[Go-essp-tech] About Gateway Installation...

[Gavin M. Bell]

 Eric,

I am glad that you agree with my idea that you folks at NCAR should take
over the burden of installation over since you have yet to open up the
gateway source code to the community to be able to help with
installation issues.  The globus script is a shared script used by both
the data node install and the gateway install scripts.  We can choose to
fork that off or work collaboratively on that since it is part of the
process and overall system for which we have mutual vested interest in. 
Contact me so we can discuss that further.

As the create of these scripts, I'd be happy to field general questions
you may have.

The script is licensed as open source, so I would expect that status to
be respected, (header maintained, etc) though NCAR will be the custodian.

Thanks Eric and everyone.

On 8/5/10 11:41 AM, Eric Nienhouse wrote:
> Hi Gavin, All,
>
> Thanks for raising this question.
>
> I believe Gateway support for installation, update and maintenance is 
> best suited to the NCAR team.  Historically this task has been shared by 
> PCMDI, NCAR and more recently JPL/NOAA.  This arrangement has led to 
> some confusion amongst Gateway administrators regarding points of 
> contact, where documentation resides, etc.  It has also made deployment 
> coordination difficult as certain tools, such as the gateway 
> installation/update scripts, are not tightly coordinated with gateway 
> release versions.
>
> In order to simplify the gateway installations, improve quality and 
> receive valuable feedback from this process I propose the NCAR team take 
> on the majority of "front line" Gateway deployment support.  In general 
> this would include:
>
> 1)  Maintain and respond to questions and issues via a gateway specific 
> email list:  esg-gateway-dev at earthsystemgrid.org
> 2)  Maintain and respond to an issue tracking system and encourage the 
> gateway community to log issues. (Jira)
> 3)  Communicate important software releases, time-lines and milestones 
> via community email lists.
> 4)  Document gateway installation and update steps, identify best 
> practices, support FAQs, etc.
> 5)  Provide access to quality controlled release versions and nightly 
> development snapshots.
>
> I also believe it is in the best interest of all that the Gateway team 
> also take on maintaining the gateway installation script.  Gavin has 
> been the developer and maintainer of this useful tool up to this point 
> which has been great.  However, I feel this, too, is best supported the 
> gateway team due to the dependencies upon gateway software versions and 
> deployment configuration.  So, I also propose the Gateway team:
>
> 6)  Develop and maintain the gateway installation tools and scripts.
>
> Many of our community members have already contributed to these 
> efforts.  It is my hope that this would continue to be a collaborative 
> process benefiting the community in general, but with a clear, 
> centralized point of contact for these efforts.
>
> Please let me know if you agree this is a reasonable plan moving forward.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Eric
>
> Gavin M. Bell wrote:
>> Gentle People,
>>
>> I would like to bring up the topic of Gateway installations.
>>
>> Is there a plan going forward from NCAR to facilitate / support the 
>> installation of gateways to those that want / have them?
>>
>> -- 
>> Gavin M. Bell
>> Lawrence Livermore National Labs
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