[tech] Tech/Wheel Meeting 2024-04-15 18:30 - scheduled

Tue Mar 5 21:30:00 AWST 2024

Tech/Wheel Meeting Agenda - Tuesday 2024-03-05T18:30
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- VENUE: UCC Clubroom
  - and online at https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/tech

*Meeting opened HH:MM*

## Attendance
- Present
- Apologies
- Absent

## Next meeting
- Schedule next meeting
  - *day 2024-mm-ddTHH:MM
- ACTION: [???] shall be this meeting's secretary! This entails recording minutes for meeting n (beware mid-meeting glitches) and ensuring meeting n+1 reminders succeed:
  - Checklist follows:
    - Clone a new issue from [[https://gitlab.ucc.asn.au/UCC/tech-todo-list/-/issues/32]]
      - Right now, before the meeting is underway and everyone is waiting; then reopen it and assign it to yourself
      - This issue is to keep track of any async secretarial duties detailed ahead
      - Type `/clone` into the "Write a comment" box as a "quick action"
      - Update the title to match today's date
  - [ ] ACTION: Save and commit the minutes of today's meeting, during the meeting (yes, really); and at the end
  - [ ] ACTION: Set and (later) verify reminders of next meeting:
    - [ ] Promptly update `agenda.next` with the TIME/DATE/VENUE
    - [ ] Perform initial curation of `agenda.next`, and move any previous or longstanding action items out of it and into GitLab (see Action Items section below)
    - [ ] Update the crontab: `motsugo# crontab -e`
    - [ ] Check at T-7days that the notice really went out, fix for T-4days if needed
- [ ] Everyone, before next meeting: Curate `agenda.next`, and move any items you think should be tracked as GitLab issues into GitLab issues, as above

## Optional items - choose at the start of the meeting
- [ ] Ethical guidelines
- [ ] Monitoring
- [ ] Backups
- [ ] Password rotations
- [ ] New members
- [ ] Quick check of ChangeLog
- [ ] Lessons learnt

## Current Action Items
- ACTION: [MPT] to ask Unigames if they would like to keep `unigames.(guild|gu).uwa.edu.au`
- ACTION: [TPG] work out how to add "realms"/"universes" to `zonemake.py`
- ACTION: [333] [GPO] Proxmox upgrading preparation
- ACTION: [GPO] [I2N] Pester UWAIT about firewalled IPs
- ACTION: [MTL]: Get docker container ansible SOE finished, and then start UCC mastodon instance
- ACTION: [MTL] [MPT] [GPO] [NTU]: Update ucc-mailman to mailman3
- ACTION: [MTL] [MPT] [GPO]: Seperate mussel's functions into seperate functions, separate VMs
- ACTION: [333] to properly investigate Proxmox Backup, even if that's just trying it at home and reporting back.
- ACTION: [GPO] [NTU] [DBA] to rotate uccpass passwords
- ACTION: [GPO] [333] [I2N] look into PAM 2FA systems for SSH
- ACTION: [GPO] [CJN] to fix OpenVPN and look at other VPN setups
- ACTION: [333] to look into Magikarp Ceph OSD.3: underlying Samsung 860 Pro SSD is dead
- ACTION: ALL to add changes or work you have done to https://wiki.ucc.asn.au/Changelog

### Boilerplate/Review
- Review GitLab bug list: [[https://gitlab.ucc.asn.au/UCC/tech-todo-list/-/issues/]]
- Briefly discuss anything iff needed, but don't spend too long rehashing previous meetings ;)
- Then:
  - New actions/ACTION items: put them in the minutes once, but add to bug list to minimise repeat discussion
  - Ongoing actions: don't keep them in the agenda, summarise updates - iff needed
  - Completed actions: mention in the agenda that it's been completed, summarise - iff needed

### Action items to discuss

## Known Broken Stuff
- [NTU] Nearly all the physical KVM consoles
  - Setting up the backlog of bare metal, blade server with a screen on the floor...?
    - trying to set up IPMI serial-over-LAN
      - (fully automatic netboot installs?)
  - https://discord.com/channels/264401248676085760/264401248676085760/1198973736469139599
  - Router and fileservers really need a working physical console
  - (only) port 2 works, screen and keyboard, `medico`
  - Port 4 `murasoi` has no working PS/2 to USB adaptor (no PS/2 ports on `murasoi`)
    - stormcomputers.com.au had some cheap ones? buy 6? or online?
  - Port 8 `motsugo` not connected
  - [NTU] has brought in a Belkin OmniView F1DC108C KVM: would it be useful?
    - https://discord.com/channels/264401248676085760/264401248676085760/1115479589410570310
    - 8 ports/cables, daisy chainable with extra units - one per rack?
    - Extra cables/units available on ebay.com , sometimes ebay.com.au more locally
      - USB "native" cables: USD$28 +p&p https://www.ebay.com/itm/225894653794
      - F1DE016C 16-Port KVM Expander USD$60 +p&p https://www.ebay.com/itm/184480340973
        - maybe not that one, if cables may be missing
    - Could combine (later) with a pikvm.org or similar?

## Matters arising previously
- bare metal server backlog
  - to replace some existing ones, not just add to the pile...
  - physical consoles, see above
    - shopping list
  - mains power
    - APC transfer switches and lots of IEC C13/C14 kettle extensions?
  - network
    - Summit X670 purple switch
      - need extra cards/DACs?
      - shopping list
        - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006108709259.html AU$43.16 / AU$45.43 82599 X710 X520 DA2 dual optical port 10G 10 Gigabit fiber optic network card, PCIE ?
        - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006409263046.html AU$11.25 / AU$19.81 Optane+networking to m.2 to u.2 to single-slot PCIe? or is it partially SATA?
          - AUD$81.22 , m.2 to SFP+ 10Gbps "Intel82599 chip" https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006277533444.html
  - 2x DELL R710, changed SAS controllers, for offsite backup duties, new cables, server setup

## Extra items (rename/refile as appropriate)

*Meeting closed HH:MM*

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```
# https://demo.hedgedoc.org/Hlsapf47RsqpgIjqLVfMUw
cd /home/wheel/docs/meetings
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git add ./$(date +%Y-%m-%d).txt
git commit -m "Tech meeting minutes $(date +%Y-%m-%d)"
```

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