[RT-Tech] Hosting

[Alster]

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Damian Gerow schrieb:
> Thus spake Alster (alster at indymedia.org) [15/03/05 17:06]:
> : > Outages, once I finish working through the policy, should be minimal.
> : 
> : cool. whaich policy are you referring to? selinux? or a general
> : sysadmin/hosting policy?
> 
> An SELinux policy.  At this point, our general hosting policy is a 'fly by
> the seat of your pants'-type situation.  i.e. If any one of us is asked to
> do something, we ask the other two if it's okay.

Cool.

> : > Correct.  I haven't offered any yet.
> : 
> : oops, i guess i have mixed things up. talking with three people about
> : the same subject seems to be too much for my brains. ;)
> 
> :)  It happens.  There's lots to be confused about in indymedia-land.
> 
> : > It meets 'em all, actually.  It has but one dedicated IP, but currently
> : > doesn't serve up HTTPS.
> : 
> : well, httpS would be really nice, but i'm sure we could achieve that.
> 
> I'm working on getting assured through the CACert process, so certificates
> would have a two-year lifespan (instead of six months).  It's pretty simple.

Yummy. That'd be nice. I guess I should apply, too.

> : > Okay, here goes...
> : > 
> : > It's a PII-800MHz, I believe, with about 512MB of RAM (it's down right now,
> : > can't really double-check this).  I'm currently in discussion with the
> : > hardware admin to upgrade it, we just don't know to what.
> : 
> : a bit of a slow cpu. SMP? what else will be running on it?
> 
> Yep, the CPU is pretty slow.  Like I said, I'm looking at donating an
> upgrade.  It's just a matter of what we upgrade to...
> 
> The only other thing that's running on it is everything involved with the
> IMC Ontario process.  That is: Apache (with various modules), MySQL, and a
> few custom (and low-CPU) cron processes/daemons.

I came across some canadian sites which used to run twiki on this
server. Are you planning to host these again (using twiki)?

> : > I believe it's running MySQL 3.23.
> : 
> : Any chance to have that upgraded to 4.x? That's one of the requirements.
> 
> Actually, check on that: I'm pretty sure it /is/ running 4.x.  And if it's
> not, it's an upgrade I'd like to do, anyhow.
> 
> So the answer to your question: If it's not already running 4.x, then most
> definitely 'Yes'.

Cool.

> : > I have not hung out in IRC in some time, but do plan in adding it to my
> : > "Channels to Idle In" list.  Otherwise, the best way is to mail
> : > imc-ontario at lists.indymedia.org.  We are currently working out better ways
> : > to reach us (i.e. once Postfix is up, sysadmin at mcluhan.indymedia.ca).
> : 
> : ok, cool
> 
> I've now joined #tech.  I'm open to joining other rooms, but haven't yet
> looked at any.  You can reach me as 'bleb' in IRC.

Thanks. So there's yet another idler... ;)
Why not found a canadian or canadian tech channel? Maybe other people
would join you...
Possibly #twiki or #listwork are of interest to you, too.

> : Thanks for your answers and sorry for the short reply, got 170 more
> : emails to go...
> 
> :)
> 
> No problem.  I'm wading through wads myself.

110 left now. ;)

Ttys,

Alster
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