It looks like my linode which hosts bugs.koha-community.org and the dashboard and few other sites will be down for maintenance at 2018-01-19 9:00:00 AM UTC Chris ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <support@linode.com> Date: 18 January 2018 at 16:39 Subject: Linode Support Ticket 9818790 - Critical Maintenance for CPU Vulnerabilities (Meltdown) To: chris@bigballofwax.co.nz Hello, A number of serious security vulnerabilities affecting multiple CPU architectures were recently disclosed by Google's Project Zero team as outlined in our blog post[1]. In order to address the disclosed vulnerabilities, the physical hardware on which your Linode resides will need to undergo maintenance. This is the first of several separate maintenances that will be necessary to fully mitigate these vulnerabilities. This maintenance specifically patches the Meltdown vulnerability; the Spectre vulnerability will be addressed in a future maintenance cycle. We will inform you of these maintenance cycles via additional tickets. Scheduled maintenance windows are listed within the Linode Manager[2] in the time zone that was configured in your user's My Profile[3]. The maintenance window of new Linodes and upgraded, migrated, or resized Linodes will be reflected in the Linode Manager[2], but you may not receive maintenance ticket updates for these changes. The following Linode(s) have now been assigned a maintenance window in which a reboot will occur. Please note that these times can change as a result of the actions mentioned above. At this time your reboot schedule in UTC is as follows: * 2018-01-19 9:00:00 AM UTC - bugs You can prepare your Linode for this maintenance by following our Reboot Survival Guide. By following this guide before your maintenance, you will be able to ensure that services running on your Linode are resumed properly. The Reboot Survival Guide is available here: https://www.linode.com/docs/uptime/reboot-survival-guide These updates affect the underlying infrastructure that your Linode resides on and will not affect the data stored within your Linode. To further protect your Linode, we strongly recommend that you verify it is configured to boot using our latest kernel, which includes patches to help address these vulnerabilities. If your Linode's Configuration Profile is set to utilize our latest kernel, your kernel will automatically be updated upon rebooting. During the maintenance window, your Linode will be cleanly shut down and will be unavailable while we perform the updates. A two-hour window is allocated, however the actual downtime should be much less. After the maintenance has concluded, each Linode will be returned to its last state (running or powered off). We regret the short notice and the downtime required for this maintenance. However, due to the severity of these vulnerabilities, we have no choice but to take swift and immediate action to ensure the safety and security of our customers. For these reasons, we must adhere to a strict timetable, and will not be able to reschedule or defer this maintenance. If you experience any issues following the maintenance, please feel free to reach out to us and we will be happy to assist. --Linode [1] <https://blog.linode.com/2018/01/03/cpu-vulnerabilities-meltdown-spectre> [2] <https://manager.linode.com> [3] <https://manager.linode.com/profile> --- https://manager.linode.com/support/ticket/9818790