OpenStreetMap Ops Team

We've migrated our server configuration management to CINC - the free-as-in-freedom build of Progress Chef.

Huge thanks to the CINC team ❤️
https://cinc.sh/

CC: @ramereth@fosstodon.org
#OpenSource #DevOps #Infrastructure #SRE

https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AI

We'd love to hear from the Delhivery.com team. Our tile.openstreetmap.org service is run by volunteers and funded by donations. We've had to block Delhivery's app from using our tile service due to the strain it placed on us. We tried reaching out, but were directed to their app not available in our team's region. Large users: please self-host or use a provider: https://switch2osm.org ⛔ 🌐 🇮🇳 #india

Thank you to all who have reached out to offer help and support! We have good technical mitigations in place to ensure our websites and API continue to be available for our awesome mappers. A large residential-proxy network has been identified, and we are reviewing options on how we can get them to stop. Our full "planet" export data remains available and as always free to download. 😎🔧🚧

To keep #OpenStreetMap.org up and running while we're being deluged by scrapers, we've blocked 320,000+ primarily residential IPv4 addresses in the last 24 hours (+ 100,000 IPv6) involved in scraping. If you need OSM data, please don't scrape the website - use the official downloads at https://planet.openstreetmap.org 🙏🌍 #AI #Bots #Abuse

If you write about the messy reality behind "free" internet services: we're seeing #OpenStreetMap hammered by scrapers hiding behind residential proxy/embedded-SDK networks. We're a volunteer-run service and the costs are real. We'd love to talk to a journalist about what we're seeing + how we're responding. #AI #Bots #Abuse

Special offer for AI companies: for a modest donation to #OpenStreetMap we'll give you a direct download link to our data in a machine-friendly format. Much quicker than juggling 100,000 IPs to scrape our website. Start here: https://supporting.openstreetmap.org/donate/ #ODbL #licensed #planet 😏🤖🌍💸