PUB!
by Steven Maddox
Lo,
Back when we relaunched we said we'd have social meetings too... much in
the same style that StaffsLUG used to have before the relaunch.
Due to a recurring (every November) diary conflict for using the WRS
(the room we use for workshops)... now is a perfect time for a purely
social meeting!
So if you fancy a pint... then I'm suggesting we meet at the KPA
Clubhouse <https://www.kpa.org.uk/the-clubhouse> (some of you went there
after the first workshop meeting in September with Richard)... from 6pm
onwards on Tuesday 19th November 2019.
Basically the KPA Clubhouse <https://www.kpa.org.uk/the-clubhouse> is a
pub ran by a post-graduate union (the KPA <https://www.kpa.org.uk/>),
but it's open to the public. In short you're unlikely to find any crazy
drunken university students here, it's more likely people that work on
the campus and senior academic types.
They've also got an upstairs function room, so if there are enough
people we can always move things up there too.
I've actually ran the odd social at this venue in the past and it's a
great place... so much that I've managed to find an old leaflet (that I
made for another group) and I've butchered it into being a LUG leaflet,
see below! :P
It's got the directions on it at least!
If you're got other dates/place in mind - now is the time to say... but
assuming there isn't a general consensus for something else... this'll
be it.
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Steven Maddox
Lantizia
4 years, 5 months
Re: 3rd/17th December Topic ... plus update on CAcert
by Steven Maddox
Lo,
On 03/11/2019 21:05, R M Crorie wrote:
> perhaps you could "weave in" relevant issues/considerations to your talk?
Oh sure it won't just be as simple as it sounds! I'll also briefly talk
about control panels, networking, hosting providers etc... But for the
lab task I thought I'd make a few simple Debian 10 VM's (no package sets
installed, very basic, just SSH) and just have people grab a few
packages, make a few basic config files and... tada there is a
webserver. Maybe even get it to the point of being sufficient for a
Wordpress site or something. Basically walk through all the steps for
people completely new to even server administration.
On 03/11/2019 21:05, R M Crorie wrote:
> flag up the required ID documentation quite a while prior to 11
> February so that there's enough time to get these to bring along on
> the evening
Yeah been speaking with Alex extensively, do you know him? The
requirements have been briefly mentioned on the StaffsLUG site but when
it gets closer to I'll repeat them. I went to the 2012 event myself
anyway so I'm familiar with the drill and can assure others too.
On 03/11/2019 21:05, R M Crorie wrote:
> Good idea, especially for the CA Cert one, for the same reasons in the
> original e-mail suggesting this...
Yeah recently noticed the lugmasters@ mailing list of lug.org.uk - so
will be talking to all LUGs this way and let them know about
less-frequent events (e.g. like this is the first CAcert ATE in about 7
years!). Was also talking to John Alexander about some kind of West
Midlands mailing list for people running LUGs... that way anything doing
on within travelling distance might be better known.
Steven Maddox
Lantizia
On 04/11/2019 10:43, R M Crorie wrote:
> On 03/11/2019 15:21, Steven Maddox wrote:
>> I'm thinking of possibly doing a talk on creating a basic web server for
>> the 3rd December workshop...
>>
>> Basically how to set up Apache, with a basic PHP and MySQL stack - and
>> throw in use of certbot (for Let's Encrypt certificates)... does this
>> float anyone's boat?
> Just a suggestion, Steven... more and more users these days are using
> a commercial hosting service for simplicity - perhaps you could "weave
> in" relevant issues/considerations to your talk? I'm thinking about
> the importance of static IP address(es) and security issues (taint
> checking of variables, etc., etc.) relevant to both scenarios.
>> The 3rd December *was* going to be (but was never confirmed) the talk on
>> CAcert, but the guy who was going to do the talk was preferring it be
>> further away from Christmas. So this is now definitively going to be on
>> the 11th February instead.
> Duly noted... given that multiple ID documentation is required for the
> notary process - I appreciate that not everyone will be interested in
> actually obtaining one or more certificates - it might be an idea to
> flag up the required ID documentation quite a while prior to 11
> February so that there's enough time to get these to bring along on
> the evening. Alex Robertson can confirm the detail, but IIRC 1 x
> government-issued photo document /(e.g. photo driving licence,
> passport)/ and 1 x address document bearing individual's name /(e.g.
> utility bill but NOT mobile phone bill)/ is the minimum.
>> We're also going to be inviting other local LUG's I've been talking to,
>> to participate and come over for the CAcert one, and possibly other
>> cross-talks too.
> Good idea, especially for the CA Cert one, for the same reasons in the
> original e-mail suggesting this...
>> As for the 17th December workshop... the thought has been to have a
>> little "end of quarter" round off meeting, maybe play with that Tux
>> robot a bit (a bit of fun basically) and also some lightning talks (5 to
>> 10 minute) if people are interested in doing that? (an idea that the
>> bunch of us which went Oggcamp this year got).
> Again, good idea.
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4 years, 5 months
Updated the calendar
by Steven Maddox
Lo,
Just a quick message to say I've updated the calendar...
https://staffslug.org.uk/calendar/#Workshops
December is now decided, and all but 1 date in January is too.
We'll try to fill anything remaining from the topics some of you brought
up on the whiteboard in September (CCTV was one of them, that's on
there now).
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Steven Maddox
Lantizia
4 years, 5 months
3rd/17th December Topic ... plus update on CAcert
by Steven Maddox
Lo,
I'm thinking of possibly doing a talk on creating a basic web server for
the 3rd December workshop...
Basically how to set up Apache, with a basic PHP and MySQL stack - and
throw in use of certbot (for Let's Encrypt certificates)... does this
float anyone's boat?
The 3rd December *was* going to be (but was never confirmed) the talk on
CAcert, but the guy who was going to do the talk was preferring it be
further away from Christmas. So this is now definitively going to be on
the 11th February instead.
We're also going to be inviting other local LUG's I've been talking to,
to participate and come over for the CAcert one, and possibly other
cross-talks too.
As for the 17th December workshop... the thought has been to have a
little "end of quarter" round off meeting, maybe play with that Tux
robot a bit (a bit of fun basically) and also some lightning talks (5 to
10 minute) if people are interested in doing that? (an idea that the
bunch of us which went Oggcamp this year got).
Don't be shy... if you've read this e-mail... hit reply!! Tell us what
you think of the above 3 bits of news :)
Lastly, let us know what you think about the 19th November social!
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Steven Maddox
Lantizia
4 years, 5 months