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1. Check `favog` is up well in advance. If it isn't, get Matt to start it
# Check favog is up well in advance. If it isn't, get Matt to start it
1. Make sure Matt is available when you're planning to make the switch
# Make sure Matt is available when you're planning to make the switch
1. Ensure the Plot team are warned via their Facebook group (Clive, Matt, Nick Taylor or Raff can do this)
# If you are planning to allow people to edit the wiki on favog, ask yourself if you really want to do that. If you do, ask Clive what to do. We don't do this any more because it takes forever to synch back to merple over 4G in a field.
1. Remind Matt before you start
# Get Matt to build the offline version of the website
1. Tell Plot you are starting via Facebook
# On gonzo, as root, run `~/server_synch` and make yourself comfortable. It takes a significant length of time
1. Run cleanup utils on the mediawiki installs on merple
# Get Matt to deploy the offline version of the website to favog
    1. details here ...
# Get Matt to swap http/https over to `favog` on the router - leave ssh until you have confirmed everything is working
1. On favog, as root
# Check it all
```bash
## Check the website is up.
systemctl stop mariadb
## Check the wikis are up
systemctl stop jetty
## Check the wikis are editable
systemctl stop apache2
# Get Matt to swap ssh over
```
# Check ssh now connects to `favog`
1. On each server, as root
    1. Edit `/etc/mediawiki_global.inc.php` - ensure `$wgReadOnly` is set if the server is to be read-only, ensure it is not set if the server is to be editable
```bash
systemctl stop mariadb
systemctl stop jetty
systemctl stop apache2
rsync -avz --progress --partial-dir=.rsync-partial --delete /srv/www/htdocs favog:/srv/www/ --exclude mediawiki-public-images --exclude mediawiki-crew-empire-images
rsync  -avz --progress --partial-dir=.rsync-partial --delete /var/lib/mysql/* favog:/var/lib/mysql/
rsync  -avz --progress --partial-dir=.rsync-partial --delete /srv/www/htdocs/mediawiki-public-images favog:/home/websites/ --delete-excluded --exclude=pdf-book*
rsync  -avz --progress --partial-dir=.rsync-partial --delete /srv/www/htdocs/mediawiki-crew-empire-images favog:/home/websites/
rsync  -avz --progress --partial-dir=.rsync-partial --delete /etc/apache2/ssl.* favog:/etc/apache2/
systemctl start mariadb
systemctl start jetty
systemctl start apache2
```
1. On favog, as root
    1.
```bash
systemctl start mariadb
systemctl start jetty
systemctl start apache2
/etc/cron.daily/ls2-build
```
    1. Edit `/etc/mediawiki_global.inc.php` - ensure `$wgReadOnly` is not set if you to make favog editable
1. Get Matt to swap http/https over to `favog` on the router - leave ssh until you have confirmed everything is working
1. Check it all
    1. Check the website is up.
    1. Check the wikis are up
    1. Check the wikis are editable
    1. Check ls2 is running and that you can search for a recent page
1. Get Matt to swap ssh over
1. Remind Matt to change beaker's DNS to point the CNAME `live` at `favog` instead of `merple` (www, crew, etc all CNAME to `live`)
1. Check ssh now connects to `favog`
1. Tell Plot the maintenance is complete via Facebook

Latest revision as of 16:43, 24 April 2024


  1. Check favog is up well in advance. If it isn't, get Matt to start it
  2. Make sure Matt is available when you're planning to make the switch
  3. If you are planning to allow people to edit the wiki on favog, ask yourself if you really want to do that. If you do, ask Clive what to do. We don't do this any more because it takes forever to synch back to merple over 4G in a field.
  4. Get Matt to build the offline version of the website
  5. On gonzo, as root, run `~/server_synch` and make yourself comfortable. It takes a significant length of time
  6. Get Matt to deploy the offline version of the website to favog
  7. Get Matt to swap http/https over to `favog` on the router - leave ssh until you have confirmed everything is working
  8. Check it all
    1. Check the website is up.
    2. Check the wikis are up
    3. Check the wikis are editable
  9. Get Matt to swap ssh over
  10. Check ssh now connects to `favog`