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, 9 November 2015Move "Scenemodels and terrasync are going down!" to Community News; rename to "New scenemodels and TerraSync hosting needed"; nav link; use FGCquote
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== Community news == | == Community news == | ||
=== New scenemodels and TerraSync hosting needed === | |||
{{FGCquote | |||
|1= Hi! | |||
By the end of this year (2015), our current hosting of | |||
- the scenemodels database | |||
- the scenemodels website | |||
- the terrasync repository | |||
will no longer be available for use by the FlightGear project. | will no longer be available for use by the FlightGear project. | ||
As a result, we need a new home for those services. | As a result, we need a new home for those services. | ||
The technical requirements are roughly | The technical requirements are roughly | ||
- a postgresql database (with postgis extension) of approx. 40GB and growing (scenemodels db) | |||
- apache webserver, php, access to the database and the usual toolkit for hosting the scenemodels website | |||
- a svn server with 140GB+ for the terrasync scenery | |||
- enough bandwith to serve the data | |||
- One ore more reverse proxy serving terrasync requests (not much storage required, just bandwidth) | |||
Is anybody out there able to provide a drop-in replacement? | Is anybody out there able to provide a drop-in replacement? | ||
Any serious idea or offer to help is welcome. | Any serious idea or offer to help is welcome. | ||
Torsten | Torsten | ||
|2= {{cite web | |||
| url = http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=263629#p263629 | |||
| title = <nowiki>Scenemodels and terrasync are going down</nowiki> | |||
| author = <nowiki>Torsten</nowiki> | |||
| date = Nov 9th, 2015 | |||
}} | |||
}} | }} | ||
== Contributing == | |||
=== Translators required === | === Translators required === | ||