tickets #53699
closedneed a VM for running apache+vbulletin
Added by pjessen almost 5 years ago. Updated about 4 years ago.
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Description
To replace the forums setup in Provo.
Requirements - maybe 4Gb of memory, plus space for a database of 20Gb.
Not urgent - can wait until August 2-3 when I'm back from summer hols.
Updated by pjessen over 4 years ago
I have received a tarball with the vBulletin stuff (thank you Kim Groneman), am now waiting for a database dump.
Updated by pjessen over 4 years ago
Karol, when you've got a moment -
the machine needs an external IP address, IPv6 would be nice too. The intention is to run apache with vbulletin, mariadb, postfix and inn.
All self-contained for 'forums.o.o'.
Still waiting for a database dump.
Updated by kbabioch over 4 years ago
- Assignee changed from kbabioch to pjessen
I guess it depends on whom you ask. Some people had serious concerns and don't like to run vbulletin at all.
@pjessen what is your take on this? Will you still need such a VM?
Updated by pjessen over 4 years ago
I still don't have a database dump, but yes, eventually I will need a machine to run the forums. I also don't care much for vBulletin, but that is what we currently have to work with. (anything else only means more work).
Updated by lrupp over 4 years ago
- Status changed from New to Feedback
What database are we talking about?
We have a MySQL cluster and PostgreSQL machines up and running that we can use.
about the dedicated host for the application: I guess the main blocker is currently.the name of the machine ;-)
I hope forums.infra.o.o is ok?
In that case, I will setup the machine in the next hours for you.
Regards,
Lars
Updated by lrupp over 4 years ago
lrupp wrote:
In that case, I will setup the machine in the next hours for you.
Machine is ready and waiting for admins... ;-)
Updated by lrupp over 4 years ago
lrupp wrote:
Machine is ready and waiting for admins... ;-)
JFYI: machine is now also in Salt.
Updated by pjessen over 4 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to In Progress
Thanks Lars - yes, it makes more sense to use our database cluster, certainly.
I still have not received any database dump from Provo, and when I do, it'll be 2 months out of date ....
forums.infra.o.o is fine.
Updated by pjessen over 4 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Feedback
For the moment, I see only:
forum.infra.o.o = 192.168.47.76, forums.infra.o.o does not resolve.
I can't log on to forum.infra.o.o. am I missing something?
Updated by cboltz over 4 years ago
Looks like nobody did the initial salt highstate to configure the base system (which includes SSH logins via FreeIPA accounts).
I just did that, therefore you should be able to login as user now. However, sudo is not configured yet - my proposal would be to setup a group "forum-admins" (only with you?) , and to add a sudo rule for that group via salt. I'm looking forward for your MR for the sudo config ;-)
Updated by pjessen over 4 years ago
- Priority changed from Low to Normal
cboltz wrote:
Looks like nobody did the initial salt highstate to configure the base system (which includes SSH logins via FreeIPA accounts).
I just did that, therefore you should be able to login as user now.
Thanks Christian, yep, I'm in.
However, sudo is not configured yet - my proposal would be to setup a group "forum-admins" (only with you?) , and to add a
sudo rule for that group via salt. I'm looking forward for your MR for the sudo config ;-)
I was able to "sudo -i", which is sufficient for me.
Slight problem - afaict, vBulletin 4.2.2 is not compatible with php 7.2, only (apparently) php 7.1. Without a database, I have not been able to verify this.
Updated by pjessen over 4 years ago
Any chance of getting Leap42.3 installed on a VM ? That way we can:
- now: get the vBulletin setup moved over
- later: work on improving or moving the setup.
SLE12 might be an alternative, I'm just not familiar with the contents.
Updated by pjessen over 4 years ago
How about SLE12SP5 ? which is still under maintenance.
Updated by lrupp about 4 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to In Progress
- Assignee changed from pjessen to opensuse-admin
pjessen wrote:
How about SLE12SP5 ? which is still under maintenance.
This sounds more reasonable to me. If nobody else is faster, I will overwrite the current forums.i.o.o machine with a SLE12SP5 image next week. Stay tuned, please.
Updated by lrupp about 4 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Feedback
- Assignee changed from opensuse-admin to cboltz
Updated by pjessen about 4 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to In Progress
I installed redis, to be a little bit prepared for discourse, you can ignore it.
Updated by lrupp about 4 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Closed
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
Closing this ticket, as we can use 15.1 with the new software license bought (by the board?).