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

Tom websitemaster at cogeco.net
Wed Sep 7 06:50:13 EDT 2016


Thanks for the upgrading and testing Dan.

 

Tom

 

From: geeklog-devel [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On Behalf Of Dan Stoner
Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 6:36 PM
To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] wiki.geeklog.net mediawiki migration

 

I will leave the old one up for a while. I know that some ISPs cache records for a long time.

 

I am seeing traffic in the new server weblogs (including spiders from Google et al) so things are moving along.

 

 

Also, I think the email situation is in good order. The server's IP address was actually on a spam blacklist, probably due to previous bad owners, but I was able to get it removed (and suddenly a bunch of my test emails were delivered ok).

 

 

Looking ahead, once the move is settled down I will try to perform one last mediawiki upgrade to bring the site up to the latest LTS that is compatible with the PHP I am running.  That mediawiki version will be supported until June 2017, so hopefully this gives a reasonable timebox on you guys moving the wiki content to an integrated DokuWiki.

 

Thanks!

 

- Dan Stoner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Tom <websitemaster at cogeco.net <mailto:websitemaster at cogeco.net> > wrote:

Okay I have updated the CNAME record to point to serv3.thatlinuxbox.com <http://serv3.thatlinuxbox.com> .

 

Wiki.geeklog.net <http://Wiki.geeklog.net>  is still pointing to the other server for me at the moment I guess it will take a bit to propagate through the new domain changes.

 

I think leaving the other server up for a day or so should give it enough time.

 

@Michael I still plan on dealing with the wiki plugin in September but it will be mid Sept as I have a load of work to catch up on.

 

Thanks Guys

 

Tom

 

 

 

 

 

From: geeklog-devel [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net <mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net> ] On Behalf Of Dan Stoner
Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 10:37 PM


To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net <mailto:geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net> >
Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] wiki.geeklog.net <http://wiki.geeklog.net>  mediawiki migration

 

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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <http://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 <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 <mailto:geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net> >
>> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] wiki.geeklog.net <http://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 <http://wiki.geeklog.net>  to the new server, either a
>> CNAME to serv3.thatlinuxbox.com <http://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 <mailto: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 <mailto:geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net> >
>>> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] wiki.geeklog.net <http://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 <mailto: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 <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 <mailto:geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net> >
>>>> Subject: [geeklog-devel] wiki.geeklog.net <http://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 <http://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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