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debian

• OVH server: debian 11 (bullseye)
• Servus server: debian 12 (bookworm)
• latest stable: debian 13 (trixie)

apt

OVH server

• sources: /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main

backports were added for cobbled-paths installation?

i think we can do without when we upgrade to trixie on the Servus server

Servus server

upgrading from bookworm to trixie: https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/upgrading.en.html

• sources: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources

Types: deb
URIs: https://deb.debian.org/debian
Suites: trixie trixie-updates
Components: main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

Types: deb
URIs: https://security.debian.org/debian-security
Suites: trixie-security
Components: main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

etherpad

installed

/opt/etherpad/

runs as user etherpad

database

sqlite

• 878MB on 7 Nov 2025
• 917MB on 11 Dec 2025
• 942MB on 23 Jan 2026

systemd

sudo systemctl status etherpad
sudo systemctl start etherpad
sudo systemctl stop etherpad
sudo systemctl restart etherpad

[Unit]
Description=etherpad (real-time collaborative document editor)
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=etherpad
Group=etherpad
#WorkingDirectory=/opt/etherpad
Environment=NODE_ENV=production
#ExecStart=pnpm run prod
ExecStart=/bin/sh /opt/etherpad/bin/run.sh
Restart=always

StandardOutput=append:/var/log/etherpad/etherpad.log
StandardError=append:/var/log/etherpad/etherpad-error.log

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

logs

sudo tail -f /var/log/etherpad/etherpad.log
sudo tail -f /var/log/etherpad/etherpad-error.log

backups

• crontab: every night at 5.55 /opt/etherpad/etherpad.db is copied to /opt/etherpad/etherpad_backup.db (just in case)

nginx

# ----------------------------------------------------
# ETHERPAD

location /pad/ {
        proxy_buffering off;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        # optional headers
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr; # EP logs to show the actual remote IP
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; # for EP to set secure cookie flag when htt>
        # recommended with keepalive connections
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        # WebSocket support
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        # upstream
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:9001/;
}
# make sure that /pad also works 
location = /pad {
        return 301 /pad/;
}

installation on Servus server

see: Install_Etherpad-lite

mediawiki

/var/www/html/wiki/

/opt/wiki/

• php: php8.4
• database: mariadb
• installation on Servus server: Install Mediawiki

nginx

Followed this for the nginx config: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/Nginx

octomode

/var/www/octomode/

• flask application
• /etc/systemd/system/octomode.service

[Unit]
Description=Collective PDF rendering environment
After=network.target

[Service]
User=octomode
WorkingDirectory=/var/www/octomode
ExecStart=/usr/bin/make action
Restart=always
StandardOutput=append:/var/log/octomode/octomode.log
StandardError=append:/var/log/octomode/octomode.log

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

• installation log: Octomode

wiki-to-print

/opt/wiki-to-print/

• flask application
• /etc/systemd/system/wiki-to-print.service

[Unit]
Description=wiki-to-print
After=network.target

[Service]
User=wikitoprint
WorkingDirectory=/opt/wiki-to-print/wiki-to-print/
ExecStart=/usr/bin/make server
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

backups through crontab:

# every night at 3:33
33 3 * * * mysqldump --user=wiki --password=XXX wikidb > /var/www/html/wiki/ wikidb_backup.sql
33 3 * * * mysqldump --user=wiki --password=XXX wikidb --xml > /var/www/html/wiki/wikidb_backup.xml

• installation log: How to install wiki-to-print?

cobbled-paths

/var/www/cobbled-paths/

nginx

/var/www/html/
/home/manetta/public_html/
/home/simoon/public_html/

home folders

# user directories!! public_html folders
location ~ ^/~(.+?)(/.*)?$ {
    add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
    alias /home/$1/public_html$2;
    index index.html index.htm;
    autoindex on;
}

For the public_html folders to work after a fresh install, the permissions of home folders need to be adjusted (??):

sudo chmod 755 /home/*

certbot

auto-renewal through crontab:

# every night at 04:44
44 4 * * * certbot renew --pre-hook "systemctl stop nginx" --post-hook "systemctl start nginx" --quiet