Current revision updated by nfarley8 on
Originally created by nfarley8 on

Basic Info
Service Status:
Production
Domain:
https://arc.gatech.edu
Application:
Other
Host:
arc.gatech.edu

Details

Uses Honeypot module to protect sitewide/personal contact forms. Unique content types: fellowship, lecture and person (most CSS is for the grid-like, responsive directory pages). Can use prod.arc.gatech.edu on OIT hosting for test environment.

Editors = Eric Vigoda (ev31), primary and Francella Tonge (ftonge3), secondary; Developer roles include student workers. We patch only.

Libraries tracked separately from Drupal

  • phpCAS 1.3.8
  • CKEditor 4.14.0 via CDN (//cdn.ckeditor.com/4.14.0/full-all)

  • MathJax 2.7.0 via CDN

    (https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.0/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML)

Update history

  • 2023-05-23: Applied a temporary software fix to address dates not showing up correctly in the News feed block and events listing page. The software patch addresses a current issue with the Mercury Reader. Please refer to https://github.gatech.edu/ICWebTeam/hg.gatech.edu/issues/223 for more information.
  • 2023-05-04: Updated Drupal Core to the current version (7.95 to 7.97) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2023-005).
  • 2023-03-29: Updated Drupal Core to the current version (7.91 to 7.95) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2023-004). Updated the Mercury Reader module (7.x-2.7 to 7.x-2.20).
  • 2023-03-06: The SSL cert for arc.gatech.edu on benson has been renewed until 03/05/2024.
  • 2023-02-07: Migrated the site from OIT Webhosting plesk56 to the TSO-owned VM benson.cc.gatech.edu
  • 2022-07-28: Updated Drupal Core to the current version (7.90 to 7.91) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-012).
  • 2022-06-02: Updated Drupal Core to the current version (7.88 to 7.90) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2022-034); updated the CTools module (7.x-1.15 to 7.x-1.20) and the Link module (7.x-1.9 to 7.x-1.11).
  • 2022-03-03: Updated Drupal Core to the current version (7.87 to 7.88) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-003); updated the Admin Views module (7.x-1.7 to 7.x-1.8), Date module (7.x-2.10 to 7.x-2.12), Entity API module (7.x-1.9 to 7.x-1.10), Honeypot module (7.x-1.25 to 7.x-1.26), Link module (7.x-1.6 to 7.x-1.9), and Token module (7.x-1.7 to 7.x-1.9).
  • 2022-01-27: Updated Drupal Core to the current version (7.82 to 7.87) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-001).
  • 2021-07-29: Updated Drupal Core to the current version (7.80 to 7.82) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.82).
  • 2021-04-27: Updated Drupal Core to the current version (7.78 to 7.80) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.80).
  • 2021-02-11: Updated Drupal Core to the current version (7.77 to 7.78) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.78).
  • 2020-12-28: Updated Drupal Core to the current version (7.74 to 7.77) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.77).
  • 2020-11-24: Updated Drupal Core (7.73 to 7.74) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.74).
  • 2020-09-24: Updated Drupal Core (7.72 to 7.73) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.73).
  • 2020-08-13: Connected the Plesk site files to the Github repo (https://github.gatech.edu/CC-TSO-WebDev/arc.gatech.edu).
  • 2020-06-25: Updated Drupal Core (7.70 to 7.72) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.72).
  • 2020-05-28: Updated Drupal Core (7.69 to 7.70) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.70).
  • 2020-04-02: Updated the CKEditor module (7.x-1.18 to 7.x-1.19) and CDN (4.5.4 to 4.14.0) because of a security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2020-007).
  • 2020-01-02: Updated Drupal Core (7.67 to 7.69) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.69).
    Updated the Admin Views (7.x-1.6 to 7.x-1.7) module because of a security vulnerability.  Updated the phpCAS library (1.3.5 to 1.3.8).
  • 2019-10-07: Module updates in preparation for OIT move to PHP 7.2. Modules updates: ( Chaos Tool Suite (ctools) (    7.x-1.14 to 7.x-1.15), Inline Entity Form (    7.x-1.8 to 7.x-1.9 ), Views ( 7.x-3.22 t0 7.x-3.23)).
  • 2019-09-19: Added College Communications team members and new Director (msingh94) as editors to this site (RT#272576). Eric Vigoda is no longer director of the center, new director is Mohit Singh (non-CoC). Tess Malone seems to be the College Communicator overseeing this site.
  • 2019-05-14: Updated core (7.66 to 7.67) for security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.67); changed security updates email to tsowebpatch@cc.gatech.edu.
  • 2019-04-25: Update Drupal Core (7.63 to 7.66) because of a critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2019-006). Security updates to module_filter (7.x-2.1 to 7.x-2.2) and views modules (7.x-3.18 to 7.x-3.22). 
  • 2019-02-26: updated link module (7.x-1.5 to 7.x-1.6) becasue of critical security vulnerability, https://www.drupal.org/project/link/releases/7.x-1.6
  • 2019-01-22: update Drupal Core (7.60 to 7.63) because of critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.62). Patch custom modules (gt_tools, hg_reader, gt) to fix SimpleXMLElement update errors (https://drupal.gatech.edu/troubleshooting/simplexmlelement-errors). Set site to email only about security type updates. Update admin_menu module (7.x-3.0-rc5 to 7.x-3.0-rc6).
  • 2018-10-30: update modules to latest versions, in preparation for PHP 7.1 switch (https://www.drupal.org/blog/drupal-7-8-and-9). Updated modules include: honeypot (7.x-1.24 to 7.x-1.25) and libraries (7.x-2.3 to 7.x-2.5).
  • 2018-10-18: update Drupal Core (7.59 to 7.60) because of critical security vulnerability (https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2018-006).
  • 2018-07-06: Completely replaced older, problematic site with rebuilt site that has a streamlined, cleaner Drupal 7 configuration (RT #247738).
  • 2018-06-05: Uninstalled unused content type (front page block).
  • 2018-04-27: Uninstalled unused modules/content types: Event Archives (renamed Event Archives 2 to this, as has content), Super Block, GT Content Types, SFFP. Added entity module, a requirement for the blockreference module.
  • 2018-04-26: Uninstalled unused modules: gt_directory, webform, block_class, taxonomy, statistics, syslog. Uninstalled readmorecontrol and search modules, which finally allowed cron to run after 2 years.
  • 2018-04-25: update Drupal Core (7.58 to 7.59) because of critical security vulnerability. Removed older dev site install under /httpdocs/new folder and unused arc database. Updated file paths in DB, as there was a VERY strange error on the /admin/config/media/file-system page.
  • 2018-04-19: did not upgrade CKEditor library because does not include insecure image2 (enhanced image) add on.
  • 2018-03-28: backed up site, patched 7.58 core, blocked ekorotkin3, checked security settings for User Accounts and phpCAS/library and Comments. Removed drup2_ prefix from database to allow hg_reader updates to run (though also had to remove other tables with drup_ prefix).