Maybe we can organize a "Buster Busting" event the next couple of weekends where people can volunteer to help each other with this?
I assume once you've gone through the steps once or twice it gets a lot easier? Cheers, -Travis On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 11:27 AM Andrew Bogott <abog...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Cloud-vps users: > > There are now a mere two weeks remaining before Debian Buster ends its > period of long term support. After June 30th, security upgrades will no > longer be available for this release and VMs running Buster will become > ever more risky and difficult to maintain. > > As of today there are still 143 Buster servers running in our cloud[0] -- > some of them are probably yours! Please take some time to delete VMs that > are no longer needed, and rebuild those that are still needed with a more > modern release, ideally Debian Bookworm. > > There is a task for your project on phabricator[1] where you can update > your progress. If you have vital VMs that you absolutely cannot rebuild by > July 15th, please update the associated task with your plan and anticipated > timeline. WMCS staff will start shutting down unacknowledged VMs in mid > July in order to attract the attention of users who do not read email or > follow phabricator. > > Buster's end of life has been a long time coming, and frequently > announced. If you've been waiting for the right time to think about this, > the time is now. > > Thank you! > > -Andrew + WMCS staff > > > [0] https://os-deprecation.toolforge.org/ > > [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/6373/ > _______________________________________________ > Cloud-announce mailing list -- cloud-annou...@lists.wikimedia.org > List information: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/cloud-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Cloud mailing list -- cloud@lists.wikimedia.org > List information: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/cloud.lists.wikimedia.org/ >
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