8 Aug
2025
8 Aug
'25
3:34 p.m.
We have a new Discord server, get it while it's HOT and anyone can join.
It's gonna work for the next 7 Days. (I'll add another link after I have
hardened the system against bots)
https://discord.gg/jz3aWabB
I've added a Forum section, that could be a good place to recommend the
features and updates that should be made. There is much to do but I think
it's gonna be great! We need a space that is welcoming to a wider audience,
younger people, and people who are new to technology, I don't think the
listserve or more obscure FOSS software are going to provide that currently.
Let me know if you wanna be an Admn and help modify the channels etc. I've
created a few channels, let me know what could be useful for you.
I'll see you there!
William
10 Aug
10 Aug
7:31 p.m.
I believe Sudoroom's IT infrastructure such as website, listserv, wiki and sudo humans
are hosted on Digital Ocean VPS.
Noise bridge has some collocation spaces in a data center where they host their website.
On premise hosting is not used for several reasons:
1. Both Hackerspaces are using wireless internet from Monkeybrains. Thus bandwidth is
limited. (Should be sufficient if it just scales to serve the community that actually
comes to the hackerspace).
2. Security and reliability: Data center is less likely to have power and network outage.
Although we are do-ocratic, it might be a good idea to have some access control around
critical infrastructures.
Sudo Mesh has a rack in their compartment(Visible from Sudoroom).
Thus to your question, I think the best option is to use existing VPS or a SaaS provider.
Also the closest FOSS alternative to discord should be Matrix, both are group chats with
support for rooms and spaces. Matrix rooms can also be bridged with discord rooms. I think
you are implying that forum is a better medium than group chats. I agree that group chats
are overused especially with the advent of discord. One thing we can do is to use the wiki
for more long-term and static information to complement group chats.
15 Aug
15 Aug
10:30 p.m.
Hi, all. One of Sudo's current volunteer server administrators here.
On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 02:31:12AM -0000, Michael Z via sudo-discuss wrote:
I believe Sudoroom's IT infrastructure such as
website, listserv, wiki and sudo humans are hosted on Digital Ocean VPS.
Yes, this is indeed the current state of affairs. We are currently in
the midst of bringing a MemberMatters[0] instance online to replace Sudo
Humans, as Humans is an unmaintained project that is very much showing its
age. We have a small working group that's leading this effort, but more
help from eager Sudo members would certainly be welcome. Please get in
touch if you're interested.
I completely agree with the above. I'd also add that separation of
internet-facing hosting from "eyeball networks" is a good idea in this
day and age, as DDoS attacks are a fact of life. The networks of hosting
datacenters are much more able to handle these sorts of events. Digital
Ocean offers DDoS protection services as an included component of all
hosting services they offer.
While I would love to maintain our own physical server infrastructure,
it just doesn't make sense at Sudo's current scale.
I don't want to be dismissive of anyone's ideas, however the reality
is that we are very short on IT / server administrator volunteer hours.
If someone is (or ideally multiple someones are) willing to step up and
help both set up and maintain a new service (be it Matrix, Discourse,
IRC, or anything else), that would be fantastic. But I personally don't
have the time to dedicate to such a project. My admin time is currently
being taken up by a large migration project to bring the existing
software stack (Mailman, Mediawiki, Wordpress, etc.) up to more recent
versions.
--Sean
[0]: https://github.com/membermatters/MemberMatters
18 Aug
18 Aug
12:40 p.m.
Could we have an updated invite link? The former is expired. Thank you!
*--Justin Morrison*
*w: justin.dance <http://justin.dance>i: @justindances
<https://instagram.com/justindances>*
p: 213.700.6385
On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 15:36 William Myers via sudo-discuss <
sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> wrote:
3:42 p.m.
Here's a new invite link: https://discord.gg/zmEzQuzCWX
I also added the link to the Sudo Wiki, https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sudoroom
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