[Fsfe-ie] Fwd: Re: [alaveteli-dev] 100000 questions - I want to get an FOI site up for Ireland

[Ben North]

Hi Luke,

Thanks for following up on this.  Looks exciting!  Please do keep the list
up-to-date with developments.

Ben.


On 6 February 2017 at 21:20, Luke Murphy <lukewm at riseup.net> wrote:

> Continuing to shout into the void here :)
>
> Looks like our FOI request issue is already solved!
>
> Free Software under the AGPL to boot. Exciting.
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Re: [alaveteli-dev] 100000 questions - I want to get an FOI
> site up for Ireland
> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 22:11:27 +0100
> From: Luke Murphy <lukewm at riseup.net>
> Reply-To: lukewm at riseup.net
> Organization: N/A
> To: john at handelaar.org
>
> John,
>
> This is amazing that you're already on the way with this. I am
> astoundingly relieved that I don't have to follow through on this and
> actually do something ;)
>
> Actually, I'd be happy to help with anything you might need.
>
> Would like a peek too!
>
> Best,
>
> Luke
>
> On 06.02.2017 22:08, John Handelaar wrote:
> > It's 95% ready to go. We're in pre-testing :)
> >
> > https://foi.ie
> >
> > Contact me for a peek.
> >
> >
> > jh
> >
> > PS: There are no longer any fees in advance for requests.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6 February 2017 at 19:59, Luke Murphy <lukewm at riseup.net> wrote:
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> Great job on the Alaveteli project. Looks amazing. Even though the
> >> thought of being responsible for running a RoR app terrifies me, I'm
> >> determined to get this one going.
> >>
> >> So, questions, questions:
> >>
> >> * Ireland charges for FOI requests[1], can Alaveteli support this?
> >>
> >> * Have you developed any configuration management integration?
> >>   * Puppet, SaltStack, etc. It seems the app needs a lot of system
> >> configuration and that needs to manually repeated if the machine goes
> >> down? The installation script is used up until now?
> >>
> >> * In the best practices docs[2], the recommended web server setup sounds
> >> quite complicated (apache+passenger, for example). Is there docs to
> >> cover this?
> >>
> >> * I won't be able to afford Amazon. What providers are people using out
> >> there? Are there any NGO friendly free tier / discounted programs?
> >>
> >> * I saw a dockerized effort going on. Is that viable at this point in
> time?
> >>
> >> I'm a programmer and have had **some** experience maintaining
> >> infrastructure in the big bad business world, so I have a point of
> >> reference.
> >>
> >> I'll be building a team of people interested in the coming weeks.
> >>
> >> Any help appreciated and thank you all for providing this Free Software.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Luke
> >>
> >> [1]: http://foi.gov.ie/faqs/is-there-a-fee/
> >> [2]: http://alaveteli.org/docs/running/server/
> >>
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