Hi Folks, I've updated the ticket with the feedback given on and off list. Please comment on the final aspects of the ticket, these include * defining who wants/should have SUDO access to Tika Server * Confirm that tika-demo.apache.org is OK for app host name
Thanks Lewis On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 7:59 AM, Lewis John Mcgibbney < lewis.mcgibb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi dev@, > > JanI from Infra has nearly provisioned us with a brand spanking new Ubuntu > VM which we can use for the Tika service !!!! YAY > > Some things he requires first though... > > > * - what is the external name used by users. tika-vm.a.o is solely for > ssh, not for public * > > This is entirely up to you guys. Over in Any23 we were lucky enough to > have someone on the project team own any23.org... what about > service.tika.apache.org? Or something else maybe? > > > > *- do you intent to use https ? if yes the traffic will go a proxy > server * > I don't think that this is required but you guys may think differently. In > the set up of the Any23 VM, I provisioned mod_proxy_ajp module for proxy > between Tomcat where the Any23 Web Application was running and incoming > traffic via Apache HTTPD. TIka Server is a standalone server though > right... it's not packaged as a war. > > > *- does your software use login Then you must use https: * > > AFAIK the Tika service does not have a security layer. Can someone confirm. > > Which user should have access ? > > It's up to you whether you want to put your name(s) here (PMC only) and I > will transfer on to INFRA-7751 or else you can add them there yourself. > > > *Which (if any) of the above users need sudo ? remark we are very > restrictive with sudo. * > > The final one really comes down to anyone(s) who are willing to log in and > rarely maintain the service e.g. if Apache HTTPD needs rebooted or > something. > > I've fully documented the Any23 service... documentation can be found at > the link below. These docs can be more or less copied to meet configuration > of the Tika server and service... they are essential for complete server > rebuild should anything go catastrophically wrong and we were to loose the > server and everything running on it. > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/infrastructure/trunk/docs/services/any23-vm.txt > > I'll be keeping a close eye on the ticket and will try to drive it on. > Part of this involves getting information to JanI in a timely fashion. The > info does not need to be 100% but we at least need some people to volunteer > to maintain the service. > > BTW I also have a script which we run over on Any23 as a cron job which > uses jsawk [0] to consume nightly stable SNAOSHOT's of the Any23 server... > these are then loaded in to Tomcat and replace the previous stable > SNAPSHOT. Users and Dev's alike can use the same development SNAPSHOT code > for testing. This should also allow Tika to better test new features as it > permits more users to try out new functionality, esp for parsers. > > Thanks > Lewis > > [0] https://github.com/micha/jsawk#readme > > > > -- > *Lewis* > -- *Lewis*
