aaron

Redundant web & database servers on a budget using Virtual Private Servers

Background First let me just say that I have been struggling with this problem for quite some time now. The problem is to provide redundancy for a website so that the website continues to run even if there is a problem with one of the servers it’s running on. In a typical simple server setup, there is a single machine running the web and mysql servers. The machine can be either a dedicated server,...

aaron

Hiding text from non-registered users in MediaWiki

In a semi-private wiki I maintain, we are using whitelisting to make some pages visible to the public but not others. Authentication is done off of an IMAP server, and only registered users have full access tothe wiki. We still run in to the occasional page where most info should be public, but only certain bits should not appear to the public. Things like server passwords, or phone numbers should be...