[tor-bugs] #16597 [Metrics/ExoneraTor]: Consider merging the hourly updater and servlet into a single daemon

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#16597: Consider merging the hourly updater and servlet into a single daemon
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 Reporter:  karsten             |          Owner:  iwakeh
     Type:  enhancement         |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Low                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/ExoneraTor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal              |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  metrics-2018        |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                      |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by karsten):

 * status:  accepted => needs_information


Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:16597 karsten]:
 > Possible downsides are that the two parts could not be separated anymore
 for better resource usage or for security reasons.  Of course, we could
 include command-line options for only running the hourly updater or for
 only handling web requests.

 Update: We changed deployment yesterday by having a separate user for the
 web server part with read-only permissions for the database and the data
 directory of the hourly importer. So, if we still want to merge the two
 parts, we'll have to provide those command-line options. But maybe we
 shouldn't do this anymore. Hmm.

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