP code on fallible websites, by exploiting
CVE-2017-9841: What is it, and how do we protect our customers? Read More »
In our previous articles, we explained why we had to move 800,000 databases from one datacentre to another, 300 kilometres away. So here we are… We did it!Now we will focus on a very important goal of any migration. From your point of view, as a customer, you must see… Nothing! I understand this completely,
migrate-datacentre –quiet: How do we seamlessly migrate a datacentre? Read More »
In our previous articles, we explained why we had to move 800,000 databases from one datacentre to another, 300 kilometres away. So here we are… My team and I did it! It was a real brain-burner, so I hope our story will help you to address more of the huge technical projects we love to
How to win at the massive database migration game Read More »
In our series of articles about migrating web hosting infrastructure from Paris to Gravelines (the first of which is here), we neglected to mention the databases. This is however a very important part, with 800,000 databases to be migrated! In these new series of posts, we will tell you about our experience with web hosting
Web hosting – How do our databases work? Read More »
At OVH, our first mission as a cloud service provider is to provide products with high quality of service (QoS). Whether they are dedicated servers, cloud servers or hosted websites, our customers expect our solutions to be very high quality. And that’s exactly what our teams strive to offer you on a daily basis! It’s
Introducing DepC: the OVH platform for computing QoS Read More »
In previous articles, we saw what are the operational and techniques constraints of the migration project of our data center in Paris. If you have not followed everything on our technical constraints, I invite you to reread the article presenting the infrastructure of our web hosting. We built our migration scenarios by taking these constraints
Web hosting: How to migrate 3 Million web sites? Read More »
En 2018, nous avons lancé l’un des plus gros projets de l’histoire d’OVH : migrer les 3 millions de sites web hébergés dans notre datacenter de Paris. Si vous souhaitez découvrir les raisons de ce projet titanesque, vous pouvez lire cet article. Il est désormais temps de vous expliquer comment nous avons procédé pour ce chantier. Nous
Hébergement web : comment héberger 3 millions de sites ? Read More »
In 2018, we launched one of the largest projects in OVH’s history: migrating the 3 million websites hosted in our Paris datacentre. If you want to discover the reasons behind this titanic project, we took a look at them in this post. It is now time to explain how we proceeded with this project. We have
Web hosting: how to host 3 million websites? Read More »
