We need to do “upgrades in the network” is one of those phrases that chills the bones of all IT engineers. Upgrades don’t have to be so painful and in this blog, we’re going to discuss the upgrade process recommended by Cumulus and leave you with some example automation to make the process as efficient as possible.
Upgrades are necessary to maintain stable and secure code but bring the risk of new bugs and sustained outages due to unforeseen circumstances, and they’re generally not very easy to perform. Anyone who has worked network operations knows that upgrade windows could run as quickly as an hour or as long as all night (and maybe for the next three nights). Even as I write this I am remembering experiences from upgrade windows of old where things did not go according to plan. But before we get into the specifics of the upgrade process with Cumulus, it is worth discussing why upgrades in the network are so fraught with peril.
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The biggest impediment to network upgrades is complexity. When we say complexity we mean the conscious choice to add complexity into the design of the network that most folks undertake Continue reading
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Although we are focused on protecting and optimizing the operation of the Internet, Cloudflare is sometimes the target of complaints or criticism about the content of a very small percentage of the more than thirteen million websites that use our service. Our termination of services to the Daily Stormer website a year and a half ago drew significant attention to our approach to these issues and prompted a lot of thinking on our part.
At the time, Matthew wrote that calls for service providers to reject some online content should start with a consideration of how the Internet works and how the services at issue up and down the stack interact with that content. He tasked Cloudflare’s policy team with engaging broadly to try and find an answer. With some time having passed, we want to take stock of what we’ve learned and where we stand in addressing problematic content online.
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