Wrote retention script for the backups and added it to the backup schedule. Reviewed the backup logs and tweaked the backup script for clarity. Removed an unnecessary database backup file to save space.

Copied the phplist "uploadimages" from H2 to H3, moved in place and set permissions. Tested phplist to success.

Fixed the integration issue with phplist / wordpress.

Made good progress with phplist 3.6.16 setup. Access main page from web browser, but not admin page or iframe content for www.

Continued phplist / www integration, reached stopping point and decided to upgrade phplist to version 3.6.16.

Continued with www / phplist setup. Ran into issues with older phplist and newer php 8.1. Much troubleshooting and fixing of scripts.

Troubleshooting phplist and www.opensourceecology from hetzner3. Everything works, except the integration of the two.

Monitoring servers and backups. Continued with the migration, worked on getting the osemain website displaying properly - required changes to the theme. Once it was working, continued on phplist and then integrating the two. Hit a block with ChatGPT and quit for the day.

Continued working on phplist, reached a stopping point, then swtiched to osemain and obi migration from H2 to H3. Completed the db and files, then started the containers. Later, found errors and the nginx_proxy container was restarting. Fixed and notified Marcin.

Looked for the missing page for Kainotes vdeos, but did not find it.
Call from Marcin on next steps. Started on migratnig phplist.

Followup: Monitored backup, found / fixed issue with upload to backblaze. Code cleanup and enhancement. Removed unnecessary files that were inflating size of backups.

Enhanced backup scripts and tested them. Added SQL dump to the main backup and also code to send archives to backblaze. Fixed backblaze uploads on hetzner2 and purged old failed backups from backblaze.

Marcin call: thumbnail problem. Did much investigation with ChatGPT, came across problem with backup integrity. Rewrote scripts and permissions to fix the issue. Installed syslog. Got cron working.

Discussed website problems with Marcin. Updated all extensions in Docker. Search and found similar problems.

Switched DNS to H2, copied logs, switched it back to H3, pasted logs. Reset wordpress container.

Set up docker config on H3, started containers, restored Mediawiki from database backup, verified all machines working and available. Wrote new backup script to include all of docker and added cron job to automate daily backups. Switched DNS for "wiki" to the H3 wiki.

Working with Ubuntu 24.04 / docker rootless / https config and hit a stopping point with Ubuntu's apparmor kernels. Switched to Debian 12 and it all installed and configured easily. Started upload and configuration of docker.

Decision made to switch OS. Settled on Ubuntu 24.04. Verified backups, started server reload. Started uploads to server.

Continued attempting "rootless" docker install on server, ran into UDEV problems, then other problems due to operating system issues. Checked system backups to cloud, copied files from server to my laptop. Updating letsencrypt certs.

Rebooted H3 and got it going. Restored the "rootful" docker services. Created new database backup, retention and restore scripts and cron schedules. Tested the full backup and documented it all in Tom Log below.

Continued work in early morning, throughout the day - with ChatGPT. It delved into network firewall rules and ended up putting the server unresponsive. I notified Marcin, switched "wiki" back to H2 and went to bed, very tired.

Marcin: Security assessment for Docker servers. Started switch to "rootless" environment, ended up trashing database. Search for most current version.

(belated entry for 2025-05-15) call with Tom & Marcin, Tom's ansible training

Updated and enabled the “WikiEdit” extension.

Modified backup script to include everything for the docker installation. Updated and enabled the “WikiEdit” extension, per Marcin.

Modified backup script to include everything for the docker installation. Updated and enabled the “WikiEdit” extension, per Marcin.

Switched DNS and made the new Mediawiki service the primary. Reclaimed some disk space, fixed Iframe extenison, ParserFuncitons extension and "File Upload" feature. Tweaked the docker-backup script and used it to make a backup of the docker containers.

(belated entry for 2025-05-31) Tom shared ose keepass handoff. logs & billing.

(belated entry for 2025-05-29) Tom shared ose keepass handoff

(belated entry for 2025-06-25) Tom shared ose keepass handoff

(belated entry for 2025-05-02) phpList, postfix, email delivery investigations

(belated entry for 2025-05-01) email, munin

Started upgrade of Mediawiki upgrade Version 1.7 incrementally to version 1.39. This process mostly affected the database. Each upgrade required installing the newer software and performing any necessary database upgrades - from upgrade scripts, packaged with the new version.

backlog

Got the certificate issue worked out - apparently, the docker can't process symbolic links and had to use "hard" file references.

Hours of dialog with ChatGPT trying to implement some security features, but ran into problems that went past midnight. Will continue tomorrow.

Created secure passwords for the database root, wiki and wordpress users. Put them in environment variables, updated the passwords in the database and tested for functionality.

Much dialog with ChatGPT about setting up this server. Re-configured for shared db and using Docker builds rather than Turnkey. Many other tweaks as well. Got the initial Wordpress service working and notified Marcin / Catarina.

backlog

Floor plans for 1-story hous

Campus design

Floor plans for 1 story house and campus dorm

backlog

Got info from ChatGPT and installed docker -> Turnkey appliances for Wordpress and Mediawiki. Fetched images, extensions and Localsettings in preparation for migrating all of mediawiki.

backlog

Installed "restic" software, did a backup and finally got the keepass database decrypted and opened.

Securing access to hetzner2 and setting up SSH keys for Marcin to access servers. Some progress made on keepass, but couldn't open the database.

backlog

Working with LetsEncrypt site and "certbot" program to generate certs to make the website work.

(belated entry for 2025-04-30) hetzner2 sda replacement