[Server-devel] wwwoffle?

[Andra DuPont]

Dan,
Seeing as how I am using wwwoffle on my server now, I would be glad to help test it. I am leaving for Kenya on Thursday, so I have limited time. If you pass it on to me soon with some explanation on how to use it, I will give you some feedback. 

One issue from my side is that I do not use squid, so I might have a bit of a learning curve on that side.

Also, I need to understand what your script does with respect to an existing server that already has wwwoffle installed. I have cached a lot of information on my server to take with me to kenya so they don't have to pull this off the internet themselves. I don't want to lose it, but I'm not comfortable with how to back it all up. Bottom line, I need to understand if the scripts will affect an existing installation. If so, I may not be able to do the testing until I return at the end of March.

Andy

On Feb 18, 2011, at 8:39 PM, Dan Zubey wrote:

> Okay, I have an initial cut of the script, and it works well on my laptop. Can I pass this along to someone to test? How should I publish it?
> 
> I do not have an active xs environment to test it on due to some hardware failures here, but I'm working on that, and I'd appreciate input so I can fix any bugs.
> 
>> Well, squid is pretty quirky, I am trying to replace it, and some of
>> the possible replacements are quirky too (but in much better ways!)
>> :-)
>> 
>> If detecting the connectivity situation and switching is hard for you
>> right now, don't do that part. Let your stuff just be init script +
>> configs.
>> 
>> cheers,
>> 
>> 
>> m
> 
> What I did with the script (and I can write more documentation somewhere else as well) is to create an init-type script that starts and stops the wwwoffled daemon and squid as appropriate, as well as starting a separate "daemon" process that runs on the system in the background, tracks the system's online status, and signals wwwoffled to go online or offline as needed.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Dan Zubey