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Tim Olsen

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Jul 16, 2008, 3:43:55 PM7/16/08
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Anybody else having trouble with wiki.rubyonrails.org? I've been
getting 503s since yesterday :-(

Bala Paranj

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Jul 16, 2008, 5:49:04 PM7/16/08
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It's very flaky. It happens to me too.


On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Tim Olsen <t...@brooklynpenguin.com> wrote:

Anybody else having trouble with wiki.rubyonrails.org?  I've been
getting 503s since yesterday :-(


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Ryan Bigg

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Jul 16, 2008, 6:24:20 PM7/16/08
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In my opinion, this system needs a drastic overhaul. Many of the pages
on there are out of date or not "in the spirit" of a wiki, and with
the constant downtime it's going to give newcomers the feeling that
Rails isn't all that good, since they can't keep their own wiki up for
more than a day at a time. So, is there anybody out there that
wouldn't mind spending some of their time to clean up / update the
articles on the wiki so we have a very good place to link people's
common queries to? I'm all for it myself.

Chad Woolley

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Jul 16, 2008, 10:31:36 PM7/16/08
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On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Tim Olsen <t...@brooklynpenguin.com> wrote:
>
> Anybody else having trouble with wiki.rubyonrails.org? I've been
> getting 503s since yesterday :-(

Back up now. Mongrels were down. I have access to the server, so I
restarted and put it on my montastic list.

From what I understand, this is an old setup that isn't getting
improved because there was an effort to move to something else.
Someone (else) should look into that and see what the status is ;)

-- Chad

Ryan Bigg

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Jul 16, 2008, 11:23:28 PM7/16/08
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Chad, would it be that much effort to switch the entire setup to
Passenger, or is that not a possibility? Can you provide information
on how the server is set up?

Jeremy McAnally

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Jul 16, 2008, 11:40:24 PM7/16/08
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The new setup is still in the works, hopefully coming very soon. It
stalled a bit because I got busy.

I'm not sure if someone else picked it up and took it forward or not.
I had exported the data from the previous setup and pruned the pages
down by hand to about 1/10th their current volume after removing the
spam, "About (random person)" pages, and severely out of date pages.

So, hopefully if I can scrape out time I can get it finished off. I
need to integrate some patches into the wiki system we're using and it
should be set afaik.

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Chad Woolley

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Jul 17, 2008, 12:57:19 AM7/17/08
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The current instiki instance crashed in a few hours. I restarted it
this time, but if it is this unstable, "someone" should look at moving
forward with the alternative.

Tailing the log shows a sick amount of spam. I previously coordinated
with the core team to help out with sysadmin and I have server access.
Unfortunately, I don't have any bandwidth to help with the wiki
migration, other than being in the loop on basic sysadmin and
monitoring. I already volunteered to get the CI going again, and I
need to get to work on that :)

Feel free to include me into any related threads, though. There is
already a project established in the Rails basecamp for system
administration tasks, or it could be on lighthouse, or???

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Michael Koziarski

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Jul 17, 2008, 9:38:41 AM7/17/08
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> Chad, would it be that much effort to switch the entire setup to
> Passenger, or is that not a possibility? Can you provide information
> on how the server is set up?

I've been talking with the guys at phusion and they'll hopefully be
moving us out of the dark ages in a short while.


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Eric Archangel

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Jul 17, 2008, 9:52:22 AM7/17/08
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me too.


On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:43 AM, Tim Olsen <t...@brooklynpenguin.com> wrote:

Anybody else having trouble with wiki.rubyonrails.org?  I've been
getting 503s since yesterday :-(





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Tim Olsen

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Jul 17, 2008, 12:34:52 PM7/17/08
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Chad Woolley wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Tim Olsen <t...@brooklynpenguin.com> wrote:
>> Anybody else having trouble with wiki.rubyonrails.org? I've been
>> getting 503s since yesterday :-(
>
> Back up now. Mongrels were down. I have access to the server, so I
> restarted and put it on my montastic list.

down again :-(

How difficult would to be to write a script that logs in and starts
things back up everytime it goes down? Even if it had to be initiated
by hand everytime, it would be a sort of stop-gap until the new wiki is up.

Thanks,
Tim

Chad Woolley

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Jul 17, 2008, 8:03:54 PM7/17/08
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On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Tim Olsen <t...@brooklynpenguin.com> wrote:
> How difficult would to be to write a script that logs in and starts
> things back up everytime it goes down? Even if it had to be initiated
> by hand everytime, it would be a sort of stop-gap until the new wiki is up.

That would involve setting up monit or god. That is the call of the
core team, but I would think they should focus on moving it rather
than band-aiding the current broken system.

Purab Kharat

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Jul 18, 2008, 12:39:50 AM7/18/08
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Tim Olsen wrote:
> Anybody else having trouble with wiki.rubyonrails.org? I've been
> getting 503s since yesterday :-(

wiki.rubyonrails.org is not working for me also.
i got this error whenever i open this url- >

Service Temporarily Unavailable

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to
maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

Thanks
Purab Kharat

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Chad Woolley

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Aug 7, 2008, 11:33:36 AM8/7/08
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On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Chad Woolley <thewoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have access to the server, so I
> restarted and put it on my montastic list.

Looks like the wiki got moved and is much better now. However, it
still goes down daily, but comes back up soon, not sure why. I'm
taking it off my monastic monitoring list so I don't get spammed, let
me know if you need my help anymore...

-- Chad

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