Web Site Task
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The web site task involves:  | The web site task involves:  | ||
| - | * hosting the web site, keeping the machine running:  | + | * hosting the web site, keeping the machine running: PatNeumann  | 
| - | PatNeumann* providing the pcsar.dyndns.org domain name: PatNeumann, [[BrettWuth]]  | + | * providing the pcsar.dyndns.org domain name: PatNeumann, [[BrettWuth]] http://dyndns.org gives, as a free service, a DNS record for machines with a dynamic IP address. We use this service to attach pcsar.dyndns.org to PatNeumann's machine. The debian package ipcheck provides a script to update the DNS entry. The files in /etc/ipcheck and /etc/cron.d/dyndns and /etc/cron.daily/dyndns.org arrange to update the DNS registration once a day (if needed). pcsar.dyndns.org is registered under PatNeumann's dyndns account. Pat has the password. The password is stored in /etc/ipcheck/acct so that it can be used by the ipcheck package.  | 
| - | free service, a DNS record for machines with a dynamic IP address.  | + | |
| - | We use this service to attach pcsar.dyndns.org to  | + | |
| - | PatNeumann's machine. The debian package  | + | |
| - | ipcheck provides a script to update the DNS entry. The files in  | + | |
| - | /etc/ipcheck and /etc/cron.d/dyndns and /etc/cron.daily/dyndns.org  | + | |
| - | arrange to update the DNS registration once a day (if needed).  | + | |
| - | pcsar.dyndns.org is registered under PatNeumann's dyndns account. Pat has the  | + | |
| - | password. The password is stored in /etc/ipcheck/acct so that it  | + | |
| - | can be used by the ipcheck package.  | + | |
Occassionally pcsar.dyndns.org looses its DNS record. Pat has  | Occassionally pcsar.dyndns.org looses its DNS record. Pat has  | ||
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Pat, I've temporarily worked around this by:  | Pat, I've temporarily worked around this by:  | ||
| - | * registering pcsar.dyndns.info with the IP address of Pat's  | + | * registering pcsar.dyndns.info with the IP address of Pat's server  | 
| - | server* Adding records to /etc/apache/httpd.conf to accept the new  | + | * Adding records to /etc/apache/httpd.conf to accept the new domain name  | 
| - | domain name* Let people know to use the new domain instead* maintaining the web server software: [[BrettWuth]]* maintaining the static web site content: [[BrettWuth]]* organizing the dynamic (wiki) web site content: [[BrettWuth]] but  | + | * Let people know to use the new domain instead  | 
| - | anyone else can and should jump in at any time.* promoting the use of the web site: [[BrettWuth]]. I'm not doing this very  | + | * maintaining the web server software: [[BrettWuth]]  | 
| - | well so far.  | + | * maintaining the static web site content: [[BrettWuth]]  | 
| + | * organizing the dynamic (wiki) web site content: [[BrettWuth]] but anyone else can and should jump in at any time.  | ||
| + | * promoting the use of the web site: [[BrettWuth]]. I'm not doing this very well so far.  | ||
Revision as of 01:00, 20 August 2010
The web site task involves:
- hosting the web site, keeping the machine running: PatNeumann
 - providing the pcsar.dyndns.org domain name: PatNeumann, BrettWuth http://dyndns.org gives, as a free service, a DNS record for machines with a dynamic IP address. We use this service to attach pcsar.dyndns.org to PatNeumann's machine. The debian package ipcheck provides a script to update the DNS entry. The files in /etc/ipcheck and /etc/cron.d/dyndns and /etc/cron.daily/dyndns.org arrange to update the DNS registration once a day (if needed). pcsar.dyndns.org is registered under PatNeumann's dyndns account. Pat has the password. The password is stored in /etc/ipcheck/acct so that it can be used by the ipcheck package.
 
Occassionally pcsar.dyndns.org looses its DNS record. Pat has the password to reregister with dyndns.org. If I can't get ahold of Pat, I've temporarily worked around this by:
- registering pcsar.dyndns.info with the IP address of Pat's server
 - Adding records to /etc/apache/httpd.conf to accept the new domain name
 - Let people know to use the new domain instead
 - maintaining the web server software: BrettWuth
 - maintaining the static web site content: BrettWuth
 - organizing the dynamic (wiki) web site content: BrettWuth but anyone else can and should jump in at any time.
 - promoting the use of the web site: BrettWuth. I'm not doing this very well so far.
 

