Re: VA System status

[Jason Pincin <jpincin@ashtech.net>]

> source to add a feature!  OSS just rocks.

Amen!

> Some things I decided is that we're not going to mirror /.  It's just way
> too ugly to do right now and it has some serious drawbacks should

Sounds good.  I had a feeling RAID / was going to suck in software.  The only REAL
way to raid your boot device has always been hardware.  Image on sdb1 sounds good.

> I'm going to start getting MySQL and Apache ready on the system.  I assume
> we want *everything* under /home?  Is there anything else someone wants

I prefer to see application binaries under /usr/local (Apache & MySQL, etc.) with
all data residing in /home.  Wether this is done in configuration or via symlinks
it doesn't really matter.  I'd do it via symlinks for MySQL (of which I will more
than happily help set up if other things consume your time -- please put it in the
/usr/local/mysql dir) and I'd do it via configuration for apache.  Personally
anyway... :)  And these are all opinions.

> to tell me?  Jason, about RH SS... is it legal for you to give me a copy
> of yours, or should we stick with mod_ssl (I think SS is mod_ssl??).  The

I was thinking we'd just donate our license if we wanted to use it here... we
haven't started doing online transactions yet which we'll require it for... but our
Thawte key won't do ya any good unles you wanted to re-route secure requests back
through the ashtech.net domain ;) which I don't see us wanting to do... unless it's
all internal work.  *shrug*  But whicheve you'd rather see... mod_ssl or RH SS.  6
one, 1/2 dozen the other.

> one thing I wasn't sure of is if we want the Apache/MySQL binaries in
> /usr/local.  Makes more sense, just more difficult to configure (but it's

Yes.  This is what I was saying above.  Definately the way to go.

> P.S. Jason, when's the next meet?

How 'bout Tuesday or Wednsday?  Which one would be better for everyone?

Thank for the updates Aaron.

Jason