[kwlug-disc] KWLUG vps server
B.S.
bs27975.2 at gmail.com
Sun Mar 26 12:34:32 EDT 2017
Received. Thank you very kindly for your generosity Mark.
I also really appreciate the notes you've added regarding backups,
snapshots, etc.
On 03/26/2017 10:48 AM, Mark Steffen wrote:
> Hi bs,
>
> I've set up the VPS and emailed creds to you, Bob and Paul.
>
> Daily backups are automatically taken to local backup storage at the
> datacentre, I also do weekly backups of everything off-site (via encrypted
> USB drive(s)) as I prefer to have immutable backups in this day and age.
> There is a feature in the control panel which Bob has access to that will
> let you take snapshots at your own pleasure to prep for big changes you may
> need to roll-back from.
>
> Cheers,
>
> *Mark Steffen*
> Office Direct: +1.226.476.1240 | Mobile/WhatsApp: +1.226.600.0464
> *"Don't believe everything you read on the Internet." -Abraham Lincoln*
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 1:58 AM, B.S. <bs27975.2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would be interested in participating in a Nextcloud group instance
>> maintenance. Group (volunteer) e-engagement has proven to be problematic at
>> OOTC, so exploring alternative mechanisms could be leverageable.
>>
>> IIUC, Nextcloud is far more than 'just' the file sharing first thought of
>> when the term is heard, so it seems to make sense that Bob would suggest it.
>>
>> Although I'm not particularly e-social, I don't expect helping maintain
>> any such would be a problem.
>>
>> Distro should be stock Debian Jessie. Hostname kwlugs1 (?) - not that it
>> much matters - more important will be the DNS names, which will depend upon
>> the multiple envisioned services Bob suggests firing up. (And associated
>> cert/key correlations.) More problematic may be figuring out a
>> documentation model up front - from the perspectives of both migration (new
>> OS' instances every few years), and maintenance (new maintainers needing to
>> get up to speed on the instance quickly). Some sort of snapshot / backup /
>> replication facility also seems prudent - should an in-place OS upgrade go
>> south, reverting will be desirable. And, stuff happens.
>>
>>
>> On 03/25/2017 02:34 PM, Mark Steffen wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds good Bob. If someone can 'second' that by way of volunteering for
>>> maintenance, I'll be glad to go ahead and set it up if you let me know
>>> disk and ram requirements, preferred distro and a hostname.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> *Mark Steffen*
>>> Office Direct: +1.226.476.1240 | Mobile/WhatsApp: +1.226.600.0464
>>> /"Don't believe everything you read on the Internet." -Abraham Lincoln/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com
>>> <mailto:bjonkman at sobac.com>> wrote:
>>>
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>>> I've been wanting to set up a KWLUG GNUsocial instance. It would only
>>> be one Web-based app, so it wouldn't completely consume a VPS. If
>>> someone is willing to help with the VPS maintenance I'll gladly help
>>> set up a GS instance.
>>>
>>> There's a @KWLUG GNUsocial account at http://sn.jonkman.ca/kwlug
>>> right
>>> now, but it would carry much more authority if it were actually hosted
>>> on a gs.kwlug.org <http://gs.kwlug.org> domain. And while I'm happy
>>> to invite other
>>> KWLUGgers to my GS instance I doubt many people will want to be
>>> attached to a domain named "jonkman".
>>>
>>> I wouldn't mind setting up a KWLUG Nextcloud instance too. That'll get
>>> us the calendaring service that Drupal is currently lacking.
>>>
>>> - --Bob.
>>>
>>> On 2017-03-24 09:04 PM, Mark Steffen wrote:
>>> > If there is any interest/usecases for one, I can donate a VPS of
>>> > any reasonable size to KWLUG. Someone would also need to volunteer
>>> > to at least ensure basic maintenance (or script cronjobs to do
>>> > apt-get update/upgrade or yum update etc).
>>> >
>>> > A VPS can do lots of things being just regular webhosting type
>>> > stuff. XMPP server, or all kinds of different things (an owncloud
>>> > share for example).
>>> >
>>> > Any ideas/interest in this?
>>> >
>>> > *Mark Steffen* Office Direct: +1.226.476.1240
>>> <tel:%2B1.226.476.1240> | Mobile/WhatsApp:
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>>> everything you read on the
>>> > Internet." -Abraham Lincoln*
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> - --
>>>
>>>
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