Update star.vote url for public beta

[ArendPeter]

Steps that affect external users are marked with ‼️

Tips

• Set TTL low for faster DNS updates
• Refresh CNAME tool while waiting for records to propogate
• Documentation for Github Pages DNS updates

Release Phases

Phase 1 - Soft launch vote.prod.equal.vote

• [x] Arend Setup prod.equal.vote & dev.equal.vote as NS records each pointing to a different Kubernetes Cluster in Azure
• [x] Infra Team "Soft" Launch vote.prod.equal.vote

Phase 2 - Redirect dev.star.vote to vote.prod.equal.vote

• [x] Arend Email dev.star.vote users 1 week prior "TLDR: you'll lose your accounts but your elections will still be accessible"
• [x] Infra Team Backup dev.star.vote DB to vote.prod.equal.vote
• [x] Arend Hide all publicly searchable elections
• [x] ‼️ Arend Redirect dev.star.vote to vote.prod.equal.vote
• [x] Infra Team Retire star-server-infra

Phase 3 - Soft launch final.xyz

• [ ] Infra Team Setup backups
• [x] Leadership Team Pick a domain name
• [x] Infra Team Setup final.xyz as a virtual host on vote.prod.equal.vote
• [x] Arend CNAME final.xyz directly to vote.prod.equal.vote

Phase 4 - classic.star.vote + star.vote Routing Page

• [ ] Arend Create a DNS A record for classic.star.vote pointing to 52.88.6.94
• [ ] Arend, Sara, Steen Work with Steen to add add classic.star.vote as a virtual host, and to the certificate
• [ ] Arend, Sara, Steen Work with Steen to add a banner that star.vote is deprecated
• [ ] Arend Make code changes to star-router ( [redirect urls](https://github.com/Equal-Vote/star-vote-router/blob/main/src/App.jsx#L60 404 )
• [ ] Arend Update hard coded star.vote references in star-server
• [ ] Arend Update TTL on star.vote ahead of time to minimize downtime
• [ ] ‼️‼️Arend Update star.vote to be an A record pointing to star-router github pages website

Phase 5 - final.xyz default

• [ ] ‼️Arend Redirect star.vote directly to final.xyz

Overall domains that need to be changed

If we opt to give the Infra team access up front these are the domains we'd need access to

• [ ] star.vote
• [ ] classic.star.vote
• [ ] auth.star.vote
• [ ] dev.star.vote
• [ ] prod.equal.vote
• [ ] dev.equal.vote
• [ ] final.xyz

[ArendPeter]

6/4/2024 Evans, Eric & Arend had a meeting discussing the DNS plan

Assumptions

1. Final product will not be called star.vote
2. Real users are currently using star.vote and dev.star.vote
3. Existing marketing material featuring star.vote should redirect to the new site

Questions

1. Do we intend to migrate the polls from star.vote to the new app
   • If possible yes, but it's not a requirement. Perhaps we can create an migrator tool for users who want to move their election
2. Do we intent to migrate polls from dev.star.vote to the new app
   • No (Arend leans no after reviewing the elections & users)
3. How long will current star.vote stay alive?
   • It will not be maintained, but we'll leave it open at classic.star.vote as long as it's running.

star.vote Migration Plan

1. Setup prod.equal.vote & dev.equal.vote as NS records each pointing to a different Kubernetes Cluster in Azure
2. "Soft" Launch vote.prod.equal.vote
3. Create a DNS A record for classic.star.vote pointing to 52.88.6.94
4. Contact Steen to add add classic.star.vote as a virtual host, and to the certificate
5. Contact Steen to add a banner that star.vote is deprecated
6. Update star.vote to be an A record pointing to vote.prod.equal.vote
7. Soft launch final.xyz (initially it'll point to the star-router website, currently hosted at guidetounity.com)
8. Fully launch final.xyz (CNAME directly to vote.prod.equal.vote)
9. Notify the existing dev.star.vote users (like 5 external people), and then drop dev.star.vote

End State

1. classic.star.vote points to AWS litghtsale
2. star.vote points to final.xyz (final.xyz will redirect old polls to classic.star.vote)
3. final.xyz points to vote.prod.equal.vote
4. dev.star.vote is dropped (optionally, it could point to app.dev.equal.vote)