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= hcoop Wiki =

This is the Internet Hosting Cooperative's space for maintaining documentation on how our services work.  Everyone, including both members and non-members, is invited to create and edit appropriate pages.

If you are new to wikis, see the DefaultFrontPage.

= News =

 * DomtoolTwo: The next generation configuration management tool for HCoop
 * FinancingIssues: Who is willing to pay how much, when, and for what
 * PaymentPlanProposals: Ideas about payment plans to cover HCoop costs
 * PaymentProcessing: Figure out how we should accept electronic payments.
 * ColocationPlans: Plans for our next server set-up, designed to handle more users than can fit comfortably on a single main server.
 * AdminPolicies: Draft set of formal guidelines governing the responsibilities of members tasked with administrative roles, technical and otherwise.

= Getting started =

 * HCOOP's [[http://hcoop.net/|front page]].
 * ProspectiveMemberFaq
 * NewMember

= Technical information =

== Basic account usage ==

 * [[https://members.hcoop.net/|The member portal]]
 * SshConfiguration: How to connect to our servers for shell access
 * FtpConfiguration: How to connect to our servers for FTP access
 * FirewallRules: What you can do over the network on our servers
 * FileTransfer: How to get files created elsewhere onto our servers
 * UserWebsites: The easiest way to host a web site with us
 * UsingEmail
 * UsingDatabases
 * DynamicWebSites
 * SystemAuthentication: Authentication mechanisms supported
 * BackupServices
 * UsingResourceLimits: What to do if your process dies when trying to fork or allocate memory
 * JabberServer: How to get a Jabber account
 * SpamAssassin: How to set up automated spam filtering for your HCoop email account
 * WebSpam: Add ideas on how to defeat spam that defaces web pages to this wiki page, or add links to your web spam logs.

== Configuring shared daemons ==

 * DomainRegistration: How to get your own domain properly set up to use hcoop's servers
 * DomainTool: An overview of our tool to let users configure how shared daemons handle their domains
 * DnsConfiguration
 * VirtualHostConfiguration
 * EmailConfiguration
 * MailingListConfiguration
 * MoinMoinConfiguration: Setting up your own wiki like this one
 * UsingSsl: How to create SSL certificates

== Non-technical administrative stuff ==

 * IrcChannel: Join our "chat" channel for 24/7 discussion.
 * [[http://hcoop.net/board/|Secretary's official records and information site]]
 * HcoopBylaws
 * MemberDues
 * BoardOfDirectors
 * NamingConventions: What the right ways are to write HCoop's name and Internet addresses in different contexts
 * IrcMeetings
 * SevenPrinciples
 * EnvironmentalPolicy
 * GenderNeutralLanguage: Tips on how to write in a gender-neutral way for the HCoop wiki or in any other forum.
 * OtherGroups who run services similar to us
 * TheHcoopLook: web site visual design chatter
 * [[T-Shirt]]: help design and plan the new HCoop T-shirt
 * CategoryOutdated

== System administration ==

 * InstalledSoftware: Information on packages installed and maintained by means other than Debian's `apt`
 * InstallationLog: Our admins' progress on setting up this new server
 * CategorySystemAdministration: Other bits of interest to our admins and other curious folk
 * OpenProblems: Problems we're trying to solve to make our services more reliable