Platform Updates

Broken (openssl and php)
Yesterday something changed that broke instant commons. The problem is an interaction between the wiki.wiki platform version 0.1.0 php, openssl and the ssl configuration of commons.wikimedia.org. Our php/openssl will not accept the certificates from wikimedia. This problem is documented at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52106 among other places. I've tried all of the workarounds I could find in the various threads about the problem, and none of them have worked. Version 0.2.0 of the wiki.wiki platform that among other things upgrades our version of php and openssl is currently in testing and is not affected by this problem. Tonight and tomorrow I'm going to start moving wikis over from the version 0.1.0 platform to the version 0.2.0 platform. I need some folks who are willing to test the 0.2.0 platform. Please let me know if you are willing to help test 0.2.0.

My apologies to all the affected wikis. It's upsetting to have something you count on not working.

Regards Brandon CS Sanders (talk) 18:29, 18 June 2015 (PDT)

Working Again (OS upgrade and reinstallation of openssl/php)
Version 0.2.0 backups aren't working and is still a little too instable for me to feel good about putting it into production, so I updated the 0.1.0 by upgrading to ubuntu 14.04 and completely removing and then recreating openssl and php. The ssl problem that was breaking instant commons should now be resolved.

Thank you for your patience.

Brandon CS Sanders (talk) 07:57, 19 June 2015 (PDT)