<br>2010/6/17 Drak &lt;<a href="mailto:drak@zikula.org">drak@zikula.org</a>&gt;:<br>&gt; I think there is an action item missing from the list.  I need a full list<br>&gt; of questions so I can begin the documentation process.<br>
&gt; Drak<br>&gt;<br><br>Ok I need to know what setup/changes are needed for the following setup:<br><br>  <span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">                           ____ </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">                      +-----|====|</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">                      |     |Prxy|                ____ </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">                      |     |    |-------+ +-----|====|</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">                      |     |____|       | |     |App |</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">     __  _            |                  | |     |    |---+</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">    [__]|=|-------+   |      ____        |=|     |____|   |</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">    /::/|_|       |   +-----|====|       | |              |</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">              __________    |Prxy|-------+ |      ____    |        _____ </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">             [_Internet_]   |    |       | |     |====|   |      _/____/|</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">    __  _         |    |    |____|       | +-----|App |---+     /__/__/||</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">   [__]|=|        |    |                 | |     |    |   |====|=  |-°||&#39;</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">   /::/|_|--------+    |     ____        |=|     |____|   |    |___|__|/ </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">                  |    |    |====|       | |              |               </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">                  |    +----|Prxy|       | |      ____    |     DB Server</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">    __  _         |    |    |    |-------+ |     |====|   |</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">   [__]|=|        |    |    |____|       | |     |App |---+</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">   /::/|_|--------+    |                 |=|     |    |</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">                       |     ____        | +-----|____|</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">  Users                |    |====|       |</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">                       +----|Prxy|-------+</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">                            |    |</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">                            |____|</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><br>Proxy servers are located around the world. Most app servers are also<br>located at remote locations and while a proxy should talk with its<br>closest app server it might be talking elsewhere. Zikula code lives App<br>
servers. DB Server is in remote location from most app servers.<br><br>All code/changes/etc are deployed to app servers via centralized config management (puppet). <br><br>What settings are needed to set up each app server so that they aren&#39;t accidently stomping on each other? <br>
<br>-- <br>Stephen J Smoogen.<br>“The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance.” <br>Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University.<br>&quot;We have a strategic plan. It&#39;s called doing things.&quot;&quot;<br>
— Herb Kelleher, founder Southwest Airlines <br><br>