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We started a <a href="https://github.com/lter/imc-migration">migration
repository</a>, and run a <a
href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ISAm8B8KTzGSTXpAWK4-0WSGjzpEsNAiDwO3SW27ts4/edit?usp=sharing">deep
analysis</a> of the IM site composition and structure. <br>
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The only thing in our way is a snapshot of the database, and a
copy of the files directory. This does not take a series of
meetings, strategical decisions, it just takes FIVE minutes of
somebody's time at NCEAS. Perhaps it would be even faster (1
minutes) to open me a shell account, so I can perform those ops
myself. May be there is a trust issue, who knows?<br>
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I am not asking NCEAS to host a secure, more modern version of the
IM site - but I want to give the IMs a chance to preserve the
content before is too late, and content becomes locked and too
costly to be migrated. It is really much more simple than all
that.<br>
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Inigo<br>
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On 6/6/16 5:25 PM, Matt Jones wrote:<br>
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<div>Just wanted to follow up with a few details about the web
site migration. In consultation with Corinna and others at
EDI (formerly NIMO), and with support from James at LNO, we
migrated the LTER informational web sites to the NCO, and have
been operating them for the last several months, including
handling necessary security updates. Marty met with Corinna
and others from EDI last week to discuss how to move the IM
site (and other data oriented sites) over to the EDI. What
became clear is that there are still some decisions to be made
as the role of the EDI gets better defined with respect to
LTER and other non-LTER groups like OBFS and macrosystems
projects. So, for the time being, we will continue to operate
the web sites at NCO, at least until EDI is operational; at
that point, some portion of the content that makes sense may
be moved over to EDI or elsewhere, depending on what the IM
community and EDI wants to do. So, thanks, Inigo, for the
offer, but at this time its probably best not to separate the
IM site from the other other Drupal instances at LTER that it
is intertwined with -- we'll get it and the other sites
upgraded to D7 and continue to provide access to IMs via their
LDAP logins. More info as Corinna et al. get operational at
EDI...</div>
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<div>Matthew B. Jones</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Inigo
San Gil <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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IMs,<br>
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Drupal 6 (D6) End of support came in the early spring of
2016. A couple of weeks ago, we attended a proper funeral,
New Orleans style. Very emotional event, as you can imagine.<br>
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I thought I would offer to move the IM site to a supported
platform (hint: the IM site runs on D6), perhaps clean it up
a bit, and make it mobile friendly. Not a lot of work, but
it is not for the faint of heart, as the site hosts over
1,000 nodes, which to you it means at least 1,000 pages of
content. With the combinations and relationships, it makes
up a wealth of information.<br>
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The information is now at some risk, when the next critical
vulnerability hits, we would probably scramble for a fix. Or
not, but it wont be as easy as it is with a supported
product. That is why I offered to update the site.<br>
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James Brunt offered an out-of-date snapshot of the database,
but it would be really better to hit the production
database, so content can be migrated once and again -- there
is no need for downtimes, no operational disruptions.
Except, that is, the lack of responsiveness.<br>
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For this I need the cooperation of the new hosts, the
NCEAS. We sent them an email over 10 days ago. I sent them
a reminder 8 days ago.<br>
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All I need is ONE of two SIMPLE things:<br>
-- Either shell access to the server hosting the IM site<br>
OR<br>
-- 2 files: a mysqldump file of the back end database, and
the "files" directory of that site.<br>
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I got one answer that asked me to wait (???) for a meeting
last week.<br>
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It has been over two weeks since my initial offer. If this
is going to be the MO of the NCEAS, I would suggest we host
the IM site ourselves (whether in our servers, or in a cloud
instance). Same fate with Databits. If we insist on having
NCEAS providing this sort of service, you can help by
reminding NCEAS about turnaround times and service
expectations, specially for simple things that entail 5 mins
of their time.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Inigo<br>
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