[Systems] Hosting with SL

Matthew Ciao matthew at laptop.org.au
Wed Aug 20 09:27:41 EDT 2014


Try this link for info: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=723025

On 20 August 2014 23:22, Matthew Ciao <matthew at laptop.org.au> wrote:

> Hi Prasoon/Sam,
>
> the SSH solution is useful only if you need a quick and 'dirty' :) way to
> start working/testing.
>
> I am pretty sure that you guys work on a *nix system so you should have
> OpenSSH. It's just a matter of SSHing into the server and spending 15
> seconds to configure Firefox (or Chrom /e/ium), that way you can
> test/configure/break your application without exposing any resource the the
> Net.
>
> However I don't have enough details about the development status of your
> project so you might as well be ready to jump to production right away - in
> that case you could go directly to the webserver configuration!
>
> Up to you folks!
>
> Matthew
>
>
> On 20 August 2014 22:38, Prasoon Shukla <prasoon92.iitr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey all. Just got back from classes.
>>
>> @Matthew, @Sam: I have no idea how ssh tunneling works and I've never
>> done it before,  so I guess if you guys think it's alright then it's fine
>> by me, too.
>>>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Sam P. <sam.parkinson3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I like Matthew's the idea of ssh proxying it, but wouldn't a
>>> nginx/apache proxy be more appropriate?  That seems to be how all the other
>>> SL stuff goes.
>>>
>>> Did you dockerify the redirector thing?  Just wondering :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Matthew Ciao <matthew at laptop.org.au>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, 20 August 2014, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at sugarlabs.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Status update: Freedom is now running Ubuntu 14.04 and still holding
>>>>> well.
>>>>>
>>>>> I installed docker.io and tried setting up a simple container to
>>>>> ensure
>>>>> everything works. It did.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nice one!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Now we'd be ready to deploy your image and experiment with it. Sam &
>>>>> Matthew: what should I do next? I guess you need a public ip and a dns
>>>>> entry for it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For testing purpose I'd SSH tunnel into the system and use dynamic port
>>>> forwarding to the application listening on localhost.
>>>>
>>>> That way you don't need to bind Docker to a WAN facing interface.
>>>>
>>>> It's a good security measure that avoids exposing the testing instance
>>>> until is fully ready and secured.
>>>>
>>>> If security is not a concern in this case, then public IP and a DNS
>>>> CNAME record should do the trick!
>>>>
>>>> Sam/Prasoon what do you think?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> For fast turnaround, please chat me on #sugar, as I don't check my
>>>>> personal email very often during work days.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 08/18/2014 10:20 PM, Matthew Ciao wrote:
>>>>> > Sure, I'm always on IRC #olpc-au (@freenode) but if you let me know
>>>>> > where you folks hang out I'll be there..
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On 19 August 2014 12:16, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at sugarlabs.org
>>>>> > <mailto:bernie at sugarlabs.org>> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >     Dogi and I are meeting at my place in 20 minutes to start
>>>>> upgrading
>>>>> >     freedom to Ubuntu 14.04.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >     Then we'll install Docker. If you'll be around in about 1h, any
>>>>> help is
>>>>> >     welcome.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >     On 08/18/2014 10:14 PM, Matthew Ciao wrote:
>>>>> >     > Hi folks,
>>>>> >     >
>>>>> >     > I have some experience with Docker on virtualized systems
>>>>> (KVM) -
>>>>> >     we use
>>>>> >     > it to run our build/cross-compile environments for low level
>>>>> driver
>>>>> >     > development here at OLPCAU.
>>>>> >     >
>>>>> >     > Glad to lend a hand if needed however Bernie was first so I am
>>>>> >     second in
>>>>> >     > the queue of available people for this project :)
>>>>> >     >
>>>>> >     >
>>>>> >     > On 19 August 2014 07:06, Sam P. <sam.parkinson3 at gmail.com
>>>>> >     <mailto:sam.parkinson3 at gmail.com>
>>>>> >     > <mailto:sam.parkinson3 at gmail.com
>>>>> >     <mailto:sam.parkinson3 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>>>> >     >
>>>>> >     >     Hey,
>>>>> >     >
>>>>> >     >     > What access level do you need in order to setup and
>>>>> >     configure your
>>>>> >     >     > container(s)? I'd rather not give out root access to our
>>>>> >     production
>>>>> >     >     > hosts, but several SL sysadmins can help you.
>>>>> >     >
>>>>> >     >     Normally you need root but you can set up a docker group:
>>>>> >     >
>>>>> >
>>>>> https://docs.docker.com/installation/binaries/#giving-non-root-access
>>>>> >     >
>>>>> >     >     Sam
>>>>> >     >
>>>>> >     >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >     --
>>>>> >     Bernie Innocenti
>>>>> >     Sugar Labs Infrastructure Team
>>>>> >     http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Infrastructure_Team
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Bernie Innocenti
>>>>> Sugar Labs Infrastructure Team
>>>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Infrastructure_Team
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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