[ubuntu-us] ubuntu-us.org website

[dan]

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach <lyz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> One of my tasks from the past meeting was to try to regain access to
> the Canonical-hosted ubuntu-us.org and planet.ubuntu-us.org sites. I
> submitted a ticket to get new people added last week and have heard
> nothing back, I don't even have a ticket number :(
>
> The speed at which the Canonical sysadmins can address requests
> related to hosting is a well-known problem, so we should determine
> where to go from here.
>
> 1. Wait for the sysadmins to keep Canonical hosting
>
> 2. Use the UbuntuPennsylvania.org Hardy Linode that was donated to us
> to host the sites (I confirmed with Linode that it's cool for us to
> host the ubuntu-us sites too). The DNS change requires a ticket, but
> can be done very quickly, the fellow who handles DNS changes hangs out
> on IRC and is very responsive.
>
> I am heavily leaning toward #2. Of course anyone involved in
> developing the site would get an ssh login to the Linode and access to
> the resources. If we go this route we should decide whether we want to
> start from scratch, deploying a whole new infrastructure or if we
> should see about getting the old data from the Canonical sysadmins and
> going from there.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> --
> Elizabeth Krumbach // Lyz // pleia2
> http://www.princessleia.com
>


I'm in favor of #2, and would be willing to help out.

dan
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