540045 - Set up hosting for dev handle utility

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(mozilla.org Graveyard :: Server Operations, task)

Description

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

I have rewritten the entire 'application', it should be way easier to understand (and possibly extend). It still uses PHP and a simple sqlite2 database. A working version can be found at http://www.network-labs.org/mozilla/index.php

And the zip file containing the source can be found at:
http://www.network-labs.org/mozilla/Mozilla-Crowdsourcing-1.1.zip

I still recommend that someone has a look at security issues before it's deployed. I know of certain risks but I am not experienced enough to address these issues.

If there are any questions, please let me know. I am happy to help out!

Comment 1

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

Note - this is a request from Diederik van Liere and I'd like for us to set this up on one of the rackspace boxes as a community tool.  If someone can set it up for him or give me access, either works for me.

Comment 2

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

Any ideas for a domain?

Comment 3

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

handles.mozilla.org?

Comment 4

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

whatever happened to mozillians.org?

Comment 5

[matthew zeier [:mrz]]

As in the CRM?  It's stalled on code work.  How's that related to this?

Comment 6

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

(In reply to comment #5)
> As in the CRM?  It's stalled on code work.  How's that related to this?

wouldn't the CRM's use case cover this project? not sure why we need Yet Another Database.

Comment 7

[matthew zeier [:mrz]]

Number of apps or databases Mozilla IT manages is probably less of a concern to those outside IT.  But to answer your questions, it's probably a timing thing. 

There's no apparently light at the end of the proverbial tunnel for CiviCRM.  

This app is already written and ready to go and nothing about it precludes it from later integrating with the CRM.

Comment 8

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

Indeed; the tool in the hand is worth the proverbial two in the weeds. ;) We've already waited for this several months due to the CRM-that-would-be, I don't see any reason to delay further. If the CRM comes and is all that, they can be merged, or this can be replaced.

handles.mozilla.org or mozilla.org/people would work for me.

Comment 9

[Jeremy Orem [:oremj]]

I set this up on a rackspace VM @ http://handles.mozilla.org/ as requested. The only backups right now are the full VM backups done by rackspace nightly and weekly. Are there any monitoring/uptime/backup requirements?