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Re: [cobalt-users] Change IP address

Mike Fritsch wrote:

> I have a site on a shared IP address and want to move the site to a
> dedicated IP. If I change out the IP for a new one and update it, is there
> likely to be any downtime?

Yes.  You can avoid it by judicious use of virtual server blocks
hand-edited into /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.

> Is there any caching going on with ISPs?

Yes.  At least the TTL time in the SOA record for the domain.  Possibly
a lot longer (as with some major ISPs and some mail-server programs.

Jeff
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