Maltfield Log

Tue Jun 20, 2017

1. Determined only backups done on hetzner 1 is mediawiki using MediaWiki's built-in 'maintenance/dumpBackup.php' script to 'w/export/'
2. Confirmed access to mysql databases for mediawiki, main ose wp site, open warehouse wp, fef wp, & oseforum vanilla on old server
3. begun a keepass db as central location for safely storing OSE credentials
4. sent email to Marcin, Tom, and Catarina to get their ssh public keys to populate their user's authorized_keys file prior to disabling password-based authentication
5. added maltfield user to wheel for sudo access
6. discovered that the only 2 dns entries on ghandi are: 'oswarehouse.org' & 'opensourcewarehouse.org'. oswarehouse.org is an unconfigured landing page, and opensourcewarehouse.org points to dreamhost a NS.
7. confirmed ssh access to dreamhost. we're using 18G in our $HOME, and '/home' (which is likley shared with other customers) has 357G free. I'll be using this unlimited storage plan to store compressed tarballs of daily backups of the server's DBs, webroots, and important config file dirs (/etc/, /home/, /root/, etc)
8. determined size of $HOME on hetzner 1 to be 20G, and size of its 'public_html/' dir to be 31G
9. added backup scripts for mysqldumps of 5x DBs + all files in $HOME (except the backups themselves, of course) to '$HOME/backups/'
10. I noticed that the maximum disk usage for hezner 1's opensourceecology.org domain (not sure how these arbitrary divisions are made between "domains" since everything is actually just thrown into the same '$HOME/public_html' dir--and where would '$HOME' fit anyway?) is 10G, but we're currently using 56G. Trying to create a backup has suspiciously caused my session to be terminated, and when I reconnected I found my screen session no longer existed, suggesting that my whole session was `kill`ed. Using `nice` produced less lethal repercussions.

Mon Jun 19, 2017

• Document as you go along

1. Meeting with Marcin for knowledge transfer on credentials to servers & prioritizing steps to migrate off old server.
2. Established secure channel for credentials exchange
3. Still missing root db credentials & root access to old server Hetzner 1
4. Created a 'maltfield' account on the server, added my ssh public key, and Enabled PubKeyAuthentication on sshd
5. Gained access to opensourcecology.org Google Apps email account with Google Analytics access. I should use this for OSE-related user accounts going forward.

Sun Jun 11, 2017

1. researching free/discounted cloud and/or hardware services for non-profits
2. researching FOSS slack alternatives for real time chatting. decided wire is best.
3. researched bug tracking vs issue tracking software. Found FOSS Request Tracker, OTRS, Liberum Help Desk, GLPI, and Faveo. Marcin mentioned investigations into Mantis

Fri Jun 9, 2017

• Backup Hetzner Old - Wiki, Wordpress, Opensourcewarehouse, Forum, Factor e Farm Blog
• Fix OSE Wordpress (Main Site)
• Move all to Hetzner New. New Hetzner has Openbuildinginstitute. OSE Server
• Install HTTPS
• Install Jitsi Videobridge
• Do dev work
• Discuss password management for IT Team
• Discuss OSE Website Wordpress Theme

Sun Jun 04, 2017

1. Added my video to the FreeCAD_101#Self-Verifying_FreeCAD_Exam_Videos article
2. Added my comment to disqus

Thr June 01, 2017

1. Updated OSE Wiki with better instructions to install the Assembly 2 Workbench FreeCAD Assembly Workbench
2. successfully finished sketching polylines w/ constraints to pocket my 2d initials into the 3d xyz cube
3. recorded myself building another xyz cube, initials, pocketed. Sped-up video to 30-seconds, added soundtrack, & uploaded my finished freecad test to youtube]
4. Created a new repo on my github or my OSE work, and committed/pushed my xyz cube work to here
   1. See video.fcstd for the freecad file that was created during the video's recording.

Tue May 30, 2017

1. Finished MarthamEngineering's 3-part freecad youtube introduction series
2. Began [Marcin's 2-part freecad tutorial]
3. Updated OSE Wiki with better instructions to install Fastener's Workbench Fasteners Workbench in FreeCAD
4. Successfully finished building my first xyz cube in FreeCAD

Mon May 29, 2017

1. Began reading freecad documentation, watching videos on, & playing with freecad
2. Began MarthamEngineering's FreeCAD Tutorials youtube video series, starting with [part 1]

Sat Apr 22, 2017

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