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

[Gavin M. Bell]

 Just to be clear: This is NCAR being custodian of the gateway install
script.  The installation of the data node and the associated scripts is
and will remain in the custody of the myself and data node team here at
LLNL/PCMDI.
:-)

Happy coding.

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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Gavin M. Bell
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