<div><div dir="auto">Yes, no required plugins, db and media are currently tiny. They will be back next week. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 08:07 Alex Mandel <<a href="mailto:tech_dev@wildintellect.com">tech_dev@wildintellect.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Jeff,<br>
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Have you heard back from the vendor on the Wordpress requirements?<br>
Particularly the plugin list? Any idea on the db type/size, amount of<br>
media currently in the development site?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Alex<br>
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On 08/16/2017 11:47 AM, Alex M wrote:<br>
> The current OSGeo site uses about 20 GB/month, 20% of a single cpu, and<br>
> 3-4GB of ram. While I expect the new one to be delivering more data,<br>
> most of the options I looked at offered 1TB, or no data cap at all on<br>
> the cheapest plans backed by SSD drives, and much newer cpus.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/awstats/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.osgeo.org/awstats/</a><br>
> <a href="http://webextra.osgeo.osuosl.org/munin/osgeo.org/web.osgeo.org/index.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://webextra.osgeo.osuosl.org/munin/osgeo.org/web.osgeo.org/index.html</a><br>
><br>
> Of course if we self host most of that is not an issue. The biggest<br>
> concern is keeping it updated and backed up. Some of those features are<br>
> part of hosting plans.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Alex<br>
><br>
> On 08/16/2017 06:36 AM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:<br>
>> I think 60-300/year is ambitious/unrealistic. To host sites like this<br>
>> properly, it is usually around $100/month ... but would still require<br>
>> someone on our side to set things up.<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> So why wouldn't we host with one of those $60-$300 a year options? Assume we<br>
>>> still need effort to set up and integrate etc...<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 10:11 PM Alex M <<a href="mailto:tech_dev@wildintellect.com" target="_blank">tech_dev@wildintellect.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The new website overhaul needs a Wordpress instance by the end of August.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The related tasks are here:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=!closed&milestone=Website+rebranding+2017" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=!closed&milestone=Website+rebranding+2017</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 1. We need a volunteer familiar with Wordpress to handle the install and<br>
>>>> migration OR we need to identify a contractor (There is $3000 USD<br>
>>>> allocated from the Board for this)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 2. We need to decide on the best method of deployment: since a<br>
>>>> Production and Staging site have been requested, I think we need to do a<br>
>>>> multi-site install.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 3. Simply installing is not the hard part, it's planning for the db, db<br>
>>>> backup, Wordpress upgrade, and LDAP integration that need some thought.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> OSGeo7 is still just an idea so that's not an option. So it's seems like<br>
>>>> OSGeo6 is the logical place for now.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Something containerized seems like a good idea but I don't know how to<br>
>>>> handle the frequent Wordpress upgrades if we do that. A Wordpress docker<br>
>>>> is available, but if I understand correctly docker is immutable, so to<br>
>>>> upgrade you replace your docker instance with a copy of the new one.<br>
>>>> This might work if the docker image includes the plugins we need, media<br>
>>>> is in a docker volume, and the db is external on the main host (pretty<br>
>>>> sure a Mysql db is there already).<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Fallback options include 3rd party hosting like AWS Lightsail,<br>
>>>> Wordpress.com or Pantheon. I estimate these options would cost $60-$300/yr<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thanks,<br>
>>>> Alex<br>
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