The previously announced DNS changes in this thread have now been made. As a reminder, the old IP address will still be functional until at least November 9th, 2020, however you will have to update your clients to use `forgeapi-old.puppet.com` to access the Forge this way.
On Monday, October 12, 2020 at 3:58:00 PM UTC-7 Puppet Product Updates wrote: > On Monday, October 26th, 2020 we will be updating the `forge.puppet.com` > and `forgeapi.puppet.com` DNS records (as well as the legacy ` > forge.puppetlabs.com` and `forgeapi.puppetlabs.com` records) to point to > a new IPv4 address. This change is being made as part of ongoing work to > improve the performance and reliability of the Forge website and API > service. > > The new IP address is `192.69.65.71`. This address is already functional > and you can configure Puppet to use it > <https://forgeapi.puppet.com/#section/Hostname-Configuration> via the > temporary hostname `forgeapi-new.puppet.com`. We recommend only using > this hostname only for testing purposes, please keep your primary > configurations pointed to the default hostname. > > We realize that some users have to make firewall exceptions so that their > clients can access the Puppet Forge which is why we are pre-announcing this > change. To help facilitate a smooth transition, the Forge website and API > service will continue to be available on the old IP address until at least > Monday, November 9th, 2020. > > Users that need to access Forge via the old IP may configure Puppet to > use the temporary hostname > <https://forgeapi.puppet.com/#section/Hostname-Configuration> ` > forgeapi-old.puppet.com`. Note that this DNS record will be updated to > point to the new IP once the old IP is deactivated. Please be sure to make > any necessary updates to your firewall configurations before November 9th, > 2020. > > The Forge API will continue to be available via IPv6 > <https://headwayapp.co/puppet-forge-updates/new-ipv6-enabled-hostname-forgeapi-cdn-puppet-com-145162> > (as > well as IPv4 but on a dynamic set of addresses) through the alternate > hostname `forgeapi-cdn.puppet.com` with no changes. > > This is the first time in approximately 5 years that we have changed the > Forge IP address. > > If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at [email protected]. > Thank you. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/35da2c9a-687f-4356-ad3d-eedb875ad2e6n%40googlegroups.com.
