[SAC] [Urgent] Proposal for new OSGeo site hosting

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Alex,

I wonder if I am too late, but I'd like to officially respond to your 
earlier thread calling for "volunteers" to maintain the new Wordpress 
install.

To be honest, as you had said in the OSGeo AGM, in this case for this 
ongoing task, I would not use the word volunteer either; as you know, or 
for background, I've been quietly maintaining the old osgeo.org site for 
a very long time.  This has had me dealing with backend MySQL issues, 
PHP issues, server config, you name it over the years.

I would like to officially answer your request for help, or a lead, for 
the new WordPress install & maintenance.

This means I am offering to install WordPress on the OSGeo 
infrastructure, install the custom template provided by GetInteractive, 
lead/care for maintaining backups, security, PHP issues (there will be 
lots), and answer/watch for any server issues daily (I bet I am the only 
person in OSGeo that has bots to check OSGeo services running every 2 
hours now).

I have experience, and most importantly, I have the proven passion to 
care and be there to help when others cannot.  Where I sometimes can 
lack the deep server skills, I dig, I try, I ask, I learn, and I 
eventually fix.

My plan is to provide a proposal to SAC on this, on the wiki, in the 
form of a quote/contract for this effort.

So, is the request for help, still valid?

If so, I will begin work on the wiki draft, and provide it to SAC here, 
so you can make a decision.

Thanks,

-jeff



On 2017-08-30 2:38 PM, Alex M wrote:
> SAC Members,
> 
> GetInteractive has proposed a solution for our immediate hosting needs
> to take ownership of the site they've built for us.
> 
> It includes setting up a host, giving us full admin, and the providing
> monthly updates.
> 
>> For the new website I expect that the following configuration will be more
>> then enough:
>> - CPU 4
>> - RAM GB 8
>> - HDD GB 160
>> Price € 34,95 ex. VAT. (Pricing information can be found on
>> https://www.cloudvps.com/openstack/compute)
>>
>> If we need more resources we can easily upgrade the VPS.
>> We can order the VPS on our name and charge you the price that is charged
>> by the hosting provider.
>>
>> For the installation and configuration of the server and required software
>> we'll charge 4 hours.
>> This gives us a total of € 320,- ex. VAT.
>>
>> For performing updates and upgrades on server software, WordPress website
>> and WordPress plugins we'll charge 1 hour a month.
>> This gives us at total of € 80,- ex. VAT a month.
> 
> Summary
> * ~$500 (USD)/yr for the hosting
> * $381.68 (USD) one time for the setup
> * ~ $100 USD/month for the monthly maintenance
> 
> Note the board allocated $3000 USD for this project, separate from the
> SAC budget.
> 
> ==========
> We need input from members in the next 24 hours on this.
> 
> I have already supplied a list of clarification questions and expect
> answers today.
> 1. What's the exact stack: I suggested our preferred stack was Debian,
> Apache, Mysql/Maria, Php7
> 2. I asked for clarification that the service contract would be for
> doing critical security patches in a timely manner.
> 
> I will send a separate email with my opinions on the matter.
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex
> Sys Admin Chair
>