Re: [libreoffice-website] infra status quo

Keep up the stellar work florian :) Wish i had more time at this point to
contribute but hopefully come the virtualization phase i can contribute
alot more as I have a fair bit of experience in that realm.


On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Florian Effenberger <
floeff@documentfoundation.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wanted to share the current infra status quo with you. Sorry for being
> so silent the last weeks. It was really urgent to get some stuff done, so I
> first wanted to create some results before talking. ;-)
>
> I spent quite some time now with updating our existing configuration.
> Goals were:
>
> - bring it from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04
> - make it scriptable (poor man's deployment), as preparation for a real
> deployment solution
> - include some wishlist items and fix some bugs, plus enhance security
>
> Right now, I achieved all of this with the base system plus the Postfix
> setup, including spam and virus filtering. To move out of theory, I have
> now updated all running VMs with this up to date configuration, so they are
> now in a stable and sane state. Let's better not talk about what was
> before, all of that was set up in a rush... ;-) Productive machines
> benefitting from this change are AskBot and Gerrit, plus some testing
> machines.
>
> Next step is to move forward with the above steps for the web server
> configuration, apply that to the virtual machines, and then start migrating
> kermit, our web server, to our shiny new hardware, since all we need is the
> documentation I should have by then.
>
> I will poke site administrators individually when the migration will take
> place. Some sites I can migrate on my own (like the wiki), but for others
> it is good to have someone around wo "wears the hat", like Christian for
> Silverstripe, since he's more in the know here than I am.
>
> This should cure most of the ongoing issues with load, as kermit2 has much
> more CPU power and RAM. Plus, it will save us some money when we don't have
> to run kermit and kermit2 in parallel.
>
> Next roadmap items after kermit has been migrated is to migrate bilbo, our
> machine for downloads and mail(ing lists). This will be a bit more tricky,
> since it requires many more components, but if I can move on at the current
> speed, I hope it won't take too long. In parallel, I also want to update
> some Ubuntu 11.10 machines that already have current hardware to the new
> setup, which should be straightforward. Also in parallel, Alex is putting
> all of the documentation into SaltStack (thank you so much, Alex!), so we
> move towards real deployment as well.
>
> I also plan to host a public admin call soon, but for the moment, I hope
> the above helps in understanding where we stand and what's up for the
> future.
>
> As to virtualization of all services, this is something to look into after
> all of the above has been done, and won't be a topic before summer or even
> later.
>
> Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. :-)
>
> Florian
>
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