apache

Sorry, I just got into this binge of messing with things on my webserver, and I'm just too focused on it to really be around or do anything else. Gets me too cranky, too, so I just... need to be left alone to do this stuff. D:

I got sidetracked from the bbpress dice roller plugin I'm writing, though. :( I spent all yesterday messing with Python (2.5, if only because 2.6 just came out this *week* and I'd rather wait). Been trying to configure Django which is starting to interest me as the next gen darksiren.net, but I'm still poking at figuring how to make it display with apache / mod_python.

Also, I'm worrying about space left on my webserver, as I'm at 60% of 15GB and that makes me a bit paranoid. Trying to mess with log rotation, right now. But I may also consider upgrading the VPS. $20 more bucks a month guys :( so who wants to donate?!

Oh, and I had to fix webnote, because changing Python messed it up royally. I reinstalled it but need to fix the layout still. Some things to remember:

Hrmh garagh! I am so sleep deprived. WTF. x.x

But, I have Apache 2.2.8 now. [Edit: I was able to reactivate FancyIndexing so the default directory listings have images and info displayed again, like this. Took me a while to figure out how to suppress all but the minimum server info appended to the bottom of server generated pages, though. I needed to use the ServerTokens directive for that.]

I found out that however the Hostforweb techs updated Apache, it was with some sort of automated program. The httpd.conf is all pregenerated. It also says in the comments where it's generated from, in case I wanted to mess with that, but I could also use cpanel's include files in [apache_dir]/conf/includes, too. Also, a lot of commonly used modules were compiled statically into the apache install (which I checked with httpd -l), including the ever useful mod_rewrite.c.

I'm upgrading Apache to 2.2.8! Hopefully nothing will break horribly. D: I'll have to upgrade MySQL eventually, too, but Apache is more pressing for the moment (I'm running 1.3.39.)

Not that this will really matter to anyone but me... and maybe some of my users. But I seriously doubt Apache 2.2 will break the web apps we have installed, so long as I can keep mod_rewrite and local .htaccess files (for the various 'clean' URL setups I have on Drupal, Wordpress, wikis, etc.) working.

Ohoh, and I got accepted to the RP I wrote up Leah for. It's called Lacryma. My char is a programmer/hacker type with a corporate job. In terms of physical protection, she's an aikido student, and she has a pistol she doesn't know how to use that well. So yeah. More brains than brawn! She's rather eccentric and socially awkward, too. Maybe more so than the original concept I had of Leah.

The admin who accepted my application said they're still looking for more people. So if you have a hankering for some freeform post-apocalyptic forum RP, check it out! ^^; I hope someone makes a chara older than mine -- I'm already the oldest *player* there, and my char is only 23. (I turn 29 in a couple weeks! ;.;)

So Eni wants a page for the Redrum Collective (the unofficial name for our PSU "guild"). And she wants both a wiki and a forum. Fine, yeah, I'll just install a wiki, and a forum... except wait! I need to find a way to integrate the authentication of the two so people only need one login! I guess I don't NEED to, but I want to.

Which led me to researching various solutions for the single sign-on problem. Eventually -- after much frustration looking for suitable CMSs with both wiki and forum, wikis with forum plugins and so on -- it led me to CAS or Central Authentication System. Basically, you run a server (written in Java in this case, the code is taken from some project originally from Yale apparently) that serves as a bridge between the login authentication of different web apps, creating a single point of authentication for all.