On 3 April 2013 23:53, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 2:46 AM, janI <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 1 April 2013 01:16, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The OpenOffice project maintains a few machines with different people > > > responsible for them. One step forward for better maintenance would be > to > > > build a small team of LAMP administrators here, common to the two LAMP > > > machines because problems tend to be common: for example, the forum > MySQL > > > problems are similar to those already solved by Jan on the wiki. > > > > > > The two machines, ooo-wiki2 (wiki.openoffice.org) and ooo-forums ( > > > forum.openoffice.org) are unsupported by Infra (they help, but with > low > > > priority) and here is the situation: > > > > > > - imacat has already access to both (with sudo rights); no changes > needed > > > here. > > > > > > - jani has already sudo access to ooo-wiki2 and is available to receive > > it > > > at ooo-forums too, and I propose he is granted access > > > > > > - rbircher used to have access but the machines were reconfigured, so > he > > > probably doesn't have it now: Raphael, if you are available please let > us > > > know (and I recommend that whatever you choose is common to both > > ooo-wiki2 > > > and ooo-forums) > > > > > > - I, as already proposed here, have now got access to ooo-forums and > I'll > > > ask access to ooo-wiki2 too; however, if we have a new volunteer (needs > > to > > > be an OpenOffice committer) willing to join, especially in the American > > > timezone (but any timezone will be OK!), I'll very happily step back > and > > > remain only as a backup, to avoid building an unnecessarily large team. > > > > > > This does not include the translate-vm machine, which should be home to > > > the new Pootle, and which is managed by Infra, jani and jsc. > > > > > > > Thanks andrea for a very precise summary of our LAMP park, which of > course > > does not include my/our current infra discussion, I would like to add a > > note about the work needed by a new volunteer, since it might sound more > > scary than it actually is. > > > > The top "work" of the team is being able to respond swiftly to > breakdowns. > > we need people in different TZ (imacat is taiwan, and I am spain). In > case > > of a breakdown, we have the initative, most quick responses are quite > > simple, and for the complicated ones infra is there to help. > > > > We need to regulary look at the logs, and take apropriate action, like > > tuning a table, or finding a php problem. However this is not time > critical > > and can be done by a team member who master it or one who wants to learn. > > > > We need to update the OS regulary, apply package fixes approx. once every > > month, this is all standard ubuntu, and is typically done in 1/2 hours. > > > > Last we try to keep the server upgraded, in regards of the applications > we > > use. This is something normally carefully planned so we are sure not only > > to be able to do the upgrade, but also have a higher alert level the > first > > 24 hours after the upgrade. > > > > > > What about data backup? How is that currently handled? > Standard. program changes are in svn, mysql is being backed up automatically to the infra backup server.
rgds jan I. > > -Rob > > > > > I have a dream, to make the 3 lamp´s have a identical setup (but of > course > > different application). Mwiki today uses mysql, php with fast-cgi, httpd > > and ats. Especially the forum would benefit from fast-cgi and problaly a > > tuned mysql. > > > > A volunteer does not need to be an expert, that can be learned, > possibility > > to react swiftly to alers in your TZ is the key. General knowledge about > > mysql/php is a clear advantage. In general we talk about 1-2 hours work > pr > > month, not including upgrades. > > > > rgds > > Jan I > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Andrea. > > > > > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org< > > [email protected]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > >
