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===Hi, and welcome to contribs.org!===
===Hi, and welcome to contribs.org !===
So you want to learn about the contribs.org community and the Koozali SME Server project? '''Good''', you came to the right place :-)
So you want to learn about the contribs.org community and the Koozali SME Server project? '''Good''', you came to the right place :-)
==Netiquette==
==Netiquette==
First things first. We are all here because we share a passion or an interest. And to be able to work together on a virtual basis, we have to have some guidelines on how we can and how we maintain this in a sustainable way. Now we can direct you to the formal 'rules of engagement' with and among this community (and for that matter, your on-line expressions in general) [https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt '''here'''], but let's cut to the chase. Here are some general guidelines, but we also do trust on your own sense of responsibilities and attitude:
First things first. We are all here because we share a passion or an interest. And to be able to work together on a virtual basis, we have to have some guidelines on how we can and how we can maintain this in a sustainable way. We could direct you to the formal 'rules of engagement' [https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt '''here'''], but let's cut to the chase. Here are some general guidelines, but we also do trust on your own sense of responsibility and attitude:
* Be respectful. A persons judgement on you is based on who you are and how you behave, not on what you think you know
* Be respectful. A persons judgement on you is based on who you are and on your attitude, not on what you think you know, or who you know
* No harsh/foul/profanity language or flaming
* No harsh/foul/profanity language or flaming
* No political, religious or sexual related topics or expressions
* No political, religious or sexual related topics or expressions
* contribs.org is a global community. Time Zones, workdays and holidays may differ from yours. Be patient.
* contribs.org is a global community. Time Zones, workdays, holidays and available time may differ from yours. Be patient.
* Be brief, but be as complete as possible with information
* Be brief, but be as complete as possible with information
* Skills and understanding of things from one person to another may differ. Be patient and helpful
* Skills and understanding of things from one person to another may differ. Be patient and helpful
* The default language on contribs.org is English. We do try to catch other languages, but that's no guarantee
* The default language on contribs.org is English. We do try to catch other languages, but that's no guarantee
* Please share and help, don't hold back
* Please share and help, don't hold back
* Sentiment and enthusiasm are not to be confused. We love enthusiasm
* Finish your conversations and wrap them up. On the forums, on our Bugzilla and on our mailing lists.
* Finish your conversations and wrap them up. On the forums, on our Bugzilla and on our mailing lists.
* The only stupid question is the question that you did not ask
* The only stupid question is the question that you did not ask
==Our infrastructure and tools==
==Our infrastructure and tools==
To be able to provide all the services mentioned here, we need some stuff. First of all, we need an infrastructure of hardware and on top of that all kinds of application.
To be able to provide all the services mentioned here, we need a serious infrastructure. First of all, we need an infrastructure of hardware and connections and on top of that all kinds of systems and applications.
Our hardware is located in Paris, France, at a large and secure Tier 3/4 data center. So for all the services provided by contribs.org, the default Time Zone is Paris, France. It consists of a HA cluster of real and virtual servers (a mix of CentOS and SME Servers) and redundant internet connections. Obviously backup management is thoroughly implemented, and they do go off-site. Next to providing services that are visiable to you, there is some other interesting stuff going on behind the scenes. Most mentionable is our own build system with which we manage and build our updates and bugfixes and build updated RPM's and ISO's. A thing of beauty all by itself.
Our hardware is located in Paris, France, at a large and secure Tier 3/4 data center. So for all the services provided by contribs.org, the default Time Zone is Paris, France. It consists of a cluster of virtual servers (a mix of CentOS versions) and redundant internet connections. Obviously backup management is thoroughly implemented, and they do go off-site. Next to providing services that are visible to you, there is some other interesting stuff going on behind the scenes. Most mentionable is our own build system with which we manage and build our updates and bugfixes and build updated RPM's and ISO's. A thing of beauty all by itself.
Next to our hardware infrastructure, obviously we have our applications. As for the applications we are solely usng Open Source solutions:
Next to our hardware infrastructure, obviously we have our applications. As for the applications and software systems, we are solely using Open Source solutions. Here is what we currently have deployed:
* [http://www.centos.org/ CentOS] and [http://www.redhat.com/en Redhat] as our base for Koozali SME Server itself as a server distribution, and as our infra and hosting platform for contribs.org
* [http://www.zabbix.com/ Zabbix] as our infrastructure and services monitoring and alerting platform
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki Mediawiki] as our wiki
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki Mediawiki] as our wiki
* [http://www.simplemachines.org/ Simple Machines Forum] as our forums platform
* [http://www.simplemachines.org/ Simple Machines Forum] as our forums platform
* [http://pootle.translatehouse.org/ Pootle] as our translation management platform
* [http://pootle.translatehouse.org/ Pootle] as our translation management platform
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/smeserver/ SourceForge CVS] as our source code and patch management platform
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/smeserver/ SourceForge CVS] as our source code and patch management platform
* [http://yum.baseurl.org/ Yum] as the Koozali SME Server maintenance and update mechanism
* [http://rsync.samba.org/ Rsync] to update our voluntarily download and updates mirrors.
* [http://rsync.samba.org/ Rsync] to update our voluntarily download and updates mirrors.
* [http://webchat.freenode.net/ Freenode] as our IRC channel provider (#SME_Server)
* [http://webchat.freenode.net/ Freenode] as our IRC channel provider (#SME_Server)
* [http://www.centos.org/ CentOS] and [http://www.redhat.com/en Redhat] as our base for Koozali SME Server
* [http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ BackupPC] as our backup tool
* and a lot more tools are used internally such as [http://lemonldap-ng.org/welcome/ Lemonldap::NG], [http://phpmyadmin.org/ phpMyAdmin], [http://phpldapadmin.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page phpLDAPAdmin], [https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki DokuWiki], [https://www.fusiondirectory.org/ Fusion Directory], [http://piwik.org/ Piwik], [http://shorewall.net/ Shorewall], [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Plague Plague].
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Unfortunately we do not have a transparent authentication back end across all services provided yet. So we kindly ask you to register for the individual services of your choice. It's a bit annoying, we know, but it is only a one time, one minute action.
Unfortunately we do not have a transparent authentication back end across all services provided yet. So we kindly ask you to register for the individual services of your choice. It's a bit annoying, we know, but it is only a one time, one minute action.
Our Infrastructure and applications 'Jedi', who co-designed, has implemented, is maintaining and leading all of this is Daniel and his team ([[Who%27s_who|who's who page]]). All voluntarily in their own free time and on a daily basis! Our setup is an impressive one, and a one that would make a large company pretty jealous :-) On a daily basis we process and serve tens of thousands requests on the forums and wiki within milliseconds per request, 24/7/365, at an up-time of seven 9's in 2015.
Our Infrastructure and applications 'Jedi', who co-designed, has implemented, is maintaining and leading all of this is Daniel and his team ('''[[Who is who]]'''). All voluntarily in their own free time and on a daily basis! Our setup is an impressive one, and a one that would make a large company pretty jealous :-) On a daily basis we process and serve tens of thousands requests on the forums and wiki within milliseconds per request, 24/7/365, at an up-time of seven 9's in 2015.
==Wiki==
==Wiki==
As mentioned above, for our documentation and logging our knowledge, we are using [http://mediawiki.org Mediawiki], one of the most widely used and professional wiki engines available.
As mentioned above, for our documentation and logging our knowledge, we are using [http://mediawiki.org Mediawiki], one of the most widely used and professional wiki engines available.
Yep, we know, our wiki does not qualify as 'fine art' or the most appealing wiki sites out there, but we _are_ getting the job done. With over 17 million hits to date (since 2007), and almost ten thousand hits a day, we are doing a pretty good and people tend to find their answer on our wiki. See our [[Wiki_statistics|'''wiki statistics''']] page for some more numbers on how we are doing.
Yep, we know, our wiki does not qualify as 'fine art' nor is it one of the most appealing wiki sites out there, but we ''are'' getting the job done. With over 27 million hits to date (since 2007), and currently with over ten thousand hits a day, we are doing a pretty good and people tend to find their answer on our wiki. See our [[Wiki_statistics|'''wiki statistics''']] page for some more numbers on how we are doing.
Navigating our wiki or searching our wiki for your topic of interest can be a bit confusing (and we are working very hard to get that simplified). However we have categorized our wiki to assist you is your searches for the correct information.
Most noticeable categories (but not all, a complete list is [[Special:Categories|here]]) are the:
* [[SME_Server:Documentation|Manuals]]
* [[SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ|FAQ]]
* [[Category:Contrib]]
* [[Category:Howto]]
TBA, WIP
TBA, WIP
==Bugzilla==
==Bugzilla==
Bugzilla is our bugs and issues system.
Bugzilla is our bugs and issues system.
==Contribs & howto's==
TBA
Now that you have reached the end of this page, it's time to introduce you to some important individuals that coordinate and take care all of the above.
Now that you have reached the end of this page, it's time to introduce you to some important individuals that coordinate and take care all of the above.
Please visit our [[Who%27s_who|'''Who's who''']] page to get to know them.
Please visit our '''[[Who is who]]''' page to get to know them.
==Thanks==
==Thanks==
