configure backup of status.ovirt.org

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status.ovirt.org was set up - need to investigate if it needs to be backed up or we can produce documentation to set up a new stats page in case something happens to the existing OpenShift gear.

We can use OpenShift's built in backup/restore functionality:
https://developers.openshift.com/managing-your-applications/backing-up-applications.html

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Former user December 18, 2018 at 12:53 PM

It's running in the PHX OpenShift instance and no backup is configured there. Data for the status page stored in a MySQL database and there is no documented way to backup/restore data in Cachet itself.

An interesting concept is using a separate container that connects to the DB and backs it up, then we sync the volume outside.
Here's a sample of such a container:
https://hub.docker.com/r/confirm/mysql-backup/

Eyal Edri December 15, 2018 at 3:11 PM

where do we host status.ovirt.org now? do we still need it?

Marc Dequènes (Duck) April 13, 2017 at 4:31 AM

I looked into OpenShift rhc and there is way to do snapshots. As it takes the gear down during the process I would advise to do it not too frequently to avoid too much disruption. Maybe once a week is sufficient.

As for the rhc tool it is available and now installed.

As for granting access, there are two ways:

  • using a SSH key associated to an account; but your cannot have fine grained ACLs so it would have access to all domains, which is utterly insecure

  • using a token ACLs are possible, but unfortunately the token expiration is 6 months only and it cannot be extended

So I would recommend using the contact@ovirt.org account which is owner of the ovirtweb domain. Unfortunately I can't find the credentials either in the file or on the ML. Would someone happen to have it somewhere?

Also, because rhc was not installed, I guess the website was not saved. It is not a big deal as the builder just need to push to a web folder, so the configuration should be easy to rebuild in case of emergency, but we could save it as well.

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Created April 12, 2017 at 3:18 PM
Updated August 29, 2019 at 2:12 PM
Resolved February 15, 2019 at 2:32 PM