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

[Chris Giorgi]

Hello SAC,
Sorry I've been incommunicado; I'm still dealing with an injury from
back in December :(
+1 for Regina to continue the great work under a follow-on contract ASAP.

Take care,
   ~~~Chris~~~

On 6/13/19, Sandro Santilli <strk at kbt.io> wrote:
> 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
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