System Administration
You've got a great web site but your work is only half done. Now you need a reliable place to host it with a minimum of hassles. I can help by building you a web environment based on virtual dedicated servers. These servers will give you the stabilty and scalability you need, while not costing you an arm and a leg. I focus primarily on Debian or Ubuntu Linux running Ruby on Rails or PHP applications, but can help out whatever your specific needs are (but sorry, I don't do Windows).
And once the public site is up and running, I can assist with continuing maintenance, monitoring, and backups, or build you a staging/development environment to match.
- Web application deployment
- Multi-server environments
- Development and staging servers
- Nightly off-site backups
- Web site uptime monitoring
- Regular maintenance and updates
- Shared or dedicated servers
- DNS, email, and more
I'd be happy to talk over your specific needs with you. Just get in touch.
Find out how I can help with your web development and technology consulting needs.
8ninths / Lolligift lolligift.com
Installed and configured multiple server environment for Ruby on Rails application, running Apache and mongrel_cluster. Configured a staging server to match, and a set up a multi-stage deployment process using Capistrano. Configured MySQL replication for production site and Subversion repository for development
In Circle Pets incirclepets.com
Ruby on Rails application running on Apache with Passenger and Ruby Enterprise Edition. Deployment via Capistrano. Server maintenance and nightly off-site backups.
I also provide web development for In Circle Pets and serve in a general technical advisory role.
PFDebate pfdebate.com
Migrated multiple active web sites from shared hosting to dedicated server. Installed and configured LAMP server. Ongoing server maintenance and nightly off-site backups. Managing multiple Wordpress installations as well as other third-party applications.
Veeker veeker.com
Managed load balanced production servers. Built multiple server staging environment. Developed custom tools for multi-stage deployment.
I was employed full-time by Veeker in 2007.
Get in touch to find out how I can help with your business.
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Get in touch to find out how I can help you with your project.
We hired Kenn to help us launch Lolligift, when the previous admin had a last minute schedule conflict. We are very glad that Kenn helped us launch on time. Kenn was professional, knowledgeable, and unflappable at pretty much everything we had to send his way, all under a very tight deadline, and all hit his budget estimate.
In my previous career with MSN, I've had the opportunity to work with some very talented ops/admin folks; I will easily put Kenn up against the very best of them. Needless to say, Kenn is going to be our go-to guy for Lolligift and future projects coming out of our incubator, 8ninths.
What would take us days to get done, Kenn can complete in mere hours. We had a situation that we thought would provide nothing but frustration and stress, but his expert knowledge and professionalism saved us from all of that and got us where we needed to be in record time. I highly recommend his services.
Dale Cook
Ruby on Rails developer
and founder of Gatherra
About Corvid Works
Kenn Wilson is a Linux system administrator and web technologist in Portland, Oregon who spends an inordinate amount of his free time keeping up on the latest web trends and technologies.