View source for Andromeda/Public Server Transfer

All of nottinghack.org.uk will move to a new server, this involves quite a lot of work!

Below is an ordered plan of action

== Server Build ==

Buy the new server, build the OS, install required services (sshd, web server, mysql, etc)

Plan is to base this server on nginx, depending on testing.

=== Web Root ===

Before most of the remaining changes can be made, the server will need to have a live webroot.  Maybe we can repurpose nottinghack.com temporarily, or register a new domain.  Called <new-domain> in steps below.

All the steps below assume that the webroot is in the backup schedule

== Planet ==

Easiest to move, so let's move it first.  No actual data is involved.

=== Files ===

* Transfer the planet generation files outside of the webroot.
* Create necessary files underneath webroot (call folder "p")
* run generator to check that it is pulling in all blogs.

=== Set up ===

* Set "p" as seperate site
* point planet.<new-domain> to point at this site
* Set up cron job to run generator

=== Final ===

Point planet.nottinghack.org.uk at site

== Wiki ==

Has a lot of data, but less traffic than the website.  '''Make sure wiki move it announced publicly'''  We could put a temporary banner on the wiki, similar to wikipedia's fund-raising.

=== First steps ===

* Set up folder "w"
* point wiki.<new-domain> at "w"
* Install mediawiki on new server - version 1.19.2 (to match current)
** Use wiki-only database
** '''Do not set up any additional users'''
* Set up url rewriting
* Install plugins (some of these are part of normal mediawiki install):
** Interwiki
** Renameuser
** Replace Text
** CSS
** MagicNumberedHeadings
** ParserFunctions
** Poem
** SyntaxHighlight
** Widgets
** ConfirmEdit
** CategorySortHeaders
** Vector
** WikiEditor

=== Transfer ===

* point wiki.nottinghack.org.uk at splash page explaining transfer
* Take database dump
* Extract wiki tables
* Transfer media files
* Install database

=== Final ===

* Point wiki.nottinghack.org.uk at site
* Put wiki database into backup schedule

== Website ==

=== First steps ===

* Update nottinghack.org.uk to latest Wordpress
* Update all plugins

=== Set up ===

* Install wordpress on <new-domain>
** Use wordpress-only database
* Install custom theme
* Install wordpress-plugins
* Install custom plugins
* Ensure url-rewriting working correctly

=== Transfer ===

We have two options - use the wordpress backup and restore functionality, or dump the database & media files and transfer manually.  I suggest we try the backup and restore first, but I seem to remember that this causes a lot of issues with media.

* Put nottinghack.org.uk into maintenance mode

=== Final ===

* Point nottinghack.org.uk and www.nottinghack.org.uk at site
* Put wordpress database into backup schedule

== Clean up ==

Other tools, such as dm2tweet will need moving as well.  These can't be moved until nottinghack.org.uk is pointing at the new webroot.