[SAC] New Wordpress Install this month [Need Volunteers]

[Alex Mandel]

Jeff,

Have you heard back from the vendor on the Wordpress requirements?
Particularly the plugin list? Any idea on the db type/size, amount of
media currently in the development site?

Thanks,
Alex

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