Comments on: The Free World: Moving Hosts Tip http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/the-free-world-moving-hosts-tip/ Linux Tips - Information for Using Linux Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:39:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jon http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/the-free-world-moving-hosts-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-607 Jon Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:50:46 +0000 http://www.newlinuxuser.com/the-free-world-moving-hosts-tip/#comment-607 Hey Eric Thanks for the tip. I've heard that tip before, but given the state of the Internet, I don't think it works as well as it should. With the vagaries of propagation and DNS caching, it seems like TTL settings don't amount to a hill of beans these days. Eash ISP caches DNS records and some of them only refresh their cache every couple of day (or Shaw, in my case, used to only do it on SUndays). Makes for a real mess. I always write my new hosts to my /etc/hosts file so I can see the new site right away :) Hey Eric

Thanks for the tip. I’ve heard that tip before, but given the state of the Internet, I don’t think it works as well as it should. With the vagaries of propagation and DNS caching, it seems like TTL settings don’t amount to a hill of beans these days.

Eash ISP caches DNS records and some of them only refresh their cache every couple of day (or Shaw, in my case, used to only do it on SUndays). Makes for a real mess.

I always write my new hosts to my /etc/hosts file so I can see the new site right away :)

]]> By: eric http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/the-free-world-moving-hosts-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-605 eric Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:22:02 +0000 http://www.newlinuxuser.com/the-free-world-moving-hosts-tip/#comment-605 I totally agree and have been using cPanel/WHM-based accounts and VPSs for years. I actually transferred an account today and it took less than 5 minutes including the DNS mods. Congrats on a successful move! <strong>One tip for your readers:</strong> About 24 hours before you move a domain, update your TTL settings for the domain that you're going to move to 600 (seconds). The default in WHM is 14400. This will tell DNS servers to check the server every 600 seconds (5 minutes) to update the DNS. So, once you switch you've moved the site and updated your nameservers, all traffic should be redirected to the new site in about 5 minutes. Hope that helps. eric I totally agree and have been using cPanel/WHM-based accounts and VPSs for years. I actually transferred an account today and it took less than 5 minutes including the DNS mods. Congrats on a successful move!

One tip for your readers:

About 24 hours before you move a domain, update your TTL settings for the domain that you’re going to move to 600 (seconds). The default in WHM is 14400.

This will tell DNS servers to check the server every 600 seconds (5 minutes) to update the DNS. So, once you switch you’ve moved the site and updated your nameservers, all traffic should be redirected to the new site in about 5 minutes.

Hope that helps.

eric

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