LGM Infrastructure: Domain names, DNS and Web Hosting

[Timothée Giet]

Le 15/12/2024 à 16:44, ale rimoldi a écrit :
> Hey
>
> This is a follow up to Lasse's request in:
>
> Re: LGM 25 Nuremberg: HELP REQUIRED Online Resources
>
> This thread is specific to the domain names, the DNS servers, and the
> web hosting.
>
>
>
> As a reminder, here is the starting point:
>
> - Our domain name is "owned" by Louis Desjardins, who wished to hand
>    it over.
> - We are currently being hosted by Tuxfamily, which has become (very)
>    unreliable.
> - We don't have a working website anymore (spoiler: it works now. For
>    now).
>
>
> Here are the actions that have been done or promised:
>
> - Thanks to Stefan, our website works again (at Tuxfamily).
> - Afgral has offered to manage the domain name.
> - In January, Louis can transfer the domain name to Afgral.
> - KDE has offered to host the DNS entries.
> - KDE has offered to provide static hosting (possibly also dynamic
>    content).
> - Lasse suggested that we could also host at github.io.
> - Lasse has worked on making old LGM websites static (most should
>    already be)
> - Lasse is creating a static website for 2025/
>
>
> The current situation is:
>
> - We can publish the website for 2025 ASAP on Tuxfamily, through Github.
> - A migration to a new infrastructure can happen in January.
>
>
> I suggest the following next steps are:
>
> - I (ale) will create a repository on Github for the LGM 2025
> - I (ale) will setup the trigger for updating the 2025/ web site with
>    each push to the Github repository.
> - Lasse will push a new website for the LGM 2025 to Github
> - I (ale) make 2025/ the default page for lgm.org
> - Dynamic content will be managed on "ad hoc" infrastructure (provided
>    by the yearly organizer).
>
>
> In the near future (starting from next January):
>
> - We will publish all old sites as static files (ale, Lasse)
> - We will find a solution for publishing the lgm.org/site as a static
>    site (ale)
> - We will move the domain name to Afgral (Timothée? Cédric?)
> - We will move the DNS to KDE (Afgral)
> - We will move to a new Web Hosting (ale, Lasse)
>
>
> Anything missing? Anything wrong? Any comments? Suggestions?
>
> Have a wonderful start to the week!
> a.l.e

Thanks a.l.e!

Sounds like a good summary of the situation and the steps to follow to 
get things moving on the right track.

About the domain name move, I let Cédric handle the transition from 
Louis in January, and then I'll be able to assist him by doing the 
sysadmin ticket to move the DNS to KDE (and then, same for the hosting, 
if we agree to use KDE web hosting, I can do the sysadmin ticket for 
that... Might even be better if we do both at the same time?)

Cheers,

Timothée