[Tech] Partimus & Raspberry Pi 3 Model Bs

Wed Sep 28 18:05:03 PDT 2016

So, seems like we are all on a simiar trajectory. :) I was thinking
something along these lines:

* Administrative VPN that does *not* route traffic to the Internet,
  using OpenVPN. (More on why later)
* Chef client w/ Chef Zero, rather than a shell script, running from
  cron, atjobs, etc. (something more flexible than 'traditional'
  cron so we dont miss runs due to PCs or devices being off at
  scheduled run time)
* Use a github repo for chef-zero code, encrypted data-bags or
  equivalent facility, etc.
* A strong SDLC/DevOps release workflow to test and perhaps do code
  review. (I like "Mike's Workflow" from Essential Git, with optional
  modifications to make it work better for our team dynamics.) Commit
  early, commit often.

Cheers,
Jesse

----- Original message -----
From: Christian Einfeldt <einfeldt at gmail.com>
To: "dch.tai" <dch.tai at gmail.com>
Cc: Tech <tech at lists.partimus.org>, Jesse Adelman <jesse at boldandbusted.com>
Subject: Re: [Tech] Partimus & Raspberry Pi 3 Model Bs
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:24:05 -0700

Oh, I get it now.  You would put the scripts up on Github.  Then I or
someone else would install the scripts on the machines in the low income
shelters.  The cronjob would then cause the machines to check the
scripts on Github and pull the updates off of the repositories.  That
sounds pretty good!  Thanks for the idea!  Can you write the scripts?
We are using Lubuntu 14.04 32 bit.  Thanks so much!

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Tai Kedzierski <dch.tai at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Christian
> So - github is a site where users can collaborate on code. Only
> certain people can push to a given github project/repo so you could
> have Partimus volunteers propose file changes, which a key account
> holder could approve or reject. This git project repository would
> serve to collaborate on improving any automation tools.
>
> My github is here for example - https://github.com/taikedz/ ; I have
> various projects in there that other people can see and contribute to,
> but I have the final say as to whether their changes actually make it
> into my version of the code or not.
>
> A git repository could also be hosted on a Partimus server itself, it
> does not have to be on github.
>
>
> The main thing is: we could have a way to allow Partimus technical
> volunteers put together and maintain the automation scripts. The
> deployed PCs could then pull the freshet versions of those scripts
> automatically, and run them as appropriate to the particular PC. Those
> scripts, would then be responsible for running the updates from the
> Ubuntu repositories, doing any additional configuration, etc. Pretty
> much anything.
>
>
>
> The only thing the person setting up the PC would need to do is
> install the cronjob - which would also be made as easy as possible via
> some scripting.
>
>
>
> I hope that dispels the confusion?
>
>
>
>
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> On 28 September 2016 at 19:14, Christian Einfeldt
> <einfeldt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, thanks Tai, bottom posting...
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Tai Kedzierski
>> <dch.tai at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Github repositories are independent of the distribution
>>> repositories.
>>
>>
>> Why choose Github or any repository that is independent of the Ubuntu
>> repository?  Is that commonly done?  Is the Github repo what we refer
>> to as a "mirror" of the Ubuntu repository?  I am obviously asking out
>> of sheer ignorance.
>>
>>
>>> So long as the PC is on the cron job will run - no users need to be
>>> actively logged in
>>
>>
>> Could we also do that if we pull from the Ubuntu repositories?
>>
>>
>>>
>>> // Sent from a mobile device. Brevity and typos may transpire
>>>
>>>
>>> On 28 Sep 2016 19:02, "Christian Einfeldt" <einfeldt at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi Tai, thanks for your reply.  Bottom posting...
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 6:26 AM, Tai Kedzierski <dch.tai at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Alternatively you can add a cron to pull a github repo regularly.
>>>> Thanks for this info, but I am confused.  Github repo?  Not the
>>>> Ubuntu repositories?
>>>>> It would run a script to check if ipdate was needed and if so
>>>>> would run it.
>>>>> In this way you can also push config changes and add partimus-
>>>>> specific tools as needed. It can also double as an initial-setup
>>>>> script.
>>>>> I could put something together for this if interested.
>>>> Thanks for offering to teach me how to write a cron job to run
>>>> updates.  It sounds very useful.  Here's a question:  this cron job
>>>> needs to run even if the SU is not logged in.  These machines sit
>>>> in low income shelters, and most of the time, they are either at
>>>> the login screen, or they are logged into a temporary guest
>>>> session.  Will the cron job ru regardless of who is logged in?
>>>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Christian Einfeldt
>>
>

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