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Rootstalk Updates  2 min read   Mar 17, 2023
Concerning DigitalOcean I took steps yesterday to push an update of Rootstalk to our production “starter” project on DigitalOcean (DO), and my intent was to make this the last such deployment on DO. I had been thinking for sometime about moving Rootstalk production to Azure App Service where Rootstalk is currently developed. However, after moving my “personal” digital@Grinnell.edu Azure account to “pay-as-you-go” status, the projected monthly cost of services shot up from less than $1/month (mostly for object storage) to something closer to $10 or $15/month. ...
Another Sync to Rootstalk Production (DigitalOcean) with Dev  20 min read   Nov 7, 2022
My goal for this afternoon, November 7, 2022, was to find repeat a process last performed almost a year ago on December 22, 2021, to synchronize changes in the development copy of Rootstalk (the main branch https://github.com/Digital-Grinnell/rootstalk) with our production deployment (the main branch of https://github.com/Digital-Grinnell/rootstalk-DO) to DigitalOcean. This should be a simple repeat of the process documented in Sync Rootstalk Production (DigitalOcean) with Dev. As before, I used guidance found in How To Merge Between Two Local Repositories to accomplish this. ...
Sync Rootstalk Production (DigitalOcean) with Dev  8 min read   Dec 22, 2021   Superseded by posts/132-another-sync-rootstalk-production-do-with-dev
My goal for this morning, December 22, 2021, was to find a process I could reliably use to synchronize changes in the development copy of Rootstalk (the main branch https://github.com/Digital-Grinnell/rootstalk) with our production deployment (the main branch of https://github.com/Digital-Grinnell/rootstalk-DO) to DigitalOcean. I used guidance found in How To Merge Between Two Local Repositories to accomplish this with mixed results. Note: Our staging site cast from the main branch of https://github.com/Digital-Grinnell/rootstalk, an Azure static app, can be accessed via https://icy-tree-020380010.azurestaticapps.net. The Workflow I’ve captured the inputs and output of the workflow below. ...
Updates to VAF-Kiosk  1 min read   Aug 26, 2021   |  Updated: Sep 2, 2021 14:57
On Thursday, August 26, 2021, updates to a new iPad destined for the VAF (Visualizing Abolition and Freedom) installing in the Grinnell’s HSSC were completed. As of this writing the iPad has not been re-installed, but Facilities Management has been contacted to schedule that event soon. New DigitalOcean Deployment Due to small differences between the aspect ratio and resolution of the old versus new devices, the kiosk site had to be re-designed. Changes were also necessary to help ensure that users of the kiosk could not “escape” from the VAF screens and cause havoc by surfing the internet. ...
Staging Digital.Grinnell (DG) on DigitalOcean (DO)  7 min read   Feb 11, 2020   |  Updated: Mar 2, 2020 16:13
ISLE v1.3.0 has been running on my staging server, DGDockerX, for months now and it seems to be performing as-expected with one exception… when I try to import a batch of objects using IMI, the Islandora Multi-Importer, I get the following error: The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later. Examinations of Recent log messages seem to point to DNS issues that I’m unable to overcome because I have no control over our DNS records, campus networking, or firewalls. ...