[SAC] Vote request to extend Sysadmin Contract 2019-I amount for another $5000

[Sandro Santilli]

Can we move this forward ?
We really need more maintainance (I agree with "urgent response" planning). 
Let's use some trust and not get stuck with this.

I'm +1 for next contract (2019-II, I'd call it) to Regina.

--strk;

On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 12:47:06PM -0700, Alex M wrote:
> I'm +1, pending discussion of specific tickets to target - I don't think
> all the ones listed are important enough to go on the contract. But that
> we have other tasks which might be.
> 
> Just a few notes:
> * This will us up the rest of our 2019 contract budget, we can ask the
> board for more if we feel it's necessary.
> * I also think we should discuss if want to reserve a % of these hours
> for "urgent response" tasks or if it should all be pre-determined tickets.
> 
> Based on the vote we should move forward drawing up the exact contract
> for signing.
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex
> 
> On 5/30/19 09:50, Markus Neteler wrote:
> > +1 & big thanks,
> > 
> > Markus
> > 
> > On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 12:15 AM Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us> wrote:
> >>
> >> The Sysadmin Contract I  had a  Service completion date of September 30th, 2019 and capped at $5000.
> >>
> >> I have already reached the cap limit and am requesting an extension of budget, which I will submit formally if all are in agreement.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> What I’d like to accomplish in next round, which I hope to do in a new $5000 budget
> >>
> >> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=reopened&milestone=Sysadmin+Contract+2019-I
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 1)      Once osgeo4 has got some new drives in it (plan is to replace with 6 new SATA drives and throw out all the drives (only 2 are still good)  and reformatted, firmware upgrade – set it up as a secondary LXD host to use for non-mission critical stuff (like adhoc, buildbots, etc) and also to mirror osgeo7 containers in stopped state for redundancy.
> >>
> >> 2)      Setup file and database backup for osgeo7 containers – which will get pushed to bacula
> >>
> >> 3)      Speed up website – with configuring caching of static content like css and images first and then database content  if that proves insufficient.
> >>
> >> 4)      Upgrade Nextcloud to latest version
> >>
> >> 5)      Create a new wiki with latest Debian, MariaDb and MediaWiki, PHP – right now our wiki everything is EOL’d – the OS, MySQL, and PHP
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> What  was accomplished in the first round is itemized here:
> >>
> >> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=closed&milestone=Sysadmin+Contract+2019-I
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> With key highlights being
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 1)      Create new ldap.osgeo.or g ( now on osgeo7) running debian 9
> >>
> >> 2)      Create new download.osgeo.org (on osgeo7) running debian 9 / nginx
> >>
> >> 3)      Install letsencrypt on all servers that need it replacing the SSL.com star cert that expired May 1st
> >>
> >> 4)      Migrate VMS projects, adhoc, web (still need to do some final checks) as is to LXD containers now on osgeo7
> >>
> >> 5)      Setup 30 day retention lxd image snapshots of key osgeo7 vms
> >>
> >> 6)      Upgrade LXD to snap 3.12 so always at the latest stable LXD offering
> >>
> >> 7)      Decommission osgeo4 so it’s ready to be reformatted/firmware upgraded (all old vms have either been rebuilt as new lxd containers or migrated as is using lxd-p2c tool to osgeo7)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Regina