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 front page.
Technical information
Basic account usage
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
SystemAuthentication: Authentication mechanisms supported
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
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.
NamingConventions: What the right ways are to write HCoop's name and Internet addresses in different contexts
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
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