[geeklog-devel] wiki.geeklog.net mediawiki migration

[Dan Stoner]

Emails from the new wiki server are working now, also.

There might be some SPF dns records that will need updating or something
after the switchover to increase likelihood of message delivery.

- Dan Stoner




On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 8:13 PM, Dan Stoner <danstoner at gmail.com> wrote:

> It was permissions creating the php sessions file on the server.
>
> Should be working now.
>
>
> The other thing I thought of is the server sending emails which I will
> look into next.
>
> - Dan Stoner
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 8:00 PM, Dan Stoner <danstoner at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > I can reproduce the error, I will take a look.
> >
> > - Dan Stoner
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Tom <websitemaster at cogeco.net> wrote:
> >> Thanks Dan,
> >>
> >> After a quick look through I didn't see anything out of place except I
> can't
> >> log into the wiki on the test server. I assume this is due to not being
> on
> >> the wiki.geeklog.net url? The error I get when I try to log in
> complains
> >> about not having cookies enabled.
> >>
> >> Other than that I can update the wiki CNAME record with the new name.
> >>
> >> If you confirm that you think the login issue will be fixed when it
> uses the
> >> proper url I will make the switch.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: geeklog-devel [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On
> >> Behalf Of Dan Stoner
> >> Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 2:39 PM
> >> To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] wiki.geeklog.net mediawiki migration
> >>
> >> I have moved a copy of the wiki over to a new VPS.
> >>
> >> You can preview it:
> >>
> >> http://gwiki3.thatlinuxbox.com/Main_Page
> >>
> >>
> >> When happy, change the DNS for wiki.geeklog.net to the new server,
> either a
> >> CNAME to serv3.thatlinuxbox.com or the IP address of 45.33.78.247.
> >>
> >>
> >> The old VPS is costing me $20 per month and the Geeklog wiki is the
> last bit
> >> of software running there.  So, I'd be pleased if we could complete the
> >> move.
> >>
> >>
> >> Back on the topic of the migration to the github wiki... is there
> anything
> >> else requested / needed of me?  I'm probably being dense but I didn't
> get
> >> whether Michael wanted a "dump" of some kind (what
> >> kind???) or if he was just going to clone content via viewing the web
> pages.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> - Dan Stoner
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 7:33 AM, Tom <websitemaster at cogeco.net> wrote:
> >>> Thanks Dan. That would be the best option.
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: geeklog-devel [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net]
> >>> On Behalf Of Dan Stoner
> >>> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2016 9:18 PM
> >>> To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
> >>> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] wiki.geeklog.net mediawiki migration
> >>>
> >>> Hey, that's good news.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Would it help to have a database dump or some other "automagic"
> >> conversion?
> >>>
> >>> https://www.dokuwiki.org/tips:mediawiki_to_dokuwiki_converter
> >>>
> >>> Let me know how I can help the process.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> With the existing wiki I will move it to a new VPS and will probably
> >>> try to upgrade the mediawiki version (for security reasons).
> >>>
> >>> - Dan Stoner
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Tom <websitemaster at cogeco.net> wrote:
> >>>> Hi Dan,
> >>>>
> >>>> Michael from Spacesquad  started migrating the wiki a few weeks ago.
> >>>> He is updating the format along with the information as he goes. He
> >>>> is using DokuWiki along with a plugin that embeds the wiki into
> Geeklog.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have used the github wiki a little bit before and agree with your
> >>>> assessment. If we were not embedding the wiki into Geeklog.net then
> >>>> with DokuWIki the GitHub wiki might be worth looking at if others
> >>>> agree (I assume GitHub plans on updating the thing).
> >>>>
> >>>> Did you want to update the current wiki to the latest version? I am
> >>>> not sure how much time Michael has to put into the project so am
> >>>> unsure when he will complete it.  I also still need to update the
> >>>> DokuWiki plugin to the latest version which will not happen till  the
> >>> beginning of September.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tom
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: geeklog-devel [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net]
> >>>> On Behalf Of Dan Stoner
> >>>> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 10:38 PM
> >>>> To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
> >>>> Subject: [geeklog-devel] wiki.geeklog.net mediawiki migration
> >>>>
> >>>> I mentioned this over 1 year ago but ran into "problems" and never
> >>>> succeeded to migrate to a new VPS server. I am going to get back to
> >>>> this
> >>> task.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> At this point, since Geeklog is now on github, it is worth posing the
> >>>> question about whether the wiki content could/should be moved into
> >>>> github wiki.
> >>>>
> >>>> After using github wiki on some $WORK projects, I have to say that
> >>>> the wiki features are far less powerful than mediawiki, but
> >>>> organizationally it might be the right thing to do.
> >>>>
> >>>> If that doesn't sound interesting to you folks then I will proceed
> >>>> with migrating wiki.geeklog.net to a new/updated VPS server so I can
> >>>> upgrade to a "current' mediawiki release as planned.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> Dan Stoner
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