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diff --git a/organizers-notebook.md b/organizers-notebook.md index ef153a5f..a336f9fd 100644 --- a/organizers-notebook.md +++ b/organizers-notebook.md @@ -20,43 +20,49 @@ This document is the general organizers' notebook that can be used as a starting - [Create the public organizers’ notebook in the wiki](#starting-up-the-conference-planning-process-create-the-public-organizers-notebook-in-the-wiki) - [Phases and lessons learned](#phases-and-lessons-learned) - [Draft CFP](#phases-and-lessons-learned-draft-cfp) - - [Announce](#org897f0c8) - - [Process proposals](#orgd12f3b1) - - [Accept proposals](#orgcbfca65) + - [Announce](#phases-and-lessons-learned-announce) + - [Process proposals](#phases-and-lessons-learned-process-proposals) + - [Accept proposals](#phases-and-lessons-learned-accept-proposals) - [Draft schedule](#draft-schedule) - - [Set up backstage and upload](#orgdbb77f2) - - [Post the schedule](#org9456d25) - - [Process uploaded files](#org75e87bb) - - [Generate assets](#org125bd75) - - [Prepare the infrastructure](#org9759aa9) - - [Getting ready for captions](#org9f978d1) + - [Set up backstage and upload](#phases-and-lessons-learned-set-up-backstage-and-upload) + - [Post the schedule](#phases-and-lessons-learned-post-the-schedule) + - [Process uploaded files](#phases-and-lessons-learned-process-uploaded-files) + - [Generate assets](#phases-and-lessons-learned-generate-assets) + - [Prepare the infrastructure](#phases-and-lessons-learned-prepare-the-infrastructure) + - [Getting ready for captions](#phases-and-lessons-learned-getting-ready-for-captions) - [Getting ready for the conference](#pre-conf) - [During the conference](#conf) -- [General infrastructure](#org85c6f49) + - [After the conference](#phases-and-lessons-learned-after-the-conference) +- [Ideas for improvement](#ideas) +- [General infrastructure](#general-infrastructure) + - [Linode instance sizes](#general-infrastructure-linode-instance-sizes) + - [File uploads](#upload) - [Icecast](#icecast) - [Watching pages](#watch) - [VNC](#vnc) - [Streaming with OBS](#obs) - - [Shell scripts](#orgab7108a) + - [Shell scripts](#general-infrastructure-shell-scripts) - [Backstage](#backstage) - - [IRC web client](#org5545d42) - - [Etherpad](#orgd7fd9ee) + - [IRC web client](#general-infrastructure-irc-web-client) + - [Etherpad](#general-infrastructure-etherpad) - [Publishing media to the server and to the wiki](#media) - - [Automated IRC announcements](#org75cad9b) + - [Automated IRC announcements](#general-infrastructure-automated-irc-announcements) - [BigBlueButton](#bbb) - - [Manual IRC announcements](#org5a3d818) - - [Low-res stream](#orge08d62d) - - [Upload talks to YouTube](#org7f2e95e) - - [Restream to YouTube](#org0cc19c3) + - [Manual IRC announcements](#general-infrastructure-manual-irc-announcements) + - [Low-res stream](#general-infrastructure-low-res-stream) + - [Upload talks to YouTube](#general-infrastructure-upload-talks-to-youtube) + - [Restream to YouTube](#general-infrastructure-restream-to-youtube) - [Other process notes](#other) - [Adding another user to BBB](#bbb-user) - - [When a talk is added after the schedule has already been drafted](#org4efd774) + - [When a talk is added after the schedule has already been drafted](#other-process-notes-when-a-talk-is-added-after-the-schedule-has-already-been-drafted) - [When a talk is cancelled](#cancel-talk) + - [When a talk changes title](#other-process-notes-when-a-talk-changes-title) - [When a talk Q&A changes method](#change-talk-qa) - - [When a system is down](#org17cc58c) - - [When we need to bring on a last-minute volunteer](#org4636e4e) - - [Checking people in](#org811d67a) - - [Ansible](#org5d78595) + - [To play the other stream](#other-process-notes-to-play-the-other-stream) + - [When a system is down](#other-process-notes-when-a-system-is-down) + - [When we need to bring on a last-minute volunteer](#other-process-notes-when-we-need-to-bring-on-a-last-minute-volunteer) + - [Checking people in](#other-process-notes-checking-people-in) + - [Ansible](#other-process-notes-ansible) <a id="starting-up-the-conference-planning-process"></a> @@ -74,24 +80,25 @@ This repository will store submissions, contact information, etc. 1. Create the repository on `front0`. Ex: + export YEAR=2025 sudo su - git cd repositories - mkdir emacsconf-2024-private.git - cd emacsconf-2024-private.git + mkdir emacsconf-$YEAR-private.git + cd emacsconf-$YEAR-private.git git init --bare -2. Edit `gitolite-admin/config/gitolite-conf`. Add lines for the group and the repo. Commit and push. Ex: +2. In the `gitolite-admin` repo, edit `conf/gitolite-conf`. Add lines for the group and the repo. Commit and push. Ex: @emacsconf-2024-org = bandali sachac ... repo emacsconf-2024-private - RW+ = @admins @emacsconf-2024-org orga -3. Clone the private repository into the appropriate location. `git clone git@git.emacsconf.org:emacsconf-2024-private private` + RW+ = @admins @emacsconf-2024-org orga +3. Clone the private repository into the appropriate location. `git clone git@git.emacsconf.org:emacsconf-2025-private private` <a id="starting-up-the-conference-planning-process-create-the-public-organizers-notebook-in-the-wiki"></a> ## Create the public organizers’ notebook in the wiki -Ex: 2024/organizers-notebook/index.org +Ex: <../2024/organizers-notebook/index.md> <a id="phases-and-lessons-learned"></a> @@ -105,14 +112,67 @@ Ex: 2024/organizers-notebook/index.org Create linked pages -- [ ] year index -- [ ] volunteer page -- [ ] submit page +- [ ] year index: ex: <../2024.md> +- [ ] volunteer page: ex: <../volunteer.md> +- [ ] submit page: ex: <../2024/submit.md> ### How to mark pages as drafts -Put inside double square brackets: `!template id=pagedraft` +Have a Markdown export block with the following contents. Replace { and } with [ and ]. + +\#+begin\_export md +{{!template id=pagedraft}} +\#+end\_export md + + +### Wiki template for year index + +Replace { and } with [ and ]. + + {{!meta copyright="Copyright © 2021-2022 Amin Bandali; 2023-2025 Sacha Chua"}} + + <p class="center">EmacsConf 2025 | Online Conference<br /> + <b>December 6 and 7, 2024 (Sat-Sun)</b></p> + + <p class="center">{{!img /i/emacsconf-logo1-256.png + alt="EmacsConf logo"}}</p> + + <p class="center">{{<b>Call for Participation</b>|cfp}} | {{Ideas}} | + {{Submit a Proposal|submit}} | {{Volunteer}} | {{Guidelines for Conduct|conduct}}</p> + + <p class="center">EmacsConf is the conference about the joy of + <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">GNU Emacs</a> and + Emacs Lisp.</p> + + We are busy putting things together for EmacsConf 2025, and we would + love to have *your* help to make EmacsConf 2025 amazing, much like the + previous EmacsConfs. See our {{**Call for Participation**|cfp}}, get + involved, and help spread the word! + + We are holding EmacsConf 2025 as an online conference again this year. + We remain fully committed to freedom, and we will continue using our + infrastructure and streaming setup consisting entirely of {free + software}{freesw}, much like previous EmacsConf conferences. + + For general EmacsConf discussions, join the + {emacsconf-discuss}(https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss) + mailing list. For discussions related to organizing EmacsConf, join + the + {emacsconf-org}(https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-org) + mailing list. You can email us publicly at + <mailto:emacsconf-org@gnu.org> or privately at + <mailto:emacsconf-org-private@gnu.org>. + + Come hang out with us in the `#emacsconf` channel on `irc.libera.chat` + ({Libera.Chat}{libera} IRC network). You can join the chat using + {your favourite IRC client}{libera-emacsconf}, or by visiting + {chat.emacsconf.org}{chat} in your web browser. + + {freesw}: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html + {libera}: https://libera.chat + {libera-emacsconf}: ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/emacsconf + {chat}: https://chat.emacsconf.org ### Previous years @@ -120,6 +180,21 @@ Put inside double square brackets: `!template id=pagedraft` [2023](file:///home/sacha/proj/emacsconf/wiki/2023/cfp.md) +### Update dates + +<file:///home/sacha/proj/emacsconf/lisp/emacsconf.el> +<file:///home/sacha/proj/emacsconf/lisp/emacsconf-erc.el> + + +### Update the IRC topic + + (erc-cmd-OPALL) + (erc-cmd-CONFTOPIC (emacsconf-replace-plist-in-string + `(:year ,emacsconf-year :cfp-deadline ,emacsconf-cfp-deadline) + "Getting ready for EmacsConf ${year}! Call for proposals: https://emacsconf.org/${year}/cfp by ${cfp-deadline}, volunteer: https://emacsconf.org/volunteer/")) + (erc-cmd-DEOPALL) + + ### Lessons learned - Maybe incentivize proper timezone specification by saying we can translate times to their local time? @@ -157,7 +232,7 @@ Put inside double square brackets: `!template id=pagedraft` - Put the speaker introduction right after the talk description for easier web page copying. -<a id="org897f0c8"></a> +<a id="phases-and-lessons-learned-announce"></a> ## Announce @@ -165,7 +240,25 @@ Put inside double square brackets: `!template id=pagedraft` - Submit to <https://foss.events/> -<a id="orgd12f3b1"></a> +### Promote the conference + +Submit to <https://foss.events/> + +Maybe it would be good to get in touch with podcasts like + +- [System Crafters](https://systemcrafters.net/) +- [This Week in Linux](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbFVcOQ-YH_LRP687N0YeN78YZmBp5wqF) +- [Linux Unplugged](https://linuxunplugged.com/) +- [Ask Noah](http://asknoahshow.com/) +- [Linux After Dark](https://linuxafterdark.net/) +- [Lispy Gopher Show](https://anonradio.net/) + +etc to give a heads up on EmacsConf before it +happens and also mention to them when videos are +available to spark more interest. + + +<a id="phases-and-lessons-learned-process-proposals"></a> ## Process proposals @@ -194,7 +287,7 @@ When proposals come in: PUBLIC\_EMAIL -<a id="orgcbfca65"></a> +<a id="phases-and-lessons-learned-accept-proposals"></a> ## Accept proposals @@ -227,7 +320,7 @@ For each talk: - Add missing items to plan -<a id="orgdbb77f2"></a> +<a id="phases-and-lessons-learned-set-up-backstage-and-upload"></a> ## Set up backstage and upload @@ -238,7 +331,7 @@ Lessons learned: - Next year, let’s get upload.emacsconf.org in place as the domain name so that people don’t try to FTP files to it. -<a id="org9456d25"></a> +<a id="phases-and-lessons-learned-post-the-schedule"></a> ## Post the schedule @@ -249,7 +342,7 @@ Lessons learned: - Update talks.md to refer to watch.md as well -<a id="org75e87bb"></a> +<a id="phases-and-lessons-learned-process-uploaded-files"></a> ## Process uploaded files @@ -274,7 +367,7 @@ Process: 3. <elisp:emacsconf-publish-backstage-index> -<a id="org125bd75"></a> +<a id="phases-and-lessons-learned-generate-assets"></a> ## Generate assets @@ -292,7 +385,7 @@ Process: - Splice together into a file that will be processed with subed-record-compile-video. -<a id="org9759aa9"></a> +<a id="phases-and-lessons-learned-prepare-the-infrastructure"></a> ## Prepare the infrastructure @@ -314,7 +407,7 @@ Checklist: - [ ] Icecast -<a id="org9f978d1"></a> +<a id="phases-and-lessons-learned-getting-ready-for-captions"></a> ## Getting ready for captions @@ -344,6 +437,9 @@ Go through the :tminustwo: tags. Go through the :tminusone: tags. +- Set `emacsconf-publishing-phase` to `conference`. +- Set emacsconf-publish-include-pads to t and republish the info pages. + <a id="conf"></a> @@ -352,11 +448,264 @@ Go through the :tminusone: tags. <elisp:emacsconf-pad-open-shift-hyperlist> -<a id="org85c6f49"></a> +<a id="phases-and-lessons-learned-after-the-conference"></a> + +## After the conference + + +### Capture stats + +2024 stats + +Saturday: +gen: 177 peak + 14 peak lowres +dev: 226 peak + 79 peak lowres + +Sunday: +gen: 89 peak + 10 peak lowres + +meet peak 409% CPU (100% is 1 CPU), average 69.4% +front peak 70.66% CPU (100% is 1 CPU) +live peak 552% CPU (100% is 1 CPU) average 144% +res peak 81.54% total CPU (each OBS ~250%), mem 7GB used + +so far we have used 1.2TB of transfer this month + + +### Back up the data + + +#### Icecast + +rsync -avze ssh live:’/data/emacsconf-2024-\*’ media:~/2024 + +rsync -avze ssh live:’/data/emacsconf-2024-\*’ . + + +#### BigBlueButton + +rsync -avze ssh root@bbb:/var/bigbluebutton/ bigbluebutton/ + +ssh root@66.175.208.243 ’dd if=/dev/sda bs=5M ’ | dd of=bbb-img-2024-12-08.img status=progress + +The img can be loaded with +sudo losetup –find –show bbb-img-2024-12-08.img +sudo mount /dev/loop10 test +cd test + + +##### Reviewing all the Q&A durations and chat messages + + (let ((default-directory "/home/sacha/proj/emacsconf/2024/backups/bigbluebutton/published/video")) + (mapconcat + (lambda (dir) + (let ((chat (xml-parse-file + (expand-file-name "video.xml" dir))) + (metadata (xml-parse-file + (expand-file-name "metadata.xml" dir)))) + (concat + "- " + (dom-text (car (dom-by-tag metadata 'meetingName))) " (" + (format-seconds "%.2h:%z%.2m:%.2s" + (/ (string-to-number (dom-text (dom-by-tag metadata 'duration))) + 1000)) + ")" + "\n" + (if (dom-by-tag chat 'chattimeline) + (mapconcat (lambda (node) + (concat " - " (dom-attr node 'name) ": " + (dom-attr node 'message) "\n")) + (dom-by-tag chat 'chattimeline) + "") + "") + "") + ) + ) + (directory-files "." nil "-")) + ) + +- Copy IRC logs to cache and therefore to backstage: (ex: 2024-12-07-emacsconf-gen.txt) + + +### Combine the IRC logs and the pads, and add them to the wiki + +(did we e-mail the speakers before or after?) + + +### Process the Q&A recordings and live presentations + +- Save answers videos as –answers.webm. +- From the pad file: emacsconf-extract-copy-pad-to-wiki +- update cache +- Set `QA_PUBLIC` property to t as each Q&A gets processed. +- change status to `TO_INDEX_QA` +- emacsconf-publish-media-files-on-change +- emacsconf-publish-info-pages-for-talk + +Indexing + +- emacsconf-extract-insert-note-with-question-heading +- emacsconf-subed-make-chapter-file-based-on-comments +- change status to `TO_CAPTION_QA` + +Also copy the YouTube comments and IRC comments +emacsconf-extract-irc-anonymize-log + + +### Send thank-you emails to the speakers + + +### Notify emacs-discuss that the Q&A is up + +<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacsconf-discuss/2024-12/msg00000.html> + + Hello, everyone! + + https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks and https://media.emacsconf.org/2024 + should have the talks and Q&A sessions now, hooray, including chapter + indices for the Q&A. I've also copied over notes from Etherpad and IRC + on the talk pages, and I've e-mailed them to the speakers so they can + update the wiki directly or send in additional answers. + + BigBlueButton audio mixing is kinda iffy, so I'm holding off on + uploading the Q&A videos (and the live talk for secrets) to + YouTube/Toobnix until Leo and other volunteers have a listen to see + whether the audio needs to be tweaked, and maybe even to do some kind of + normalization. Unfortunately, recordings with separate audio tracks per + participant aren't available--it would be cool to figure that out next + year--so some talks might need some manual processing. (Please feel free + to volunteer if that's up your alley!) In the meantime, you can check + out the Q&A videos from the talk pages on the wiki. Please let us know + if there's anything that needs tweaking. + + Enjoy! + + Sacha + + +### Write a report + +Sample: <https://emacsconf.org/2023/report/> + + +### Send thank-you emails to the volunteers + +emacsconf-mail-template-ask-volunteer-for-mailing-address + + +### Process the lessons learned + + +<a id="ideas"></a> + +# Ideas for improvement + +How can we make EmacsConf better for participants? Speakers? Volunteers? People who come across the videos afterwards? + +- Emacs: + - view Etherpad (read-only): might be able to query something like <https://pad.emacsconf.org/2024/export/html> or <https://pad.emacsconf.org/2024/export/txt> + - view upcoming talks, countdown? + - resources, past talks + - ??: Collaborative real-time editing? Not sure crdt.el or collab-mode can scale up as far as we like; how would we test this? +- HTML/CSS/JS: + - general design improvements? + - [This is what the talks page looks like when there’s no schedule yet](https://web.archive.org/web/20240806134541/https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/) + - [This is what the schedule page looks like before the conference](https://web.archive.org/web/20241108132608/https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/) + - [This is what a talk page looks like before the conference](https://web.archive.org/web/20241208042046/https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/literate/) + - [This is the watch page for the general track](https://web.archive.org/web/20241208034535/https://emacsconf.org/2024/watch/gen/) + - [This is the same talk page after the conference, with the videos, notes, and captions](https://web.archive.org/web/20241212145433/https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/literate) + - [This is what the talks page looks like after the conference](https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/) - list of resources + - timezone translations in the schedule SVG, on the schedule page, etc. + - countdown on talk pages? + - prettier viewers for videos, captions + - make it easier to see the talk/pad/IRC at the same time? + - easy timestamp jumping +- Volunteers: + - better documentation + - share to OBS from local? Maybe vdo.ninja? + - how do we manage the fallback/switchover in case we need to go back to shared VNC? + - meeting layout? + - countdown to switch over to the next talk, or easier manual control; web or command-line interface to control it? + - make it easier for people to join as hosts or check-in volunteers? + - improve backstage experience? + - automate or cross-train more people in what Sacha does (coordination, infrastructure) to reduce bus factor and increase awesomeness +- Processing: + - audio normalization: better workflow, more people helping + - noise removal (many speakers don’t have external mics) + - Makefile improvements + - captioning: + - simplify common edits + - reflowing? check out [sub-seg](https://gitlab.com/jun8git/sub-seg)? + - handle last-minute uploads + - validation: make sure audio, video, and caption times agree +- Infrastructure: + - add read-only non-JS links to pads; make the pads viewable through the web instead of being downloaded + - upgrade to latest versions + - Etherpad (deployed 1.9.7) + - DONE - BigBlueButton (deployed 3.0.12, which is the latest as of 2025-08-02) + - Consider 3.1 beta? new interface, probably new bugs; see if it’s worth it? + - Icecast? alternative? + - customize BigBlueButton welcome, slides, title, branding + - change the default presentation (maybe someone can make a PDF?) <https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/administration/customize/#change-the-default-presentation> + - modify the default landing page <https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/administration/customize/#modify-the-default-landing-page> + - change the default welcome messages <https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/administration/customize/#change-the-default-welcome-message> + - change the favicon <https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/administration/customize/#change-favicon> + - change the default logo <https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/administration/customize/#changing-the-default-logo> + - check out BigBlueButton live captions? + - figure out if we can connect to or reuse the etherpad in BigBlueButton? + - figure out how to record separate audio streams in BigBlueButton because the audio mixing is sometimes terrible (some people’s audio streams end up much louder than others). Related: <https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/issues/12302> , but not sure how to actually do it… + - replicate BBB setup in a virtual machine so that it’s easy to re-deploy + - replicate streaming setup (OBS+VNC) in a virtual machine so that it’s easy to re-deploy + - replicate video processing workflow on my computer and/or a virtual machine +- Other: + - panel? some thoughts: <https://pad.emacsconf.org/emacsconf-panel> + - unconference? + + +<a id="general-infrastructure"></a> # General infrastructure +<a id="general-infrastructure-linode-instance-sizes"></a> + +## Linode instance sizes + + +### Production + +- front0 shared Linode 32GB +- live0 shared Linode 64GB +- meet Dedicated CPU 16GB + + +### Dormant + +Resize disk to 25GB, copying large files to media if needed + +- nanode front0 +- nanode live0 +- delete meet after downloading all the recordings, or resize down to nanode + + +<a id="upload"></a> + +## File uploads + +[psi-4ward/psitransfer: Simple open source self-hosted file sharing solution](https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer) + +Before the conference: + +1. Set `upload_enabled` to `true` in `prod-vars.yml` and run `ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml prod-playbook.yml --tags upload`. +2. Confirm that <https://upload.emacsconf.org> has the upload interface and works with the password. +3. Use `emacsconf-mail-template-to-all-groups` and `emacsconf-mail-upload-and-backstage-info` to e-mail the upload information to all speakers. + +After the conference: + +1. Set `upload_enabled` to `false` in `prod-vars.yml` and run `ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml prod-playbook.yml --tags upload`. +2. Confirm that <https://upload.emacsconf.org> shows the in-between page. + + <a id="icecast"></a> ## Icecast @@ -407,7 +756,7 @@ Success: You can watch at <https://live.emacsconf.org>. New year: -1. ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml prod-playbook.yml –tags live +1. `ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml prod-playbook.yml --tags live` 2. Republish with <elisp:emacsconf-publish-watch-pages>. 3. Update front:/var/www/live.emacsconf.org. @@ -516,7 +865,7 @@ so that the year is updated in the configuration. This is on live.emacsconf.org and can be restarted with `/etc/init.d/emacsconf restart`. -<a id="orgab7108a"></a> +<a id="general-infrastructure-shell-scripts"></a> ## Shell scripts @@ -561,67 +910,67 @@ Explanation of files: </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–original.mp4/mov/webm</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--original.mp4/mov/webm</code></td> <td class="org-left">original file as uploaded by the speaker</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–silence.mp4/mov/webm</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--silence.mp4/mov/webm</code></td> <td class="org-left">silence sample if uploaded by speaker</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–reencoded.webm</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--reencoded.webm</code></td> <td class="org-left">converted to .webm format and compressed</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–reencoded.opus</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--reencoded.opus</code></td> <td class="org-left">audio only</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–normalized.opus</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--normalized.opus</code></td> <td class="org-left">normalized audio</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–reencoded.vtt</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--reencoded.vtt</code></td> <td class="org-left">WhisperX captions, WebVTT format</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–reencoded.json</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--reencoded.json</code></td> <td class="org-left">WhisperX word data</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–reencoded.srt</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--reencoded.srt</code></td> <td class="org-left">WhisperX captions, SRT format</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–reencoded.txt</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--reencoded.txt</code></td> <td class="org-left">WhisperX captions, plain text</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–main.vtt</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--main.vtt</code></td> <td class="org-left">edited captions</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–main–chapters.vtt</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--main--chapters.vtt</code></td> <td class="org-left">chapter markers</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–main.txt</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--main.txt</code></td> <td class="org-left">captions as text (optional)</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="org-left">–main.webm</td> +<td class="org-left"><code>--main.webm</code></td> <td class="org-left">version for streaming based on the most recent resources</td> </tr> </tbody> @@ -630,7 +979,7 @@ Explanation of files: Other files might also have been uploaded by the speaker, such as slides or notes. -<a id="org5545d42"></a> +<a id="general-infrastructure-irc-web-client"></a> ## IRC web client @@ -652,7 +1001,7 @@ connection exhaustion errors. Is that something we can plan now or would you like me to bring it up a few days before the conference? -<a id="orgd7fd9ee"></a> +<a id="general-infrastructure-etherpad"></a> ## Etherpad @@ -661,6 +1010,17 @@ Success: - [X] pad.emacsconf.org redirects to this year’s entry - [X] Each talk has its own Etherpad +Lessons learned: + +- After 2024: Added pronouns and pronunciation to the pad template since that’s what the hosts will be looking at + +The pad is at front0.emacsconf.org + +Non-JS way to get plain text or HTML of a pad: ex: + +- <https://pad.emacsconf.org/orgmeetup/export/txt> +- <https://pad.emacsconf.org/orgmeetup/export/html> + <a id="media"></a> @@ -688,7 +1048,7 @@ Switching it back to `TO_STREAM` and calling You can generate the index with `emacsconf-publish-update-media`. -<a id="org75cad9b"></a> +<a id="general-infrastructure-automated-irc-announcements"></a> ## Automated IRC announcements @@ -712,7 +1072,35 @@ ssh root@bbb cd greenlight-v3 docker compose restart -Does not seem to work in Firefox private browsing; documented at <https://emacsconf.org/2024/watch/>. +Sizes: + +- dormant: 1 GB nanode +- testing: 4 core 8 GB shared CPU +- production: 8 core 16 GB dedicated CPU (roughly half CPU load for 107 simultaneous users, 2024) + + +### Installing BigBlueButton + +1. Create the instance. + - Linode 4core 8GB shared CPU + - Image: Ubuntu 22.04 +2. Update the DNS for bbb.emacsverse.org with its IP address. +3. Download the BBB installer and make it executable. +4. ufw allow 16384:32768/udp +5. Run the BBB installer: `./bbb-install.sh -v jammy-300 -s bbb.emacsverse.org -e emacsconf@sachachua.com -g` +6. `sudo apt install bbb-playback-video` and then follow the instructions at [Server Customization | BigBlueButton](https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/3.0/administration/customize/#install-additional-recording-processing-formats) . + - /usr/local/bigbluebutton/core/scripts/bigbluebutton.yml: + + steps: + archive: 'sanity' + sanity: 'captions' + captions: + - 'process:presentation' + - 'process:video' + 'process:presentation': 'publish:presentation' + 'process:video': 'publish:video' + - systemctl restart bbb-rap-resque-worker.service +7. docker exec -it greenlight-v3 bundle exec rake admin:create[’name’,’email’,’password’] ### System audio limitations @@ -728,7 +1116,109 @@ BBB says sharing system audio works only if you use Chrome on Mac OS X or Micros Related: <https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/issues/8632> -<a id="org5a3d818"></a> +### Creating talk BBB rooms + +- `docker exec -it greenlight-v3 /bin/bash` +- `bundle exec rails console` +- `user_id = User.find_by_email("sacha@sachachua.com").id` + + (mapconcat (lambda (group) + (format + "Room.create(user_id: user_id, name: \"%s - %s\")\n" + (plist-get (cadr group) :speakers) + (string-join (mapcar (lambda (talk) (plist-get talk :slug)) + (cdr group))))) + (emacsconf-mail-groups (emacsconf-active-talks (emacsconf-get-talk-info))) + "") + +- <elisp:emacsconf-publish-bbb-static-redirects> + +Print out the room IDs with + + Room.all.each { |x| puts x.friendly_id + " " + x.name }; nil + +It’s possible to change the friendly\_id and then use `x.save!`. + + +### Setting up moderator access codes + + (dolist (talk (seq-filter (lambda (o) + (and (plist-get o :bbb-room) + (not (plist-get o :bbb-mod-code)))) + (emacsconf-publish-prepare-for-display (emacsconf-get-talk-info)))) + (spookfox-js-injection-eval-in-active-tab + (format "window.location.href = \"%s\"" + (replace-regexp-in-string "/join" "" (plist-get talk :bbb-room))) + t) + (sleep-for 3) + (spookfox-js-injection-eval-in-active-tab + "document.querySelector('button[data-rr-ui-event-key=\"settings\"]').click()" t) + (spookfox-js-injection-eval-in-active-tab + "document.querySelector('input#glAnyoneCanStart').checked = true") + (spookfox-js-injection-eval-in-active-tab + "document.querySelector('input#muteOnStart').checked = true") + (spookfox-js-injection-eval-in-active-tab + "document.querySelectorAll('.border-end button')[2].click()" t) + (let ((code (spookfox-js-injection-eval-in-active-tab + "document.querySelector('.access-code-input input').value" t))) + (message "Setting %s to %s" (plist-get talk :slug) code) + (emacsconf-set-property-from-slug + talk "BBB_MOD_CODE" + code) + (sit-for 2))) + + (dolist (talk (seq-filter (lambda (o) + (plist-get o :bbb-room)) + (emacsconf-publish-prepare-for-display (emacsconf-get-talk-info)))) + (spookfox-js-injection-eval-in-active-tab + (format "window.location.href = \"%s\"" + (replace-regexp-in-string "/join" "" (plist-get talk :bbb-room))) + t) + (sleep-for 3) + (spookfox-js-injection-eval-in-active-tab + "document.querySelector('button[data-rr-ui-event-key=\"settings\"]').click()" t) + (sleep-for 3)) + + +### Backing up BBB :backup: + +rsync -avze ssh root@bbb:/var/bigbluebutton/ bigbluebutton/ + +ssh root@bbb ’tar zcvf - /var/bigbluebutton /etc/bigbluebutton /root/greenlight-v3 /usr/local/bigbluebutton /usr/share/bbb-web’ > bbb-backup-$(date “+%Y-%m-%d”).tar.gz + +ssh root@bbb ’dd if=/dev/sda bs=5M ’ | dd of=bbb-img-$(date “+%Y-%m-%d”).img status=progress + + +### Spinning BBB up again + +<span class="timestamp-wrapper"><span class="timestamp">[2025-01-22 Wed]</span></span> … actually, this ran into some issues with the certificate, so I’m just going to do a reinstall. + +Previous notes + +1. Create a Nanode. +2. Update the DNS for bbb.emacsverse.org with its IP address. (dns.he.net) +3. Reboot into Rescue mode. In Lish: + + passwd # set interactively + sed -i -e 's/#PasswordAuthentication yes/PasswordAuthentication yes/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config + echo 'PermitRootLogin yes' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config + service ssh start +4. From the backup directory: + gunzip -c bbb-img-2024-12-08.img.gz | ssh root@bbb.emacsconf.org “dd of=/dev/sda bs=4M status=progress oflag=direct iflag=fullblock” +5. After I resized to 4core 8GB RAM, I couldn’t log in with SSH, so I used the Linode shell. `sshd -t` said no host keys available. Fix: + + ssh-keygen -A + service ssh --full-restart +6. ./bbb-install.sh -v jammy-300 -s bbb.emacsverse.org -e emacsconf@sachachua.com + +Resources: + +- <https://overto.eu/posts/gunzip-into-dd/> +- <https://www.linode.com/community/questions/20386/how-do-i-ssh-to-linode-from-the-finnix-boot-in-order-to-copy-my-local-vm-over-to> +- <https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/issues/9485> + + +<a id="general-infrastructure-manual-irc-announcements"></a> ## Manual IRC announcements @@ -737,7 +1227,7 @@ Success: - [X] You can /opall, /conftopic, and /broadcast -<a id="orge08d62d"></a> +<a id="general-infrastructure-low-res-stream"></a> ## Low-res stream @@ -748,7 +1238,7 @@ backup on live: - /usr/local/bin/emacsconf-lowres-dev-on-connect -<a id="org7f2e95e"></a> +<a id="general-infrastructure-upload-talks-to-youtube"></a> ## Upload talks to YouTube @@ -784,7 +1274,7 @@ backup on live: (emacsconf-publish-prepare-for-display (emacsconf-get-talk-info))) -<a id="org0cc19c3"></a> +<a id="general-infrastructure-restream-to-youtube"></a> ## Restream to YouTube @@ -802,7 +1292,7 @@ backup on live: docker exec -it greenlight-v2 bundle exec rake user:create["USERNAME","EMAIL","PASSWORD","user"] -<a id="org4efd774"></a> +<a id="other-process-notes-when-a-talk-is-added-after-the-schedule-has-already-been-drafted"></a> ## When a talk is added after the schedule has already been drafted @@ -826,12 +1316,28 @@ backup on live: ## When a talk is cancelled -1. Update the status to CANCELLED. +1. Update the status to CANCELLED. Update that specific talk with <elisp:emacsconf-publish-info-pages-for-talk>. 2. Rejig the schedule if needed, and update with <elisp:emacsconf-schedule-update-from-info> 3. Update the published schedule with <elisp:emacsconf-update-schedule> and push the wiki. 4. Regenerate the intros (before, after). <elisp:emacsconf-stream-generate-in-between-pages>, then use <elisp:subed-record-compile-video> in the intros file. -5. Sync the new intros to the /data/emacsconf/shared/$YEAR/assets/intros directory. -6. Regenerate the pads: <elisp:emacsconf-pad-prepopulate-all-talks> +5. Resync the cache directory. +6. Consider updating the screenshots for sat-open and sun-open. + + +<a id="other-process-notes-when-a-talk-changes-title"></a> + +## When a talk changes title + +1. Update the title in conf.org. +2. Delete the FILE\_PREFIX property. +3. Call <elisp:emacsconf-set-file-prefix-if-needed>. +4. Rename existing files with <elisp:emacsconf-update-file-prefixes>. +5. Update the intro VTT file with the new title. +6. Update the wiki page for the talk. +7. Regenerate the in-between images with <elisp:emacsconf-stream-generate-in-between-pages> +8. Rerecord and recompile the intro, and recompile the intro for the talk after it. +9. <elisp:emacsconf-update-schedule> +10. <elisp:emacsconf-pad-prepopulate-hyperlists> <a id="change-talk-qa"></a> @@ -846,7 +1352,15 @@ backup on live: 6. Regenerate talks.json: <elisp:emacsconf-publish-talks-json-to-files> -<a id="org17cc58c"></a> +<a id="other-process-notes-to-play-the-other-stream"></a> + +## To play the other stream + +- `mpv --profile=full https://live0.emacsconf.org/gen.webm` +- Change the channel topic to note that discussion can be in the other channel + + +<a id="other-process-notes-when-a-system-is-down"></a> ## When a system is down @@ -859,7 +1373,7 @@ Update the status page: /broadcast <message> may also be helpful -<a id="org4636e4e"></a> +<a id="other-process-notes-when-we-need-to-bring-on-a-last-minute-volunteer"></a> ## When we need to bring on a last-minute volunteer @@ -868,7 +1382,7 @@ Update the status page: will give them the backstage credentials and links to the index -<a id="org811d67a"></a> +<a id="other-process-notes-checking-people-in"></a> ## Checking people in @@ -876,7 +1390,7 @@ will give them the backstage credentials and links to the index /room nick (should be automatic if live, but there just in case) -<a id="org5d78595"></a> +<a id="other-process-notes-ansible"></a> ## Ansible |