Sysadmin

Welcome to the home of the Sysadmin WikiWeb on Foswiki. This is a web-based collaboration area for System Administration side of Indymedia network

Information appearing here may overlap with information on the imc-tech working group wiki. Please think before posting to make sure you placing information where people will look for it. If in doubt, post it once, then put a note on the other web with a link to if you think the overlap is sufficient.

General Tech Stuff goes to the ImcTech Page.

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Server Offline? Check the ServerStatus and MonitoringSetup pages for the status of various IMC servers

Server List

This is merely a list of mythical boxes ... how can someone ping them?!

Replied to ping (no further test)

• ashanti (dada webserver in Pittsburgh (USA)) - AshantiInfo | AshantiMetaInfo | AshantiTips
• blackcat (Linefeed server) - Updated 2007 -> See LinefeedInfo ... also, BlackCatInfo
• bolobolo (bolobolo.indymedia.org server donated by imc toscana/switzerland and others) BoloBoloInfo | BoloBoloMetaInfo | BoloBoloTips
• boum (wiki... temporarily) - BoumInfo
• bunke (linefeed server) - See LinefeedInfo or BunkeInfo
• mirror.public-internet.co.uk, kelowna.ca.nth-dimension.org.uk (proxies http://chavez.indymedia.org/ and hosted sites) - PublicInternetInfo | PublicInternetMetaInfo | PublicInternetTips
• cat (www.cat.org.au) - CATInfo | CATMetaInfo | CATTips
• chavez (chavez.indymedia.org.uk mir rsync and mirror server) ChavezInfo | ChavezMetaInfo | ChavezTips
• che (irc and test TWiki) - http://ibis.riseup.net/ ? - CheInfo | CheMetaInfo | CheTips
• hugo (stray database server) - See LinefeedInfo or HugoInfo
• integrity (Mir mirror server) IntegrityInfo
• kompost (ImcDocs box) - KompostInfo
  • humus (wiki) - HumusInfo
• marieta - MarietaInfo
• nora (st. louis) - NoraInfo | NoraMetaInfo | NoraTips
• popelin (sf-active brussels) - PopelinInfo
• ramona (indybay | contact.indy) - RamonaInfo
• rocker - RockerInfo | RockerMetaInfo | RockerTip
• rous - RousInfo
• sarai (email and mailing lists) - http://sarai.indymedia.org/ - SaraiInfo | SaraiMetaInfo | SaraiTips
• satangoss (hosting/backup/devel/test in brasil) - SatangossInfo
• staughton (sf-active webserver in Pittsburgh (USA)) - StaughtonInfo | StaughtonMetaInfo | StaughtonTips
• stray (linefeed server) - See LinefeedInfo or StrayInfo
• sur (argentina search server) - SurInfo | SurMetaInfo | SurTips
• traven (new mir publish server in seattle) - TravenInfo | TravenMetaInfo | TravenTips
• um (linefeed server) - See LinefeedInfo
• valis (sf-active server in Vancouver) - ValisInfo | ValisMetaInfo| ValisTips
• vox (philly imc server) - VoxInfo | VoxMetaInfo | VoxTips
• yagan (perth imc server) - YaganInfo | YaganMetaInfo | YaganTips

Bizarre cases or no usable info or ping servername.indymedia.org won't reply

• knubbis ( IMC Sweden, emergency solutions) - KnubbisInfo
• monty (media archive) - MontyInfo |MontyMetaInfo | MontyTips
• satya (more hosting) SatyaInfo
• sodor (old-active) -Buffalo, N.Y.| BuffaloInfo |original active server |
• berkman (an Icecast server) - offline for maintenance and hosting issues - BerkmanInfo | BerkmanMeeting | BerkmanMetaInfo | BerkmanTips | NewChServerInfo

Didn't reply correctly to ping TARGET (TARGET is based on info given and defaults to servername.indymedia.org)

• abbey (mir, dada, mysql, postgres) - http://abbey.indymedia.org - AbbeyInfo | AbbeyMetaInfo | AbbeyTips
  • ping abbey.indymedia.org - ping: cannot resolve abbey.indymedia.org: Unknown host
• daileon (MIR server) - DaileonInfo | DaileonPendencias
  
  • ping daileon.indymedia.org - ping: cannot resolve daileon.indymedia.org: Unknown host
• deskaheh (dada webserver, new york state) - DeskahehInfo | DeskahehMetaInfo | DeskahehTips
  
  • ping deskaheh.indymedia.org - ping: cannot resolve deskaheh.indymedia.org: Unknown host
• dissent (multi code base, Buffalo, New York) - DissentInfo | DissentMetaInfo | DissentTips
  
  • ping dissent.buffaloimc.org - PING dissent.buffaloimc.org (69.48.73.243): 100% packet loss
• ender (mail and Active2 development server in Vancouver) - EnderInfo | EnderMetaInfo | EnderTips
  
  • ping ender.indymedia.org - PING ender.indymedia.org (66.199.184.254): 100% packet loss
• judi (northern california) - JudiInfo | JudiMetaInfo | JudiTips
  • ping judi.indymedia.org - PING judi.indymedia.org (67.113.144.26): 100% packet loss
• kropotkin (development server) - KropotkinInfo | KropotkinMetaInfo | KropotkinTips
  
  • ping kropotkin.indymedia.org - ping: cannot resolve kropotkin.indymedia.org: Unknown host
• pulp - PulpInfo | PulpMetaInfo | PulpTips
  
  • PING pulp.indymedia.org.uk (80.248.178.177): 100% packet loss

charge dropped

• kosmos (MIR server) - KosmosInfo | KosmosMetaInfo | KosmosTips
  
  • PING kosmos.indymedia.org (217.114.68.247): 100% packet loss
  • Reason: online but not responding to pings

Offline Server List

Servers that used to host indymedia goo, but are now offline/decommissioned.

• ahimsa1 (radio... offline)
• ahimsa2 (spip, dada, sf-active, ... offline) - AhimsaInfo | AhimsaMetaInfo | AhimsaTips
• ahimsa-db1 (dedicated database server) - AhimsaDb1Info | AhimsaDb1MetaInfo | AhimsaDb1Tips
• ahimsa-fw2 (firewall) - AhimsaFw2Info | AhimsaFw2MetaInfo | AhimsaFw2Tips
• ahimsa-jojojojojojo (fileserver) - AhimsaJojojojojojoInfo | AhimsaJojojojojojoMetaInfo | AhimsaJojojojojojoTips
• ahimsa-radio1 (dedicated radio/icecast server) - AhimsaRadio1Info | AhimsaRadio1MetaInfo | AhimsaRadio1Tips
• ahimsa-rsync1 (dedicated rsync server) - AhimsaRsync1Info | AhimsaRsync1MetaInfo | AhimsaRsync1Tips
• ahimsa-web1 (dedicated web server) - AhimsaWeb1Info | AhimsaWeb1MetaInfo | AhimsaWeb1Tips
• ahimsa-web2 (dedicated web server) - AhimsaWeb2Info | AhimsaWeb2MetaInfo | AhimsaWeb2Tips
• ahimsa-web3 (dedicated web server) - AhimsaWeb3Info | AhimsaWeb3MetaInfo | AhimsaWeb3Tips
• ahimsa-web4 (dedicated web server) - AhimsaWeb4Info | AhimsaWeb4MetaInfo | AhimsaWeb4Tips
• arendt (local Seattle samba fileserver - offline ) - ArendtInfo | ArendtMetaInfo | ArendtTips
• dega (dada webserver in pitt offline) - DegaInfo | DegaMetaInfo | DegaTips
• edna (multi code base server in NYC offline) - EdnaInfo | EdnaMetaInfo | EdnaTips | EdnaDev
• inglis (database server - offline ) - InglisInfo | InglisMetaInfo | InglisTips
• noam (db server offline) - NoamInfo | NoamMetaInfo | NoamTips
• stallman (shared IMC server - offline) - StallmanMigration | StallmanInfo | StallmanMetaInfo | StallmanTips
• zero (a Dada and Freeform server offline) - ZeroInfo | ZeroMetaInfo | ZeroTips
• gauss (contact.indy) - GaussInfo

Meetings

• MeetingMinutes
• IrcDMeetings

HOWTOs

• BlockedIPs - an evolving list of corporate spiders & spambots
• FloodBlocking - how to block ips which have a connectioncount of 40+
• ConnectionLimit - how to limit connections on a port using iptables and ipt_limit
• IrcHowTo - introduction to irc/chat for newbies - (Nederlandstalig) (Fran\xE7ais)
• IrcAttack - Assistance which explains how to react with spam or invader bots
• SilC - Secure Internet Chat (German)
• Instalaci\xF3n de SF-active 0.9.4 (es) InstallerSfactive (fr)
• IrcOper - IRC Operator Documentation
• IrcD - IrcD setup details
• IrcdNetwork - The irc.indymedia.org network project
• PerformanceTuning - for GNU/Linux (not windoze)
• SecureIRC - secure your chat experience (Nederlandstalig)
• SecurityTuning - some tips on tuning linux
• Responding To Tech Support : "How to ask questions the smart way" - Guide to effectivily answering tech support emails.
• GPG (English) (Fran\xE7ais) (Nederlandstalig) (Portugu\xEAs) (German) (Espanol) (Italiano) & KeyServer
• IceCast - Live multimedia streaming
• RTTwoHowTo - Adding a new request queue to rt (request tracker)
• RCSHowTo - Using RCS to control config files
• SshHowTo - Connecting remote servers safely using SSH. SSH how to in portguese
• IrcLogs - info on logging IRC meetings.
• CaCertSsl - info on getting and setting up certs from cacert.org
• MonitorServers - using munin
• MirrorHowTo - info on mirroring IMC sites
• BackupHowTo - info on backing up servers
• ApacheLogsWithoutIPs - set up apache not to log ip addresses
• VsftpdHowTo - setting up vsftpd for anon users to upload big files
• PullBackupsForParanoiacs - backup ideas
• AntiLeech - How to prevent bandwidth stealing effectively
• DebianChkRootkit - How to get rid of annoying false positivies in Debians' daily chkrootkit cron runs
• ApacheExternalStats - Alternatives to Apaches' server-status and server-info for use in high load situations
• SquidReverseProxy - How to set up a Squid reverse proxy of Mir including HTTPS
• ApacheReverseProxy - How to set up a Squid reverse proxy of Mir including HTTPS
• DrupalForAMajorConvergence - How to make sure your drupal site doesn't explode during a major counter-summit or other high traffic even
• NginxVarnishApache - Use nginx as a reverse proxy, varnish as an http accelerator and apache to do the real stuff

(move all this stuff to a new Tech Categorie)

Non English Docs

• Portugu\xEAs - documenta\xE7\xE3o do coletivo cmi-brasil-tech
• Technical documentation of the informal french speaking working group.
• Compte rendu d'une s\xE9ance de formation administrateur
• Courrier \xE9lectronique et anonymat

Misc

• Server offers - Looking for extra space, bandwidth, CPU?
• SpamDOutofControl - Sometimes (not so much since Deanna tuned it) spamd would hog all the CPU cycles.
• NimiqSetup - nimiq setup instructions for web1 / video.indy
• ColoHunters

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BrianSzymanski - 13 Feb 2003
SilvioRhatto - 30 Aug 2003
PaulWise - 30 Oct 2003
BrianSzymanski - 17 Nov 2003 added deskaheh
ChristianBolstad - 23 Nov 2003
JohnC - 30 Nov 2003
ImcZureich - 07 Dec 2003 moved NewChServerInfo to berkman
AlsteR - 20 Jul 2004 fixed broken external link
AlsteR - 26 Oct 2004 added server offers link
LeXi - 29 Oct 2004 added nimiq/video.indy
JebbaJebba - 16 Jan 2005 moved offline servers to their own section. Added ahimsa* boxes.
GarconDuMonde - 14 Feb 2005 - added traven
JohnF - 31 May 2005 - updated abbey info
SilvioRhatto - 20 Dec 2006
KlausO - 28 Jan 2007 - added ConnectionLimit howto
ToyaMileno - 24 May 2007 - just added on the non-english -pt documentation that it has to do with imc brasil tech documentation
AlsteR - 08 Aug 2007 - added server 'rocker', removed duplicate entry for server 'sarai'%BR ElisaXimenes - 28 Sep 2007 - added the correct link to portuguese documentation TimBrown - 06 Oct 2007
AzuCar - 23 Apr 2008 - pinged servers and added results JohnDudaAccount - 04 Sep 2008 - added a drupal howto