Eventually, we will want multiple web servers, each with their own set of sites.
Known multiple server issues
ikisite siteexits
only checks sites on the local server, would need to use dns or other means to check for sites elsewhereikisite sitelookup
also only checks local sites.- If servers have different ssh host keys, then users would get scary prompts if a site moved to a different server. Could be avoided by using a single host key for all (but how secure is that?) (ssh's warning message about the IP changing is not scary) Alternate approach would be to proxy all ssh connections through a central server, which is IIRC what github does. (Monkeysphere is a way to distribute ssh keys to users, but only if they use it.)
- DNS ttl issues when moving a site to a different host.
- Hardcoded IPs in users' DNS prevent moving some sites around.
ikisite list
only lists local sites, and is used by controlpanel etc.
We may want to mirror some sites to multiple servers, too.