PirateCRM

Progress
VM created on maia; 4GB disk, 512MB ram. This is similar specs to the VM that currently runs our wordpress website, phpbb, wiki, and a number of other websites so it should be more than adequate. Network adapter is 'bridged' with eth0 on maia and has the address 202.53.180.243

Debian 6.0 installed, fairly standard layout with encrypted LVM filesystem.

Installed apache2, mysql, php5, wordpress, civicrm.

Created an A record for 'secure'

Still to do / in progress
Getting a signed ssl key for secure.pirateparty.org.nz

Documentation
Same passphrase for encrypted filesystem, login, root, sql root, and piratevm user on maia. Very few people need to know this passphrase or the startup procedure which is documented as a text file in the piratevm account.

The piratevm user which runs the vm is not the same as the pirateparty user which we use for back end setup of the web page and running the bot, providing an extra layer of separation. At the moment the website and VM are not even running on the same server, the same datacentre, or even in the same country.

Once the VM is running, normal user access is via the https interface.