[RULE] Test Server in Paris

[C David Rigby]

Richard Kweskin wrote:

>On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:26:36 +0200
>C David Rigby <cdrigby at 9online.fr> wrote:
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>>Richard Kweskin wrote:
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>>>Hello All
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>>>On Saturday, Sept 10th, I met with a few of the local lug members here and passed on our reqirements and queries. The only other bit of solid information I have now is that they run Debian testing on the server which is updated daily.
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>>Hello Richard,
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>>That works well for me, as the machine that is my current firewall is 
>>also running Debian testing, and it has a 2nd 3GB HDD that should be 
>>sufficient to hold the testing website.
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>>So far, the only thing that it is configured to serve is sshd & apache 
>>1.33. But I have established a DNS redirect of rule-test.dyndns.org, and 
>>I can log in remotely via ssh and I can view the "congrats - you've got 
>>apache" default web page. So, that is a start.
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>>However, I am traveling to the USA for the next two weeks. Assuming the 
>>equipment does not go down while I am away, I can begin assembling the 
>>test site once we know the Apache branch and SQL database we need to run 
>>to conduct tests. Connecting to the computer here in Paris should not be 
>>difficult - I've done it before.
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>I assume here that you need to know the versions of Apache and MySQL that will run in Athens. As soon as I find out I'll pass it on.
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>>Of course, if I get fumble-fingered and mess up the firewall script from 
>>afar, things will probably grind to a halt. I'll try to leave that 
>>alone. Performance on this old hardware (P200 w/64 MB RAM), and no 
>>traffic-shaping done yet, may be so poor as to make the whole thing 
>>unusable. If so, I can ameliorate things when I get back by tuning the 
>>firewall/router config on this machine, as well as activating the real 
>>server that sits behind it. As of yet, the intended server hardware is 
>>not set up with the Debian testing distribution.
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>>In the meantime, anyone interested in helping setup the test server 
>>should write to me, and we can set up an account for you on the current 
>>machine once the basics are in place.
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>>Regards,
>>CDR
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>I am happy to try and participate if you don't mind holding my hand until I get a handle on things.
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>Richard
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Hello all,

I just got email connected from the US. Richard, I am happy to have your
help on the test server. Once I have a chance to install MySQL & SPIP,
I'll get you setup with accounts and such on the machine.

CDR


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