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A webinar detailing the TCS shared portal project for NREN admins, discussing project status, functionality, API, and portal overview. Includes team members, service production, and practical tips. Get involved in managing national support and configurational procedures.
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Webinar“Operating the TCS shared portals” for NREN admins TCS shared portal project http://www.confusa.org/wiki/show/confusa/TCS_Portal_project Jan Meijer 28 April 2010
room etiquette • Please use a headset • Please explicitly indicate you have a question: • use the chat to say ‘question’ • start talking but start with ‘I have a question’ • audio/video: • less camera’s is better view of the presenter • if your environment is noisy, mute your mic
agenda • Opening – extra agenda items? • Project status • Functionality walk through (Henrik/Thomas) • Question round • REST/OAUTH API • Closing
Project overview • Establish and operate a shared web-based portal for theTCS eScience Personal certificate service. • Pilot service until 30 April 2011 • Started with CESNET, CSC, Forskningsnettet, SUNET, SURFnet, UNINETT • Quickly joined by RENATER, ACOnet, GARR • BELNET on its way
Portal • 2 portals: Personal and eScience Personal • Uses ‘Confusa’ software (http://www.confusa.org/) • 2x2 SURFnet VM servers for resilience • High availability 99.81% on 99.99% infrastructure
Project status • Portal installations in production since January 2010 • EuGridPMA accreditation for eScience Personal secured in February 2010 • TCS CAs in production since 15 February • Busy connecting federations in February/March/April • Fixing Confusa bugs and adding new features in January - April
Project status (2) • Software now sufficiently alligned with CPS • Change from ‘Setup’ to ‘Production’ planned for 1 April Service production 1 May 2010! http://confusa.assembla.com/wiki/show/confusa/TCS_Portal_project
meet the team:tcs-portal-core Jan Meijer project coordinator UNINETT HenrikAustad Confusadevelopment UNINETT Sigma ThijsKinkhorst Portal sysadminwizzard Tilburg University Kevin Meynell PDO TERENA Thomas Zangerl Confusa development NDGF TeunNijssen Fixer, PKI-logist Tilburg University Joost van Dijk Tech. Product Manager SURFnet
Practical • Documentation@ http://www.confusa.org/ • Trouble reporting: tcs-escience-admin@terena.org tcs-personal-admin@terena.org • Other lists: tcs-portal@terena.org tcs-portal-core@terena.org tcs-portal-reps@terena.org • Possible weekly web conf drop-in hour?
what do *you* need to do? • Create national procedures that satisfy the CPS • Configure NREN admins • Configure Subscribers and Subscriber admins • Ensure certificate revocation • National support!
Portal software dev. done • Branding! • Robotic Interface! • Allow Personal and eScience Personal! • Adhere to both CPSes! • Configurable email in certificates! • Language/translation! • Improved error-handling, logging, code clean! • OAuth! REST!