Hi,

We maintain a devpi infrastructure (one master + several globally distributed replicas) and are facing a scheduled outage of our master server due to external conditions.

Devpi version info:

• devpi-findlinks-2.0.0
• devpi-server-4.2.1
• devpi-web-3.1.1

We will be able to shut down our master in a controlled manner and duration of outage is expected to be less then 5 mins. Also configuration of master (ip, dns, ...) will not change.

Given that I'm no very deep into devpi, I have a couple of questions/assumptions regarding impact and system behaviour, which I'd like to get your input on:

While the master is down, I'd assume the following operations to fail:

• devpi login to replica
• devpi upload (with/without docs) to replica

While master is down, I'd assume the following operations to work:

• pip install -i URL_TO_REPLICA/user/index
• browser access to indices/release files/docu via URL_TO_REPLICA/user/index

Are these assumptions correct?

After booting our master successfully, would any manual interaction be required to ensure previously (before master shutdown) operational state?

Cheers,

/stephan