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+Title: Server move - phase 1
+------------------------------
+Date: 2014-09-19T19:00:00
+
+We are moving servers, [Bytemark](http://www.bytemark.co.uk/) have
+asked for the old one back... and given us 2 new ones in replacement!
+
+We are moving as much as possible to [Fastly](http://www.fastly.com) CDN
+which makes switching origins very easy, and instant.
+
+So far we have moved...
+
+* http(s)://cpan.metacpan.org/
+* http://explorer.metacpan.org/
+* http://search.mcpan.org/
+* http://mcpan.org/
+* http://sco.metacpan.org/
+
+If you had either http://search.cpan.org/ or http://cpansearch.perl.org/
+in your desktop `hosts` file you'll need to
+[update the IP](https://metacpan.org/about/faq#cani_automatically_redirectlinkspointingatsearch.cpan.orgtometacpan.org)
+
+We will be documenting this a bit more under [Network Infrastructure](https://github.com/CPAN-API/network-infrastructure)
+but that's a work in progress.
+
+
 Title: Let's move to Bootstrap 3
 ------------------------------
 Date: 2014-08-06T08:55:22

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 * <em>version:</em> limit the search to modules with the given version number ( e.g. [version:1.00](/search?q=version%3A1.00) )
 
 Wildcards: ? matches a single character, * matches any number of characters
-( e.g. [version:1.*](/search?q=version%3A1.*) and [version:1.?](/search?q=version%3A1.?) ) 
+( e.g. [version:1.*](/search?q=version%3A1.*) and [version:1.?](/search?q=version%3A1.?) )
 
 ## Why can't I find a specific module?
 
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 Helper](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/metacpan-helper/aoioenbjpmccpkincghhjfmeceknpcnb)
 extension will automatically rewrite search.cpan.org links to MetaCPAN.
 
-You can accomplish the same thing by modifying your <code>hosts</code> file.
+You can accomplish the same thing by modifying your <code>hosts</code> file
+(*Note*: these IP addresses may have to change over time, as we move servers,
+so come back here to check, if things stop working).
 Add the following lines and all links to search.cpan.org (and links to source
 code) will be redirected to MetaCPAN:
 
-    46.43.35.68 search.cpan.org
-    46.43.35.68 cpansearch.perl.org
+    5.153.225.19 search.cpan.org
+    5.153.225.19 cpansearch.perl.org
 
 If you do this, be sure to point cpanm to another mirror, as it defaults to
 search.cpan.org. Here's how: