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**OS: Windows 7 pro | **OS: Windows 7 pro | ||
**Additional OS's running under Virtual Box 4.1.22 ( out of date ) | **Additional OS's running under Virtual Box 4.1.22 ( out of date ) | ||
| − | ***Ubuntu 12.04 Set up with some directories shared with the Windows 7 host. | + | ***Ubuntu 12.04 Set up with some directories shared with the Windows 7 host. [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/VirtualBox/Setting_up_an_Ubuntu_virtual_machine "VirtualBox: Setting up an Ubuntu virtual machine"] has some tips for setting up an Ubuntu virtual machine with VirtualBox. |
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===FileZilla=== | ===FileZilla=== | ||
| − | FileZilla is a file transfer program, I have found very useful. Transfer files either way, view, edit text files all gui based. | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileZilla FileZilla] is a file transfer program, I have found very useful. Transfer files either way, view, edit text files all gui based. |
===LocalSettings.php=== | ===LocalSettings.php=== | ||
You will get a file from dream host, keep a copy safe some place, it has parameters including passwords you will need to know. Its name is LocalSettings.php | You will get a file from dream host, keep a copy safe some place, it has parameters including passwords you will need to know. Its name is LocalSettings.php | ||
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| + | === TortoiseHg === | ||
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| + | While not absolutely necessary, DavidCary uses | ||
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TortoiseHg TortoiseHg] on his local machine | ||
| + | as a pretty GUI | ||
| + | to talk to | ||
| + | [http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Mercurial Mercurial on Dreamhost], | ||
| + | when doing OpenCircuits back-end maintenance. | ||
| + | Mercurial makes it much easier to tweak settings in LocalSettings.php, | ||
| + | test them out, | ||
| + | and when things go horribly wrong, revert to the previous known-good configuration. | ||
| + | TortoiseHg and Mercurial also make it much easier to answer questions like | ||
| + | "Hey, this thing over here was working a week ago. What changed since then?". | ||
| + | The http://hginit.com/ website has a good introduction to using Mercurial from a command line; I think it is useful to skim through it even if you plan to always use Mercurial through a GUI interface like TortoiseHg. | ||
==Other References== | ==Other References== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:00, 11 May 2015
Contents
Some beginning tips on running a wiki at DreamHost[edit]
I have figured out some stuff but not a whole lot.
What you get from dream host[edit]
- Seems basically to be a virtual Linux headless ( no graphical user interface ) server. You have a couple of ways of interacting with it:
- Connect via ssh and use a terminal program to operate it in command mode
- Connect via a FTP client and move files back an forth
- Connect via a web browser and use some tools provided by Dreamhost.
My Environment[edit]
To understand my use it may help to know what my software environment is:
- Computer
- Notebook i7 processor, 8 gig memory
- OS: Windows 7 pro
- Additional OS's running under Virtual Box 4.1.22 ( out of date )
- Ubuntu 12.04 Set up with some directories shared with the Windows 7 host. "VirtualBox: Setting up an Ubuntu virtual machine" has some tips for setting up an Ubuntu virtual machine with VirtualBox.
Tools On Ubuntu[edit]
SSH[edit]
You need an SSH client program on your computer to interact in the most powerful way ( but not necessarily the most friendly way ) with the Linux virtual machine at DreamHost There seem to be a lot out there, one of the most popular seems to be PuTTY, I do not particularly like it and in general decided that interactions with the Linux server is better using a Linux client, so I do most of my work in a Ubuntu machine under Virtual box. This lets me get pretty much any Linux tool that runs under Linux, and for this purpose there seem to be more:
For my ideal SSH client I want it to remember all the log on settings so that I do not have to remember and type this administrative junk. I also want full cut and paste ability either from the Ubuntu environment or the widows environment. Again there is PuTTY and for me it is still not all I want.
SecPanel[edit]
is another ssh client and seems more functional for me, it is what I use now.
FileZilla[edit]
FileZilla is a file transfer program, I have found very useful. Transfer files either way, view, edit text files all gui based.
LocalSettings.php[edit]
You will get a file from dream host, keep a copy safe some place, it has parameters including passwords you will need to know. Its name is LocalSettings.php
TortoiseHg[edit]
While not absolutely necessary, DavidCary uses TortoiseHg on his local machine as a pretty GUI to talk to Mercurial on Dreamhost, when doing OpenCircuits back-end maintenance. Mercurial makes it much easier to tweak settings in LocalSettings.php, test them out, and when things go horribly wrong, revert to the previous known-good configuration. TortoiseHg and Mercurial also make it much easier to answer questions like "Hey, this thing over here was working a week ago. What changed since then?". The http://hginit.com/ website has a good introduction to using Mercurial from a command line; I think it is useful to skim through it even if you plan to always use Mercurial through a GUI interface like TortoiseHg.
Other References[edit]
- Welcome to MediaWiki.org Partarticurlarly see: Developing & Extending
- the DreamHost Web Hosting manual. In particular, the MediaWiki on Dreamhost page has a lot of tips for running MediaWiki at DreamHost. (MediaWiki is the software that supports the OpenCircuits, the DreamHost Web Hosting Manual, WikiBooks, etc).
