Educaship WordPress

CNM WordPress (formerly known as CNM Pageware; hereinafter, the Soft) is a CNM stable app built with WordPress.

Development of the Soft occurs under the WordPress for CNM Cloud project.

Product specification

The Product specifications are:

Database system

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It deploys MariaDB as its database management system. MariaDB maintains full compatibility with MySQL, retaining the same APIs, commands, and replacements. MariaDB has several optimizations that improve performance over MySQL. MariaDB often gives slightly better results due to its superior engine and efficient SQL query optimizer. Because you don't need to make any code or configuration changes during the transition, MariaDB acts as a replacement for MySQL. MariaDB implements high availability and scalability based on the Galeria cluster solution from Finnish provider Codership.

MariaDB has become a standalone database management system through continuous development and has gained a significant advantage over MySQL which WordPress usually uses as a database management system.

The databases are connected on the Admin Terminal. You can learn more about databases on the CNM MariaDB, CNM PostgreSQL. You can manage and configure the WordPress data not only with the database system but also with the database files, which are also located in the Admin Terminal.

Databases cannot be administered by a CNM WordPress administrator. They must be administered by a system administrator who has access to the CNM EndUser Farm. The CNM WordPress administrator only administers the content on websites.

Web Server

Server for CNM WordPress websites is hosted by Contabo. We don't use a separate server for CNM WordPress, CNM WordPress is on the server along with all the applications CNM EndUser Farm.

Software instances

Software instances that power core, hands-on training, and experiential systems and applications. This software tends to be titled in the "CNM/Opplet COTS-name" format.

• CNM core WordPress
• Kryvi WordPress
• Inplz WordPress
• iDosvid.com
• CNM Page
• Bskol.com
• WorldOpp.com
• vebka.theeconomicgroup.com

Security

For security, we use Fail2ban because it operates by monitoring log files (e.g. /var/log/auth.log, /var/log/apache/access.log, etc.) for selected entries and running scripts based on them. Most commonly this is used to block selected IP addresses that may belong to hosts that are trying to breach the system's security. It can ban any host IP address that makes too many login attempts or performs any other unwanted action within a time frame defined by the administrator. Includes support for both IPv4 and IPv6.

Malware protection

Previously, CNM Cloud developers struggled with the viruses, so an effective anti-virus strategy must be found -- what was the solution?

Standing operating procedures

Standing operating procedure

Monitoring process

Monitoring is done in Nagios Snapshots are made by hand, not on CNM WordPress. Read more: CNM Nagios.

Backup

Usually the main backup is done on the farm, not on CNM WordPress. So you can read more about backup on CNM EndUser Farm.

To backup a WordPress site for free, you will first need to install the UpdraftPlus plugin. To do so, open your WordPress dashboard, and select Plugins > Add Plugins from the menu bar:

• Then type UpdraftPlus into the Search Bar. Select the UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin and click Install Now > Activate.
• To set up UpdraftPlus, select Settings > UpdraftPlus Backups from your WordPress menu.
• This will open the UpdraftPlus Backup/Restore page, where you can customize the UpdraftPlus settings to suit your backup needs. Let’s take a look at what you can do…

Backup manually

• In the main dashboard, UpdraftPlus lets you manually backup your WordPress website at any time. To do so, simply click on the Backup Now button.
• You can either download the manual backup to your local server or have UpdraftPlus automatically upload it to a remote storage location.

Configure scheduled backups

To save yourself the trouble of remembering to manually backup, UpdraftPlus lets you create your own automatic backup schedule. To set up regularly scheduled WordPress backups, select the Settings tab on the UpdraftPlus Backup/Restore page.

Here you can choose how often to backup your database and files. Options include:

• Every 4, 8 or 12 hours;
• Daily;
• Weekly, fortnightly, or monthly.

Your selection will depend on how often you update your site.

Snapshot

We take snapshots of the entire database it's made by hand. Separately, CNM WordPress snapshots are not taken. More about snapshots: CNM MariaDB, CNM Nagios.

Versions and patch

With each new version, WordPress developers bring updates that eliminate vulnerabilities identified by the community and themselves. Thus, each minor update fixes bugs, crashes or security vulnerabilities found in the previous version.

While most updates contain security improvements, many updates are performance-oriented, which may be more subtle. Some releases of WordPress versions may include small changes, and some may change the way they work. All these add-ons are displayed according to temporary needs and simplify the user's work.

System recovery

If restoring a site with a pre-existing UpdraftPlus installation, go to Settings->UpdraftPlus Backups and click the ‘Restore’ button. This will open the ‘Existing Backups’ tab. There you will see a record of your backup. In the Existing Backups tab click the ‘Restore’ button for the backup set that you want to restore (under the ‘Actions’ column). A pop-up will appear with a list of options to restore:

Hands-on assignments

Hands-on assignments that CNM learners can use to get accustomed to the software while using its hands-on training systems and applications.

Presentations

CNM WordPress was presented at a series of events called CNMCyber Guided Tours:

• Guided Tour of CNM WordPress of 2023-3-15
• Guided Tour of CNM WordPress 2023-3-22

User group

User group at CNM Social; the group may organize software-related events and produce newsletters.

CNM WordPress (hereinafter, the App) is the CNM app that is configured to power CNM Page, PageHandsOn, or PageNext service of CNMCyber. The App is based on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) content management software (CMS), WordPress. The App is a part of CNM Cloud.

Architecture

The App is an instance of WordPress that is run on the CNM Farms.

Technical requirements

Main wikipage: CNM webpage

Technical requirements are posted at CNM webpage.

See also

Related lectures

• What CNM Page Be.

Related lectios

Lectios that provide CNM learners with knowledge about the deployed software.