[kwlug-disc] KWLUG vps server

Sun Mar 26 10:48:32 EDT 2017

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:
>>      > +1.226.600.0464 <tel:%2B1.226.600.0464> *"Don't believe
>>     everything you read on the
>>      > Internet." -Abraham Lincoln*
>>      >
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