Production environment

• what is archive.p2pu.org used for?
  • is the old p2pu.org (drupal)
  • there is a functionality  for import from old site
  • in production
  • zuzel: add link to ticket 
• Is the db migration done by hand, why can't it be done using south?
  • command to show the queries that are going to run -- dry run
  • fix the database (so it includes info about south) there is a command for existing database  (--fake)
• What's the backup procedure to follow before the setup?
  • mysqldump
  • tar -cvvzf
• Do we schedule the downtime - display a message when someone goes to p2pu.org?
  • Set MAINTENANCE_MODE to True in settings_local.py
  • in the future we can add a notification banner for letting people know in advance
• How long does downtime normally last?
  • ~15 min
• Current setup?
  • Ubuntu 9.10 - Karmic
  • Apache
  • mod_wsgi
  • celery
  • mysql
• does celery take care of RabbitMQ message queues, service, etc?
  • yes
• was there any special confguration necessary? funny things currently configured?
• How do we manage permissions on the production server?
  • file permission (lernanta user/group www-data:lernanta)
• is robots.txt up to date?
  • no, it is not up to date
• How many errors do we typically get from Django via email?
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Community

• Who are the people currently helping out with the translation
  • recommend them to use p2pu-dev
  • es: zuzel, vladimir
  • chinese: stian, 
  • todo: send dirk email with contacts from translators
• When does translation happen?
  • when we get updates
• How does translation affect the release?
  • 'make int' django.po django.mo
• Openbadges
  • do you normally join their community call?
  • who is our contact there, or should I simply introduce myself on their mailing list? 
    • brian
    • erin (badges.p2pu.org)

Sysadmin:

• what is the stats linode used for stats.p2pu.org
  • what do we use google analytics for?
  • john
  • graphite
  • stastsd
• Google analytics access?
  • todo: zuzel figure out were is the role/permissions page on the new google analytics UI
• Access to Linode Management Interface
  • todo: create linode account for dirk (there we have also dns)
• Lighthouse app permissions - I'm having trouble adding myself to the project
  • todo: give admin of lightouse to dirk
• Backup?
  • Production db?
  • Other services?
  • Where are backups kept?
    • email from our past sys admin -- forward it

Abuse reports:

• should i delete from db?
  • mark deleted or delete
• using shell or admin interface
  • either - prefer admin interface
• can't we stop/limit this
  • ~ akismet