As I told Daniel I really didn't want to end
up playing server admin,
but I'll do it if there's nobody else to do it.
I hope your job can be reduced to installing and maintaining the osm-specific
software/service.
There are certain
concerns about private data at play here which don't make it easy to
give access freely.
That's indeed the problem. Another obvious candidate would of course be JeLuF,
but I'd rather suggest to let him take care of the "production" map
servers.
Do we have a list of people who're interested in the administration
aspect of this? I.e. setting up & maintaining database & tile
rendering services and/or doing other miscellaneous
<http://wikiatic.com/wikisearch/search?q=miscellaneous%20>administration
tasks.
If you can come up with such a list, we can ask WMF (that is, Brion) who could
get access. Someone with previous involvement with wikimedia, that is, community
trust, would be preferrable.
I can help with some miscellaneous tasks related to
mapping software and
databases, but not managing or approving accounts which I think should
be handled by WMDE and/or toolserver admins.
I just learned that Tim Alder said that he'd take care of account approval. I
think that would be fine, even though I'd like DaB or myself to keep an eye on
it, at least in the beginning. The actual account creation will be handled by a
toolserver admin, in the past usually DaB or Werdna.
And, I don't want to over
commit myself to too many tasks -- more than my time available to handle.
I know that problem :)
Anyway, since you are an admin on some WMF projects, you'd have good chances of
getting admin access if you want it, i think. But since this means access to
private user data, it's up to the foundation to decide.
For the database setup on the toolserver, I think
PostgreSQL (with
PostGIS) is essential for its spatial data capabilities, along with OSM
specific tools.
Perhaps it would be useful to prepare a list. You can use
wiki.toolserver.org
for this.
A word about the "production" map servers: It's up to the foundation (that
is,
Mark and Brion) to decide who gets access there, and how. I'm not sure what
security concerns this entails. I think JeLuF would be the obvious choice for
managing these systems, but I don't know if he has the time. I hear that
SvenAnders volunteered for it, but I do not know what level of trust he enjoyes
from the foundation. I'll ask Mark what he had in mind.
-- daniel
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