CGI Space changes ...
Sorry, you'll have to wait until your website has been migrated. 
Glad to hear you got this fixed. 
I used a php.ini (with back links) created a long time ago, didn't rerun the set up script. However I've just checked that the cat command does work on the Force9 server.
Hope it's helpful to mention that 'rumpus' is your MySQL server not the server where your files go. The latter is accessed with FTP as cshell.plus.net.
David
I used a php.ini (with back links) created a long time ago, didn't rerun the set up script. However I've just checked that the cat command does work on the Force9 server.
Hope it's helpful to mention that 'rumpus' is your MySQL server not the server where your files go. The latter is accessed with FTP as cshell.plus.net.
David
Hi folks,
Sorry I'm a bit late to the party!
No, there'll be no shell access I'm afraid.
We'll probably tidy that up at some point, make them more 'Plusnet-esque' and convert to PDF's or something similar. They're the vanilla copies provided by our new hosting partner.
I'll add both of these items to the FAQ.
Most people will (with the exception of some legacy business accounts). You'll get 500MB of disk space, most users have 250MB, although it's not very pro-actively policed at the moment.
As I think you're probably aware of by now, your problems were unrelated.
Only CGI website hosting and the DNS is staying with us. Email and Homepages hosting will continue as is.
If you have a domain pointed to the CGI platform then the migration should accommodate this, however you'll need toi make some changes to your DNS records as explained in the FAQ.
It will.
It's probably worth your time seeing how your content works with the new CGI service when the time arises.
Can you elaborate, I'm not entirely sure what you mean?
There are no immediate plans to do anything with the Homepages servers.
Same applies, however the email platform is overdue a review of some sort.
No. This would break email/homepages access amongst other things. DNS will stay with Plusnet.
There are abuse prevention measures in place at Hostopia's side but I'm fairly certain they'll be less aggressive compared to what's in place at present. I shall check we've got the necessary measures in place on our inbound platform to avoid any problems receiving email from Hostopia.
Yes.
As spraxyt has mentioned, the IP address is 91.136.8.9.
As far as I'm aware you will, yes.
They should continue to work. If there's any particular modules you want me to check then I can?
Sorry I'm a bit late to the party!
Quote from: kaspencer 2. Will the "improvements" allow any kind of command line access to our CGI space? This has severely limited its use since command line tool access (TELNET etc etc) was banned.
Quote from: starfry Will we get SSH access back?
No, there'll be no shell access I'm afraid.
Quote from: jamie
Quote from: Gabe Support Pages
Good grief. Support document in MS Word format?
We'll probably tidy that up at some point, make them more 'Plusnet-esque' and convert to PDF's or something similar. They're the vanilla copies provided by our new hosting partner.
Quote from: Gabe
Quote from: spraxyt concerning placement of Perl and .cgi scripts. On the new platform these *must* be in the /cgi-bin folder
Or you can addAddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
to your .htaccess and then they work as before.
I'll add both of these items to the FAQ.
Quote from: pdedwards Will we get more disk space FOC ?
Most people will (with the exception of some legacy business accounts). You'll get 500MB of disk space, most users have 250MB, although it's not very pro-actively policed at the moment.
Quote from: hominid Although PlusNet have mentioned January 2014 as being the date for the changes I was wondering if any of the processes have been started already. Maybe it's coincidence but only yesterday I found a serious problem with WordPress on the server. I can no longer upload photographs as an error message comes back: 'missing a temporary folder'.
As I think you're probably aware of by now, your problems were unrelated.
Quote from: odeno Does anyone know if all hosting is being moved? And what about email?
Only CGI website hosting and the DNS is staying with us. Email and Homepages hosting will continue as is.
Quote from: odeno I currently have a domain pointed to plusnet and within the website access ccgi....
If you have a domain pointed to the CGI platform then the migration should accommodate this, however you'll need toi make some changes to your DNS records as explained in the FAQ.
Quote from: quelquod Tentatively this sounds as though it may be good news if the statement "provides support for MySQL 5 and content management systems like 'Wordpress' and 'Joomla' " means that at last later system software will be made available.
It will.
Quote from: decomplexity Five years ago, after strong hints from Ian Wild that CCGI was to be closed down, I moved almost all the active server pages of my various websites from CCGI to the (free) PAYH "preview" service which was offered as a replacement.
It's probably worth your time seeing how your content works with the new CGI service when the time arises.
Quote from: decomplexity Since CCGI is now finally to be be moved to a white-labeller, PLEASE PLEASE could PN provide some ADVANCE visibility about the future of:
- Preview accounts
Can you elaborate, I'm not entirely sure what you mean?
Quote from: decomplexity 'home pages' (i.e. non-active) website space
There are no immediate plans to do anything with the Homepages servers.
Quote from: decomplexity
Same applies, however the email platform is overdue a review of some sort.
Quote from: decomplexity Will hosting of the DNS associated with the moved websites also be moved (to allow changes to be made via the new hoster's control panel) ?
No. This would break email/homepages access amongst other things. DNS will stay with Plusnet.
Quote from: decomplexity What about email submitted from e.g. PHP in the new environment? It will presumably have a non-PN IP address so will be subject a more restrictive 'number of addressees' limit
There are abuse prevention measures in place at Hostopia's side but I'm fairly certain they'll be less aggressive compared to what's in place at present. I shall check we've got the necessary measures in place on our inbound platform to avoid any problems receiving email from Hostopia.
Quote from: Marteknet Will the Cron settings be transferred to the new hosting server...
Yes.
Quote from: Marteknet Where can I get IP addresses for the new server. I have scripts that talk to other servers, these pull and push data and pictures from my remote Archive sever and my clients remote Archive server.
As spraxyt has mentioned, the IP address is 91.136.8.9.
Quote from: Marteknet Will I still be able to read and write to the htaccess file from php scripts...
As far as I'm aware you will, yes.
Quote from: Marteknet Where I get info about what modules that are installed for PHP, Purl, Curl and will these continue to work.
They should continue to work. If there's any particular modules you want me to check then I can?
Going by normal Plusnet timetables "the new year" means any time before December 31st!
Quote from: Be3G I received the ‘Important information about your Plusnet CGI Webspace’ e-mail a month ago, but it just occurred to me earlier that I've not yet received any follow-up e-mails, e.g. the one I'm apparently supposed to get to tell me when my migration will be taking place. Has something gone awry? I don't mind if I'm at the back of the queue (someone has to be) – I just want to make sure I'm in the queue somewhere.
You're in the queue, don't worry. Around half of the CGI accounts have been sent a follow-up email and had their accounts migrated. A lot of these are dormant accounts which is probably why you've not heard a great deal of noise about it.
There's a few more batches to be migrated over the coming weeks. We'll send another email before migrating your data.
Quote from: spraxyt I think migration for anyone with a domain overlaid onto their username-based space is still in the queue. This certainly applies in my case and I've yet to receive the second email.
There's quite a few accounts without a separately registered domain name that are yet to be migrated across.
Quote from: snozboz I haven't got a domain name, and still haven't received the email with the details saying my CGI space has been migrated.
^^^
Quote from: jelv Going by normal Plusnet timetables "the new year" means any time before December 31st!
Should all be done and dusted by the end of February I reckon.
Quote from: Bob You're in the queue, don't worry.
Thanks for confirming Bob.
Quote from: Bob Should all be done and dusted by the end of February I reckon.
Maybe it'd be worth updating the FAQ on the Community site to clarify this? One of the reasons I was getting a little nervous was because it said the migration was due for January (as opposed to beginning in January and finishing at a later date).
Anyway I'll sleep easier now! I don't use my CGI space much these days but I'm grateful to Plusnet for finding an up-to-date solution for it rather than abandoning the legacy account feature altogether.
