[p2pu-dev] Server maintenance

[Dirk Uys]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Chris Ewald <chris at p2pu.org> wrote:
> Dirk,
>
> I guess we need to keep badges.p2pu with lernanta since they share the db,
> or at least on a private network together.

We'll need to keep a copy of the db for the time being, but we may be
able to merge the required tables into the lernanta db or import the
data

> Also, if we are setting up a new production and staging server for lernanta,
> let's use the chef script I wrote!

Excellent idea!

> Is there a specific reason we want to upgrade to the new ubuntu? Generally,
> I'm generally of the opinion that you wait as long as possible before
> upgrading if your current setup works. I believe ubuntu 11 is still getting
> security updates.

Yes, we are running 9.10! I also don't like playing the upgrade game too much :)

Cheers
d

> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Dirk Uys <dirk at p2pu.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone
>>
>> Tidying up the server that hosts p2pu.org made itself a priority over
>> the last few weeks. We've had several spells of downtime that's not
>> very good.
>>
>> The hosting situation is as follows:
>>
>> p2pu.org ( linode with 4 gig ram )
>> =======
>> - runs p2pu.org
>> - runs archive.p2pu.org
>> - runs badges.p2pu.org
>>
>> dev.p2pu.org ( linode with 1 gig ram )
>> ==========
>> - runs pad.p2pu.org
>> - runs alpha.p2pu.org
>>
>> stats.p2pu.org (linode with 512 mb ram)
>> ===========
>> - runs statsd
>>
>> Shared dreamhost account
>> =====================
>> - runs info.p2pu.org
>>
>> We need to make the following changes to the server running p2pu.org:
>> - upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 server
>> - move everything except Lernanta to another server or shared hosting
>> - retire or move badges.p2pu.org
>>
>> We also need a staging server with the same setup as p2pu.org
>> - setup a staging server that is a less beefy setup of p2pu.org (or
>> better yet, a staging server we can run on heruko)
>> - move pad.p2pu.org to the server running info.p2pu.org?
>>
>> I'm starting by moving archive.p2pu.org to shared hosting (although
>> the 2.4 gig db is a little inconvenient). Because of the way the
>> hosting is setup I cannot test it before DNS redirects me to their IP,
>> but I'll sort something out.
>>
>> After that I would like to build a whole machine running lernanta and
>> then switch to that once I've finished testing it thoroughly. What's
>> the easiest way that we can do that on linode without having down
>> time?
>>
>> I'm also not completely sure what to do about badges.p2pu.org. As far
>> as I know Lernanta reads some data directly from the database used by
>> badges.p2pu.org, but I'm not sure if any badges points to
>> badges.p2pu.org for evidence? Does anyone else maybe know offhand?
>>
>> Suggestions and input will be appreciated
>>
>> Cheers
>> Dirk
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