Author Archives: garf

Emergency Moodle security update

Posted on 2010-06-10 by garf

Following a security alert sent directly by Moodle developer Martin Dougiamas, all three instances of Moodle hosted currently here @ DEOSS have been upgraded via CVS. However the news regarding this upgrade was withheld for a few days to allow … Continue reading →

Posted in Server News | Comments Off on Emergency Moodle security update

DEOSS RSync’d

Posted on 2010-06-09 by garf

A full manual RSync of DEOSS to a remote server was undertaken 2010-06-08. Routine upgrades to our various web applications and server software also took place. Server suffered no downtime.

Posted in Server News | Comments Off on DEOSS RSync’d

Welcome to Wessex Dental Training

Posted on 2010-06-03 by garf

I’d just like to say a warm welcome to Leanne Covey and her brand new Wessex Dental Training site to the DEOSS. We have been running a Moodle project for Leanne for several months. But this site is a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Server News | Comments Off on Welcome to Wessex Dental Training

Upgraded & RSync’d

Posted on 2010-06-02 by garf

DEOSS Community server has just undergone a series of minor software upgrades and has been rsync’d to an external server.  These upgrades were successful and caused no server downtime.

Posted in Good News, Server News | Comments Off on Upgraded & RSync’d

DEOSS RSync’d

Posted on 2010-05-26 by garf

A full manual RSync of DEOSS to a remote server is currently being undertaken. Routine upgrades to our various web applications will then take place over the next 24 hours – after which the server will be Rsync’d again. No … Continue reading →

Posted in Good News, Server News | Comments Off on DEOSS RSync’d

Server down for 30 minutes

Posted on 2010-05-19 by garf

The DEOSS community server was off line between 08:01 & 08:31 this morning. A hard drive in the raid array failed again. As this is the second disk failure within a week, our upstream provider has moved us into a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad News, Good News, Server News | Comments Off on Server down for 30 minutes

DEOSS Groups returns

Posted on 2010-05-17 by garf

DEOSS.org’s eGroupware based Groups web application makes a triumphant return! Well perhaps that’s a slight exaggeration. But DEOSS users will be pleased to know that a much improved DEOSS Groups is now up and running. All DEOSS customers are entitled … Continue reading →

Posted in Server News | Comments Off on DEOSS Groups returns

Manual rsync

Posted on 2010-05-15 by garf

DEOSS community server has just been manually rsync’d to a remote server following further minor system upgrade.

Posted in Server News | Comments Off on Manual rsync

Code libraries added for Moodle customers

Posted on 2010-05-15 by garf

A couple of additional code libraries have been added for the benefit of owners of Moodle-based sites: php5-xmlrpc php5-curl. This was a painless process resulting in zero downtime.

Posted in Server News | Comments Off on Code libraries added for Moodle customers

Structural changes to DEOSS community web server

Posted on 2010-05-15 by garf

Overview I have been running various web projects since 1995. Trouble is that over that 15 years , content has become rather muddled and the function of the these various web presences has become blurred and hard to comprehend. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Good News, Server News | Comments Off on Structural changes to DEOSS community web server