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balug:webmaster [2010-02-23T10:14:32+0000]
michael_paoli created (a work-in-progress - still lots more important stuff to add - but at least this starts to give a taste of the procedures and information)
balug:webmaster [2010-04-01T13:49:08+0000]
michael_paoli slightly tweak/clarify a description
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 ===== Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) webmaster ===== ===== Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) webmaster =====
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 ==== webmaster care and feeding - editing of BALUG web pages - production and non-production,​ etc. ==== ==== webmaster care and feeding - editing of BALUG web pages - production and non-production,​ etc. ====
  
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 One //will// want to also //carefully read the information/​documentation further below//, but\\ One //will// want to also //carefully read the information/​documentation further below//, but\\
 high-level reminder/​synopsis points: high-level reminder/​synopsis points:
-  *production:​ +  ​***production**
-    *access (e.g. via sudo - shouldn'​t log into it directly) id **balugwm1** on **webmaster.balug.org** ​(e.g.:\\ %%$ ssh -atx -l %%//​your_login//​%% webmaster.balug.org. 'umask 077 && cd / && exec sudo su - balugwm1'​%%\\ )+    *access (e.g. via sudo - shouldn'​t log into it directly) id **balugwm1** on **webmaster.balug.org**e.g.:\\ %%$ ssh -atx -l %%//​your_login//​%% webmaster.balug.org. 'umask 077 && cd / && exec sudo su - balugwm1'​%%
     *key production areas:     *key production areas:
-      */​var/​www/​**www**.balug.org/​ (**main production** area)+      */​var/​www/​**www**.balug.org/​ (**main production** area, see also **production synchronization** further below, //serves at least//: 
 +        *[[http://​www.balug.org/​]] 
 +        *[[https://​secure.balug.org/​]] ([[http://​secure.balug.org/​]] "​forces"​ (HTTP 301 redirects) to https)\\ ​)
       */​var/​www/​**www.archive**.balug.org/​ (**archival/​historical** content - generally also "too big" (at least in total) to replicate across all %%www%%.balug.org server(s))       */​var/​www/​**www.archive**.balug.org/​ (**archival/​historical** content - generally also "too big" (at least in total) to replicate across all %%www%%.balug.org server(s))
-      */​var/​www/​**www.new**.balug.org/​ (**production //​staging//​** area - does not automagically replicate to production, but very handy for previewing content (e.g. at [[http://​www.new.balug.org/​]]) before promoting to production +      */​var/​www/​**www.new**.balug.org/​ (**production //staging/preview//** area - does not automagically replicate to production, but very handy for previewing content (e.g. at [[http://​www.new.balug.org/​]]) before promoting to production
-      */​var/​www/​**secure**.balug.org/​ production - **https** "​only"​ (forced to https) access - **should** be maintained to, for the most part, **have same content** as /​var/​www/​**www**.balug.org/​+
     ***production synchronization** (rsync)     ***production synchronization** (rsync)
       ***content** from /​var/​www/​**www**.balug.org/​ **may or may not** be automagically replicated to http://​www.balug.org/​ server(s)!       ***content** from /​var/​www/​**www**.balug.org/​ **may or may not** be automagically replicated to http://​www.balug.org/​ server(s)!
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         *note that:         *note that:
           *the command referenced above may, or may not, be scheduled to automagically run periodically via crontab (see balugwm1'​s crontab)           *the command referenced above may, or may not, be scheduled to automagically run periodically via crontab (see balugwm1'​s crontab)
-          ***content placed in** /​var/​www/​**www**.balug.org/​ **may or may not be visible** or immediately visible **at http://​www.balug.org/​**,​ but is **not guaranteed to be visible ​at http://​www.balug.org/​ until the noted %%www%%.balug.org_rsync command has been successful executed**.+          ***content placed in** /​var/​www/​**www**.balug.org/​ **may or may not be visible** or immediately visible **at http://​www.balug.org/​**,​ but is **not guaranteed to be visible ​accross all http://​www.balug.org/​ until the noted %%www%%.balug.org_rsync command has been successful executed**.
           ***contents** under /​var/​www/​**www**.balug.org/​ **must be readable by id balugxfr** (e.g. world readable) **to successfully replicate and be visible across http://​www.balug.org/​ site(s)**.           ***contents** under /​var/​www/​**www**.balug.org/​ **must be readable by id balugxfr** (e.g. world readable) **to successfully replicate and be visible across http://​www.balug.org/​ site(s)**.
 +  ***non-production**:​
 +    *rather analogous to production, id **balugwm2** has rather to quite full access to most or all //​non-production//​ web areas on **webmaster.balug.org**. ​ Note also that group balugwm2 may also share much of that access, and other id(s) may also have some or much access to certain non-production areas.
 +    *access (e.g. via sudo - shouldn'​t log into it directly) id **balugwm2** on **webmaster.balug.org**,​ e.g.:\\ %%$ ssh -atx -l %%//​your_login//​%% webmaster.balug.org. 'umask 077 && cd / && exec sudo su - balugwm2'​%%
 +    *key //​non-production//​ areas:
 +      */​var/​www/​**www.beta**.balug.org/​ - beta test area [[http://​www.beta.balug.org/​]]
 +      */​var/​www/​**www.test**.balug.org/​ - (alpha / proof-of-concept) test area [[http://​www.test.balug.org/​]]
 +      */​var/​www/​**%%www.php.test%%**.balug.org/​ PHP test area [[http://​www.php.test.balug.org/​]]
  
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 ===== CAUTION - THIS IS A WORK-IN-PROGRESS EDIT - MUCH MORE INFORMATION STILL NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE ABOVE AND BELOW ===== ===== CAUTION - THIS IS A WORK-IN-PROGRESS EDIT - MUCH MORE INFORMATION STILL NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE ABOVE AND BELOW =====
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balug/webmaster.txt · Last modified: 2010-04-01T13:49:08+0000 by michael_paoli