Re: [tsc-devel] Transfer of secretchronicles.de domain to xet7

Lauri Ojansivu | Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:25:52 UTC

Hi,
I would not need own that secretchronicles.de domain, just edit the DNS
records. This can be also done so that Quintus saves the DNS records
information, that is copied to Namecheap FreeDNS, and secretchronicles.de
would be pointed by Quintus to use FreeDNS nameservers, so I can edit those
there. Being able to change DNS records would make server upgrades easier.

sydney_untangle asked about having secretchronicles.org domain. Do many TSC
members want that? Downsides are having to pay for both .de and .org
domain, and time required to update all links. Probably not all external
websites can be updated if ever.

Also I do recommended that multiple TSC members have backups of server
files, at least those TSC members that have access to server.

With server upgrades, following is planned:
- Self-host git repos in Redmine
- centralized login, for example LDAP
- Let's Encrypt SSL for main domain and subdomains
- automated server reinstall script using Saltstack (or Ansible)
- etc (I'll dig email archives what else there was)

BR,
xet7


2016-09-16 17:12 GMT+03:00 Ryan Gonzalez <…9@g…>:

> I would've totally agreed before yesterday, but then I read how the
> libtiff authors lost the website because the guy who was hosting it just
> stopped:
>
> http://www.asmail.be/msg0054885794.html
>
> http://www.asmail.be/msg0054883490.html
>
> --
> Ryan
> [ERROR]: Your autotools build scripts are 200 lines longer than your
> program. Something’s wrong.
> http://kirbyfan64.github.io/
> On Sep 16, 2016 2:36 AM, "Marvin Gülker" <…r@p…> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> xet7 expressed in IRC that he would like to have full control over the
>> secretchronicles.de domain so that moving and maintaining the
>> infrastructure is easier for him. Likewise, he would later take control
>> of secretchronicles.org if we ever register it.
>>
>> I am the current owner of secretchronicles.de, which as of now is
>> registered with <http://www.df.eu> and has a yearly cost of 9.48 € (with
>> taxes). Technically, I would terminate the contract with Domainfactory,
>> request the transfer auth code from them and send this one to xet7
>> so he can register the domain with his favourite provider. There is no
>> possibility that some third party registers the domain in this time due
>> to this process.
>>
>> The secretchronicles.de domain is part of the project's core
>> infrastructure, so I did not want to make the decision alone. Especially
>> I would like to have datahead's agreement to this, but every team
>> member's concerns are considered if you voice them.
>>
>> Vale
>> Marvin a.k.a Quintus
>>
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>>