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Stallman Migration Page
This is an index page for coordinating the response to the current stallman colo crisis: Stallman Going Away, Dec. 1st- Update 01 Dec 2003: Speakeasy will pro-rate (US$125) stallman hosting until 15 Dec 2003, so the deadline has been extended 2 weeks. Also, noam.indymedia.org and edna.indymedia.org are now online (see "Available servers" below).
- Update 11. Jan 2003: Stallman is Offline. Migration Finished
Communication and coordination of hosting, hardware and migration will occur via the following:
- This Server Coordination wiki page.
- imc-tech@lists.indymedia.org.
- imc-sysadmin@lists.indymedia.org.
- irc.indymedia.org, channel: #sever_crisis.
- www-migration@lists.indymedia.org: to be setup to coordinate www.indy migration to new codebase mir.
- MigrationAnnouncement email to the global and regional lists about the migration of www.indy.
Tasks
- ServerCoordinationDonationsCall: Call for server crisis donations, for posting on www.indy and imc-wide migration announcement email. Please make suggestions and revise asap.
Colos
Possible ColosAvailable servers
- New Calyx.net NYC or Amsterdam colo
- communitycolo.net in SF
- NYC informal colo (50 cents per GB(?); fast; but informal arrangement)
- Other cities/locations?
Name Code-base Support Location Notes dissent/sodor Active-Dada/SFactive Buffalo, NY, USA 2 servers available in Buffalo,N.Y. staughton Sf-Active Pittsburgh, PA, USA preferably with images.indy, not a big server deskaheh Dada, Mir mirrors Cortland, NY, USA http://deskaheh.nysindy.org/ dega Dada Pittsburgh, PA, USA near full at present, see deskaheh or dissent/sodor for better options ahimsa sf-active, dada, mir London, UK available to any IMC noam sf-active, dada, mir ny, ny available to any IMC (see "Hardware" below for notes) edna sf-active, dada, mir ny, ny available to any IMC (for edna st. vincent millay; see "Hardware" below for notes)
Hardware
Secured Hardware
- 2x rackmount servers + 4x 73GB SCSI SCA drives
Costs: shipping + mutual aid donation
- noam.indymedia.org and edna.indymedia.org general notes:
- Mobo: intel l440gx:
- Quick Start Guide: http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/l440gx/72207803.htm
- Product Guide: http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/l440gx/pg.htm
- Drivers/Bios/Adivsories: http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/l440gx/
- Both machines have full-featured phoenix bios, although may be slightly different versions (for example, memory test at boot cannot be disabled in one of the servers).
- There is now working serial console access from noam to edna, and edna to noam, with access to the bios remotely during boot, as well as linux.
- There is a "new version" debian rescue disk bf 2.4 (with raid support) in the floppy drives of each server. When in need of rescue, boot from the floppy by switching the boot order in the bios.
- Because eth1 on edna is not working, there is not a cross-over cable connection between the machines, thus they can only presently connect via ip.
- noam.indymedia.org specific notes:
- noam is top machine on shelf, black wings, front sticker says "noam".
- noam an intel "setup program", with ~7 boot options, in addition to the separate phoenix bios.
- Both of noam's network cards are working -- however, somehow eth0 and eth1 were reversed, so that the labels on the hardware are now incorrect. Currently, the label on the back of the machine for eth0 actually points to the eth1 card, and the eth1 card is labelled as eth0. Needs to be re-labelled. Possibly the switch happened on an install: if the network cards were identical, sometimes the id's get switched.
Possible Hardware
- edna.indymedia.org specific notes:
- edna is bottom machine on shelf, silver wings, front sticker says "edna".
- Apparently no intel "setup program" (see noam above).
- eth0 is working, but eth1 is not working. Possible but unlikely that is an unseated network card, since the fit is so tight. Could be bad card. Could be software issue. Searched bios for setting, none found, could be in "setup program" (reportedly exists per manual), but this setup program could not be found/accessed so far.
Tasks
- SF server? Is this tower or rackmount?
Costs: unknown- Purchasing new server(s)?
Costs: unknown
- Task 1
Software
TasksMigration information
- Porting old Active sites to new codebases
- Devel
- Active to Mir
- MiR
- old active to mir scripts: http://mir.indymedia.org/cvs/viewcvs.cgi/active2mir/
- cvs instructions are here: http://mir.indymedia.org/en/2001/08/8.shtml
- details and examples are here: UkActiveToMirTechHowTo
- Active to SF-Active
- Active to Dada
IMCs to move
Site Code-base Notes 
radio akb proposes move to berkman, see imc-audio list rockymountain bame? northcoast dead, decomission? evan and steven c. started this imc, check with them. montreal dead? http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-tech/2003-November/012030.html austin Dada Dissent atlanta Dada Dissent 99% done seattle Mir http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/seattletech/2003-November/001085.html setting up own system like portland: http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/seattletech/2003-November/001083.html contact ideally this would stay with www.indymedia.org so it can write to global cities.inc file sydney staying Active for a while moving to a server in Oz, i suppose, but would like offshore hosting back eventually. -- andy india Mir Moving to Brasil's server or ??? process out of date -- use wiki instead? tech out of date -- use wiki instead? www.indymedia.org Mir proposed patrick will help with html/interface. ontario IndyTWiki should be live on Ontario server by Dec. 13 http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-tech/2003-December/012267.html newimc this is a static website so it is easy to move -- but is way out of date! connects to "contact" database (www.indymedia.org) chicago Dada Will need to be migrated to calyx, ianb said: http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-tech/2003-November/011989.html
IMCs finished moving
Site Code-base Notes austria Dada done, deskaheh bolivia mir Done: mir static moved to vox (philly) (additional mirror on DISSENT) boston Dada Dissent 99% done canada current software useless after move; Kevin Smith has tarball of site, though
Vancouver to develop new test site with drupal http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-tech/2003-December/012267.htmlcleveland sf-active finished the move to sf-active (staughton) on 7 nov 03. colombia done, colombia was moved last year. congo proposal to shutdown [3] passed, decomissioned by ski, contact ski_AT_indymedia.org for copy of backups ecuador mir Done: mir static moved to vox (philly) (additional mirror on DISSENT) france backup the old site are backed up & written to a cd by genex germany mir DONE hamilton Dada deskaheh, done hudsonmohawk (aka nycap) Dada moved to edna/dada, awaiting dns as of 12/12@13GMT maritimes sf-active DISSENT minneapolis Dada chris_msp moved to dada/dega (done) mexico slashcode http://arn.espora.org/wiki.pl?page=MigracionSlash newjersey moved to edna/dada, awaiting dns as of 12/12@13GMT nyc dada moved to edna/dada. awaiting dns as of 12/14 sf-active now sf-active on staughton.indypgh.org richmond Dada moved to dada on dega.indypgh.org (done) western massachusetts Dada Dissent windsor Dada archive copy done; will be available on new Ontario server (IndyTWiki) http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-tech/2003-December/012267.html central massachusetts Dada Dissent
Misc Issues
Much room left in Buffalo-Also: Mailman install will help with mail lists
Edits: (or see Diffs) -- PatrickPatrick - 30 Oct 2003
-- PseudoPunk - 31 oct 2003 (added moved sites section | removed that since it's all in the table)
-- MicahA - 04 Nov 2003 (made the table and a lot of additions)
-- JpL - 04 Nov 2003 (server information and page refactoring)
-- MarkB - 07 Nov 2003 (cccp link / contact db)
-- BasB - 12 Nov 2003 (added information for imc-austria)
-- BrianSzymanski - 13 Nov 2003 (added deskaheh info)
-- BrianSzymanski - 15 Nov 2003 (expanded deskaheh info)
-- BrianSzymanski - 17 Nov 2003 (update austria and atlanta)
-- JohnC-30Nov 03-(update:DISSENT: Austin-Atlanta)
-- PatrickPatrick - 02 Dec 2003 (see diffs already)
-- MattToups - 02 Dec 2003 (updates on completed IMCs, new sf-active release)
-- PatrickPatrick - 02 Dec 2003 (see diffs already)
-- PatrickPatrick - 09 Dec 2003 (see diffs already)
-- KevSmith - 10 Dec 2003 - update on Canadian site status
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