Talk:2024 Server Migration
From Larry
For service enumeration, I am in favor of removing monkeybot and trac.
I'm not familiar with nginx so we should stick with Apache.
I'd prefer to use SQLite if possible. One less service to manage.
For the support lifetime comparisons, the Rocky and Alma distributions do require point release upgrades to stay current until End of Support, just like Ubuntu. Debian looks like they have new versions on a 2 year cycle with support going one year past the new release so the longest we can use one version of Debian is 3 years on average.
I would prefer Debian even with the short lifecycle. However I'm not very familiar with any linux as server because I'm used to FreeBSD.
Cloud service: I'm familiar with Linode and DigitalOcean. Their 2GB $12 offerings are identical. The lower level nanode and droplets differ by $1. I think any of those can handle the workload. It might fall on storage or traffic dictating our choice.
One thing I'd like to try is to configure the server using Ansible. I think it's a good way to semi-automate future testing and installations.