> On Jun 18, 2022, at 18:11, Chris Moore <moore.christopher515(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey Mark!
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> If it makes it easier for the foundation, I can get the host together myself (paying for w/e architecture) and get a proof of concept out for the board to review prior to attaching any kind of DNS record.
Not necessary for you to get the host yourself.
Sorry to have been a little recalcitrant over the last week, but I have just started a new job with <https://status.im> which has been occupying my time.
Erik Hülsmann, a CLF board member, rents <https://hetzner.de/> instances for his CRM company which he essentially donates to the CLF at less than costs, so spinning up a host is no problem.
We have standardized on Debian over Ubuntu as it makes the licensing situation clearer when we need a “special case”. Is there any reason you couldn’t install Discourse in the manner you wish under Debian?
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> This includes me setting up whatever mail server, getting our daily backups together, and adding necessary plugins (GitHub/Gmail OAuth).
If necessary, we would federate the `USER(a)common-lisp.net` domain. Currently we are running exim as the main MTA due to legacy concerns with mailman2 databases, but we wish to transition to a toplevel `postfix` that will work with the legacy `exim` for the `mailman2` app.
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> I apologize for trying to rush this - I've got a lot of free time currently due to a lull in work going on at my current company. So I and the dev team are currently not doing much. I want to take advantage of the time while I can.
Cool. Let’s take advantage of it.
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> Let me know and I'll get this out the door ASAP.
Can you please provide me with the public half of a contemporary-strength SSH keypair. We’ll set up a host, and communicate root@HOST via ip4/6 under separate cover.
yours,
Mark
P.S. if you wanna find me online, let’s figure out a Discord rendezvous. I’m <discord:347061732705042435> aka <discord:easye#8466>.
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