[Box-Admins] Server needed for squeaksource hosting [caracciolo@iam.unibe.ch: Re: squeaksource.com transition to new server]

Fri Sep 6 23:26:43 UTC 2013

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Chris? Ken? Anyone?

I am quite anxious to make progress on the squeaksource.com move to squeak.org,
but I am somewhat stuck if I cannot get access to one of our servers.

An account for lewis on box4 would be a huge help if anyone with root access
can make that happen.

Thanks,
Dave

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 04:57:12PM -0400, David T. Lewis wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> Do you have root (or sudo) access to add me as a user on box4? If so, can you
> please add me with an account similar to what I currently have on box3:
> 
>   lewis at box3-squeak:~$ id
>   uid=1003(lewis) gid=1003(lewis) groups=1003(lewis),27(sudo)
>   lewis at box3-squeak:~$ grep lewis /etc/passwd
>   lewis:x:1003:1003:David Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com>,,,:/home/lewis:/bin/bash
>   lewis at box3-squeak:~$ grep lewis /etc/group
>   sudo:x:27:kencausey,chriscunnington,lewis,leventeuzonyi,bertfreudenberg,frankshearar,chrismuller
>   lewis:x:1003:
>   lewis at box3-squeak:~$
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 05:52:11PM +0200, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> > It's still Ken, no-one has stepped up to take over yet. Thankfully, Ken still keeps it up ...
> > 
> > Chris M. just got access to box3 and box4, I assume with sudo rights, so he should be able to set you up.
> > 
> > - Bert -
> > 
> > 
> > On 2013-08-28, at 17:56, "David T. Lewis" <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Who is the gatekeeper for server and account access? I know Ken has been
> > > trying to hand off responsibility for this for quite some time, but I don't
> > > recall who picked up the task.
> > > 
> > > I know we are in the middle of vacation season, but if someone can give
> > > me a pointer I'd appreciate it.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dave
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 08:38:01AM -0400, David T. Lewis wrote:
> > >> FYI, I am currently consuming a large amount of disk space on build.squeak.org
> > >> for testing squeaksource migration. Let me know if this causes any problems.
> > >> 
> > >> Over the weekend I was able to bring up a full copy of squeaksource.com
> > >> on my home PC. I worked around a couple of problems and got the in-image
> > >> repository updated (so it won't spam the mailing lists after a SqueakSource
> > >> restart), and I disabled mail delivery. I then copied the entire thing to
> > >> my user directory on build.squeak.org.
> > >> 
> > >> This is just a temporary test and is not yet properly installed, but
> > >> anyone interested can connect to it on http://build.squeak.org:8888.
> > >> VNC is running on display 1, please ask if you would like the password
> > >> (this list is archived so I won't mention the password here).
> > >> 
> > >> I do need some help to identify the right location for the real installation.
> > >> Will this be on box4? If so, can I please get an account?
> > >> 
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Dave
> > >> 
> > >> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 01:12:22PM -0400, David T. Lewis wrote:
> > >>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 09:50:08PM -0400, David T. Lewis wrote:
> > >>>> We now have access to a complete snapshot copy of SqueakSource. I am
> > >>>> in the process of retrieving the files to my personal PC (not yet complete,
> > >>>> I'm still trying to get a clean copy of one large 15GB file), and I will
> > >>>> now need a place to put them on squeak.org.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> I need some help to proceed. We need a server with 20 to 30 GB of file space
> > >>>> available for the SqueakSource files, and with memory and CPU resources
> > >>>> similar to whatever we are currently doing for source.squeak.org.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> Can someone help, either by giving me access to an existing server, or by
> > >>>> letting me know what is available? I will need a user account (lewis) similar
> > >>>> to my current account on build.squeak.org, and I will need sudo privilege
> > >>>> to set up an account for squeaksource and to set up the runtime environment.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> In addition it would be helpful if I could get enough access to the
> > >>>> source.squeak.org server so that I can look at it and figure out how that
> > >>>> server is configured. Even better would be if the source.squeak.org
> > >>>> server has enough capacity (mainly disk space) to also host squeaksource,
> > >>>> in which case we can put both of them on the same server.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> I would like to do this as soon as possible (tomorrow perhaps?) so any
> > >>>> assistance and pointers will be gratefully received.
> > >>>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> I now (finally) have a complete copy of the SqueakSource files sitting on
> > >>> my hard drive here in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here is what we have:
> > >>> 
> > >>>  -rw-r--r-- 1 lewis users 16341844652 2013-08-24 04:21 Squeaksource-projects-22-8-2013.tar
> > >>>  -rw-r--r-- 1 lewis users     5558656 2013-08-23 08:20 Squeak-3.9-8-SqueakSource.app.tar
> > >>>  -rw-r--r-- 1 lewis users   167474616 2013-08-23 08:19 squeaksource.image
> > >>>  -rw-r--r-- 1 lewis users    15721301 2013-08-23 08:18 squeaksource.changes
> > >>>  -rw-r--r-- 1 lewis users         718 2013-08-23 08:18 squeaksource.com
> > >>>  -rw-r--r-- 1 lewis users        1686 2013-08-23 08:17 Workspace.text
> > >>>  -rw-r--r-- 1 lewis users    14542313 2013-08-23 08:17 SqueakV3.sources
> > >>> 
> > >>> After unpacking the files (these are compressed tars), the total disk usage
> > >>> is a bit over 16 GB:
> > >>> 
> > >>>  lewis at linux-jh8m:~/squeak/SS/TransitionToSqueakDotOrg/WORK> du -s *
> > >>>  21564   Squeak-3.9-8-SqueakSource.app
> > >>>  15356   squeaksource.changes
> > >>>  4       squeaksource.com
> > >>>  163552  squeaksource.image
> > >>>  14204   SqueakV3.sources
> > >>>  16401280        ss
> > >>>  4       Workspace.text
> > >>> 
> > >>> So a server with 20GB working space is sufficient, and 30GB would provide
> > >>> comfortable headroom.
> > >>> 
> > >>> Dave
> > >>> 