Services Infrastructure Changelog

NII Services Infrastructure migration to RHEL9

Release date:

Demo: 21 Jul 2025

Prod: 22 Jul 2025

Research Data Australia

• All infrastructure/VMs that support Research Data Australia were migrated to the latest version of RHEL9.

• All applications that support RDA were migrated to the latest compatible versions. This, and the migration to RHEL9, means improved stability, performance, and security for users.

• A clustered environment for RDA was rolled out across all environments (Test, Staging, Demo and Prod). This makes the service more resilient, reducing downtime and ensuring consistent access.

• A new staging environment, mirroring RDA production, was also deployed, where upgrades and new features are fully tested before release while maintaining uninterrupted and reliable access to RDA.

• New IPs for RDA Harvesters will be assigned:

  • Demo: 130.56.62.138

  • Production: 130.56.62.129

• Cloudflare proxy will be implemented for RDA

• Rate limits at Cloudflare level. Limits at 70requests per 10seconds with 30 seconds block

Research Vocabularies Australia

• All infrastructure/VMs that support Research Vocabularies Australia were migrated to the latest version of RHEL9

• All applications that support RVA will be migrated to the latest compatible versions. This, and the migration to RHEL9, means improved stability, performance, and security for users.

• A new staging environment, mirroring RVA production, was also deployed, where upgrades and new features are fully tested before release while maintaining uninterrupted and reliable access to RVA.

• Rate limits at the Cloudflare level. Limits at 70requests per 10seconds with 30 seconds block

Handle Service

• Dedicated VMs have been set up for the Handle Service, so future changes or maintenance won’t affect it or other services it used to share with. This means more reliable and uninterrupted access for users.

• All infrastructure/VMs that support Research Vocabularies Australia were migrated to the latest version of RHEL9

• All applications that support RVA will be migrated to the latest compatible versions. This, and the migration to RHEL9, means improved stability, performance, and security for users.

• A new staging environment, mirroring the production Handle service, was also deployed, where upgrades and new features are fully tested before release while maintaining uninterrupted and reliable access to the Handle Service.

• New IPs for Handle services

  • Demo: 130.56.62.145

  • Production: 130.56.62.144