[PageOneX] [dev] New round of development in PageOneX

Fri Jul 6 12:12:36 EDT 2018

Hi - I have 20 mins now, or in about an hour.  If you are still available
you can find me on Skype at civic-rahulb.

Rahul

On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 6:36 AM pablo rey <pablo at basurama.org> wrote:

> Hey Rahul, Let's chat when you are available today. Rafa said that he will
> join. He can better help with the containers and image storage location
> thing better than me.
> Ping me.
>
> On 5 July 2018 at 15:53, Rahul B <rahulb at media.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> Yes - you can deploy a Docker image via Dokku (details
>> <http://dokku.viewdocs.io/dokku/deployment/methods/dockerfiles/>).  That
>> said, deploying as a Heroic build pack is a little simpler.
>>
>> Regarding the images, the feature suggestion I made (to specify the
>> storage location via an environment variable), will let us move the image
>> storage to the larger hard drive.  That is precisely the goal.
>>
>> If you'd like to chat I have time today or tomorrow morning (Boston time).
>>
>> Rahul
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 7:07 AM pablo rey <pablo at basurama.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Rafa, that'd be great. Thanks!
>>>
>>> Let's see what Rahul says.
>>> Are Docker and Dokku interchangeable?
>>>
>>> On 4 July 2018 at 12:06, Rafael Porres Molina <rporres at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Pablo,
>>>>
>>>> This next Monday I can have some hours helping you if you need to move
>>>> the application to Docker. Prior to that, if you want we can set a meeting
>>>> with Rahul so that the time that I can work on the project is more focused.
>>>>
>>>> Let me know if this works for you.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Rafa
>>>>
>>>> El mié., 4 jul. 2018 a las 0:25, pablo rey (<pablo at basurama.org>)
>>>> escribió:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Rahul,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the good news, happy to continue at civic media servers.
>>>>>
>>>>> We have modest plans for this round of development, let's see how we
>>>>> do.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not familiarized with Dokku and containerized, how difficult is
>>>>> to change to that mode of deployment?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regarding image storage, remember you tried in November'17.  You wrote
>>>>> me off the list "I'm going to copy the giant folder of kiosko images to the
>>>>> bigger drive I mentioned again, but this time with a flag to maintain all
>>>>> the permissions. Then perhaps we can schedule a time where I can flip it to
>>>>> use the larger hard drive and you can make a thread and test some old ones
>>>>> to tell me if it works.  If it does, all good and I'll delete the giant
>>>>> folder on the main drive that is running low on space.  If it doesn't work
>>>>> then I can just quickly put it back the way it was and think harder about
>>>>> it." I think that caused some problems of image missing
>>>>> <https://github.com/numeroteca/pageonex/issues/203#issuecomment-361261644>,
>>>>> still unsolved.
>>>>>
>>>>> You suggest that Dokku's persistent storage will enable that change in
>>>>> storage. We'll need your help to make that shift.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> pablo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3 July 2018 at 15:29, Rahul B <rahulb at media.mit.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pleasure to meet you Juanjo.  Glad to see some new life breathing
>>>>>> into the project.  We host it here and the civic media servers, and I
>>>>>> confirmed with Ethan that he is willing to continue to do so.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * We are using RVM, but are switching to a containerized deployment
>>>>>> system soon.  That means it'd be best to think about Heroku-style
>>>>>> deployment (like PageOneX originally did).
>>>>>> * We will be using Dokku <http://dokku.viewdocs.io/dokku/> for
>>>>>> containerized deployment to our servers, we you will be able to deploy with
>>>>>> a `git push` (once we set keys up). We are migrating our hosted
>>>>>> applications to this mode now, so this is super good timing!
>>>>>> * Image storage is the only complicated thing to think about... right
>>>>>> now the `assets/images/kiosko` folder is 115GB (!).  It'd be great if you
>>>>>> could prioritize a feature change that lets us specify the root image
>>>>>> storage path via a environment variable.  That would allow us to use the Dokku
>>>>>> persistent storage path
>>>>>> <https://github.com/dokku/dokku/blob/master/docs/advanced-usage/persistent-storage.md> to
>>>>>> specify a storage point on our giant 10TB network drive while still
>>>>>> supporting containerized deployment, rather than having it fill up our root
>>>>>> drive (as it does now)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sound good?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rahul
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 4:03 AM pablo rey <pablo at basurama.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We are back after a long time. We have a few enhancements and things
>>>>>>> to fix in our road map (
>>>>>>> https://github.com/numeroteca/pageonex/projects/1). they are basic
>>>>>>> features to extend the use for an easier and deeper analysis (drawn areas
>>>>>>> would be able to store more data, not only the topic). Juanjo Bazán will be
>>>>>>> developing in RoR.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rahul, we have a few doubts to solve regarding deployment process:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    - We are planning to update the ruby version that it's used. I
>>>>>>>    guess that should be no problem if we are using RVM. Could you confirm?
>>>>>>>    - Another related question to the gems. Which is the deployment
>>>>>>>    process in dev and production servers? is there an script that executes the
>>>>>>>    bundle/migrations of the database or everything is installed "manually" or
>>>>>>>    something like capistrano is used?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Down the road, but not yet in the listed in the project, we are
>>>>>>> planning to update ruby, gems and bootstrap.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you want to join, just tell!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> p
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------
>>>>>> Rahul Bhargava
>>>>>> http://rahul.connectionlab.org
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