We need a new VM on xen1 lax…

We need a new VM on xen1.lax for archive.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/, which should have nginxNGINX NGINX is open source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media streaming, and more. It started out as a web server designed for maximum performance and stability. In addition to its HTTP server capabilities, NGINX can also function as a proxy server for email (IMAP, POP3, and SMTP) and a reverse proxy and load balancer for HTTP, TCP, and UDP servers. https://www.nginx.com/.-base but not PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. http://php.net/manual/en/intro-whatis.php.. A new wporg-archive role should have the bare minimum – just an nginx config that listens on archive.wordpress.org (SSLSSL Secure Socket Layer - Encryption from the server to the browser and back. Prevents prying eyes from seeing what you are sending between your browser and the server. not needed) and serves up static files in /home/archive/public_html.

The SSHSSH Secure SHell - a protocol for securely connecting to a remote system in addition to or in place of a password. keys for coffee2code, otto42, and myself should be installed for the archive user. Ideally the user should have the ability do to the following:

  • sudo /usr/bin/vim /usr/local/etc/conf.d/archive.wordpress.org.conf
  • sudo /etc/init.d/nginx reload

(This has been discussed with and signed off by @barry)

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