Dear members of the Puget Sound community,

Technology Services (TS) has planned the following maintenance activities. Details on the maintenance being performed are available below:

WordPress (Blogs and EdBlogs): Planned Maintenance

Thursday, January 15 | 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:

• Please ensure all changes are saved as a draft or published prior to the maintenance window. 

• The sites hosted on blogs.pugetsound.edu and edblogs.pugetsound.edu will be unavailable from both on-campus and off-campus during the maintenance window. 

• Because the IP addresses of the sites will be changing, it is possible that your device may try connecting to the old IP addresses even after the change which will cause errors. Usually, this will resolve itself within 24 hours. However, if you have issues accessing blogs.pugetsound.edu or edblogs.pugetsound.edu after the maintenance window is complete, you may try flushing the DNS cache on your device. 

SYSTEMS IMPACTED: 

• All sites hosted on blogs.pugetsound.edu 

• All sites hosted on edblogs.pugetsound.edu 

REASON FOR MAINTENANCE:

• TS will be moving the blogs server into a dedicated network zone on the firewall. This improves network security by segregating public-facing servers from the internal network and allowing more granular controls.

For more information on Technology Services' Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our Service Announcements page on the Puget Sound website.

Thank you for your patience as we conduct this important work. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact the TS Service Desk. 

TS Service Desk

Walk-In Support: Tech Center in Collins Library

Phone Support: (253) 879-8585

Online Help: support.pugetsound.edu 

Email Support: servicedesk@pugetsound.edu