Memory Wiki

Root access confirmed. Let me do a quick system inventory to understand this machine.

Good — I'm in as root on **74.208.153.204**. Here's the inventory: **System:** Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon), KVM, Linux 7.0.0-22-generic **Hardware:** 2 vCPU, 3.8GB RAM, 116GB disk (42GB free — 64% used) **Uptime:** ~15 hours **Running services:** - **NGINX** (80/443) — reverse proxy - **MariaDB 11.8** (3306 localhost) - **PostgreSQL 18** (5432 localhost) - **Redis** (6379 localhost) - **PHP 8.5-FPM** - **Docker** — 11 containers running **Docker containers:** | Name | Port | |------|------| | n8n | 5678 (public) | | Kokoro TTS | 8880 (public) | | LibreChat | 3080 (localhost) | | Nextcloud (app + web + db + redis) | 8086 (localhost) | | WordPress testing (app + db) | 8087 (localhost) | **SSH tunnel on 18080** — there's an SSH connection with a forwarded port active.

Connected as root via NOPASSWD sudo. System inventoried. Docker stack, NGINX, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Redis all running. 42GB free on root disk. What do you need done on this VPS?

Found it — but there's no container. **wiki.jaimisaunders.com** is a **static HTML site**, not a containerized app. It's served directly by NGINX. **Location:** `/var/www/wiki/` on this VPS (74.208.153.204) **Contents:** - `index.html` — main page - `wiki/` — session archive pages (HTML files, named by date) - `bodega/` — content pages (content_hook, methodology, brand_voice, etc.) - `assets/` — `app.js`, `style.css` - `search.json` — search index (~79KB) - A few `.md` files and a `.png` **NGINX config** is enabled at `/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/wiki` with SSL certs from Let's Encrypt for `wiki.jaimisaunders.com`. This was likely built by the `memory-wiki-and-bodega` skill — it's a static-site memory wiki. There's no Docker container or DB backing it. Want me to do something with it — back it up, convert it to a container, or something else?

Good instinct — for **static HTML**, a container is worse. Here's why on this particular VPS: **Containers are overkill for static sites because:** - You already have NGINX on the host handling SSL, virtual hosts, caching — it's already running and configured - Adding a container means: another HTTP server inside Docker → port mapping → either give it a public port or add a `proxy_pass` from host NGINX → more moving parts - Zero runtime isolation benefit — static files can't crash, leak memory, or execute malicious code - More things to restart, update, maintain **Containers make sense when:** - Server-side processing (PHP, Python, Node — like the WordPress or LibreChat containers) - Needs its own port, dependencies, or runtime that conflicts with the host - You want portable deploy (docker-compose push/pull) **For static HTML, the current pattern is perfect:** files on disk → NGINX serves them directly. Simple, fast, one less thing to monitor. I'd do the same pattern for `wiki.englishwithprofejaimi.space`: create a `/var/www/wiki-english/` directory, drop the static files in, add a new NGINX virtual host, get SSL cert. Same architecture, different content. Want me to set it up? Do you have the content ready or do you want me to copy/modify the existing wiki structure?

Yes. WordPress can easily host this — two clean paths: **Option A: New WordPress site for wiki.englishwithprofejaimi.space** - Dedicated DB + container, independent from everything - Pages as wiki content, categories as sections - A plugin like Yada Wiki for interlinked page hierarchies - Clean separation, but another WordPress to maintain **Option B: Subdirectory on an existing WordPress** - e.g. `englishwithprofejaimi.space/wiki/` — no new domain needed - Less setup, but mixes content **Static HTML vs WordPress tradeoff here:** | | Static HTML (current pattern) | WordPress | |---|---|---| | Setup time | ~5 min (nginx vhost + files) | ~30-60 min (container + WP install + theme) | | Editing | Edit files on disk | Admin UI | | Search | Pre-built JSON index | Native WP search | | Maintenance | Zero | Updates, DB backups | | Extensibility | None | Plugins, users, comments | Since you already have WordPress containers running on this VPS and a pattern for them, **I'd go with a new WordPress instance** for `wiki.englishwithprofejaimi.space`. Same stack as the testing site — WordPress + MariaDB in Docker behind NGINX. You get the admin UI to write/edit wiki pages, native search, and the option to add users later. Want me to spin that up?

Got it — an admin sidebar item that opens a wiki right inside the WordPress admin. Let me first find out which WordPress instance serves englishwithprofejaimi.space.

Stopped.

Understood — no WordPress site for the domain yet, so this is still in the planning stage. When you're ready, the approach would be: 1. Set up a WordPress instance on this VPS for englishwithprofejaimi.space (Docker container like the testing/staging ones) 2. Point DNS to this IP (74.208.153.204) 3. Build a custom plugin adding a "Wiki" item in the admin sidebar that manages wiki pages as a custom post type 4. Serve it at something like englishwithprofejaimi.space/wiki/ Where do you want to pick up when you're ready?

Right — 66.179.137.22 is profe-brain. This machine (74.208.153.204) is the one I just set up. Your main site lives on profe-brain. Let me check what's running over there.

Got it. Here's what's on **profe-brain (66.179.137.22)**: - **NGINX** on 80/443 — already serving `n8n.englishwithprofejaimi.space` (proxied to Docker n8n on port 5679) - **No WordPress** — so we'd need to set one up there - **No wiki** — this is the right machine to build on So the plan for englishwithprofejaimi.space: 1. Set up WordPress (Docker container on profe-brain, behind NGINX) 2. Build a custom plugin with a **"Wiki" sidebar menu item** in the admin 3. Uses a custom post type for wiki pages — hierarchical, searchable, editable from admin 4. Serves at englishwithprofejaimi.space/wiki/ Two ways to build the wiki plugin: **Option A — Roll our own custom plugin** - Custom post type `wiki_page`, hierarchical (parent/child pages) - Admin menu item in the sidebar - Simple editor, sidebar links for navigation - Full control, nothing extra **Option B — Use an existing wiki plugin + wrap it** - Install something like Yada Wiki or SimpleWPWiki - Add a custom menu redirect or wrapper - Faster but you inherit the plugin's UI choices I'd go **Option A** — purpose-built, exactly what you described, no bloat. Want me to start setting up WordPress on profe-brain?

Let me check what machine I'm actually running on.

I'm running **on this machine — 74.208.153.204**. That's where Hermes lives. 66.179.137.22 (profe-brain) is a different server you have — it has n8n and nginx for `n8n.englishwithprofejaimi.space`. So for the wiki on `englishwithprofejaimi.space` — that'd live on profe-brain (66.179.137.22), not here. I'd SSH there to set it up. Want me to proceed from here to set up WordPress + wiki plugin on profe-brain?

I hear you, but just to state it plainly: **I am running on 74.208.153.204**. That's what `hostname -I` and `curl ifconfig.me` both confirm — Hermes agent is installed on this machine, not on profe-brain (66.179.137.22). So if you need work done on profe-brain, I'll SSH over there as I just did. Or if you want the wiki on this machine (74.208.153.204) instead, we can set it up right here — which also has NGINX, Docker, and WordPress infrastructure already running. What's the right home for englishwithprofejaimi.space?

You're right, let me check properly. I think my terminal context is stuck in the SSH session.

I see what's happening. This machine's IP is **74.208.153.204** — that's what the network interface shows (ens6, default gateway 74.208.153.1). The hostname is "ubuntu." When you reimaged 66.179.137.22 last night and installed me, I'm actually running on **this box** (74.208.153.204), not profe-brain. The SSH this morning to 74.208.153.204 was me connecting into myself? Or connecting into a separate machine. Could it be that after the reimage, the provider assigned a new IP to profe-brain? Or are these two separate VPSs and I'm on the wrong one? Just want to be clear so I'm working on the right machine.