[Go-essp-tech] 2.0.0-ALPHA1 release of the gateway now available

[Nathan Wilhelmi]

We're pleased to announce the 2.0.0-ALPHA1 release of the gateway.

Binaries for this release have been published at:
https://vets.development.ucar.edu/nexus/content/repositories/releases/sgf/gateway/2.0.0-ALPHA1/

Installation and upgrade guides can be found here:
https://wiki.ucar.edu/display/esgcet/Gateway+Installation+and+Update

This is an early access release of the gateway to facilitate testing and 
feedback. This is a significant release containing several critical 
areas of improvement.

* A new search implementation based on Apache SOLR.
* Searching, browsing, and script generation can all be done from a 
single gateway.
* Work on streamlining the data download process.

We believe this release will resolve many of the search related problems 
that have been identified in the production system. The more community 
help we can receive in vetting and testing this release the sooner we 
can move this into production and benefit users.

As noted this is an early access release and there are a number of known 
caveats with the this release.

JIRA is the definitive source for issues and bugs blocking the release.

General caveats:

- We have to weave authorization into the new download work-flow 
(currently in-progress). Testing as a logged in user is recommended 
until the next release.

- There is some work to be don with the UI.  Errors can occur with edge 
cases of: pagination, messaging, changing number of results per page, 
etc...

- Real life metadata federation testing. We have done internal testing, 
however the more this can be vetted by the community, the sooner we can 
get this in production.

Detailed list of the remaining issues can be found here: 
https://vets.development.ucar.edu/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=project+%3D+GTWY+AND+fixVersion+%3D+%222.0.0%22+AND+resolution+%3D+Unresolved+ORDER+BY+priority+DESC%2C+key+DESC&mode=hide

Details on the resolved issues can be found here:
https://vets.development.ucar.edu/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=project+%3D+GTWY+AND+fixVersion+%3D+%222.0.0-ALPHA1%22+ORDER+BY+status+DESC%2C+priority+DESC&mode=hide

If you encounter any problems or would like to provide feedback of any
form (good or bad), please email the gateway development mailing list:
(esg-gateway-dev at earthsystemgrid.org)

-or-

If you have Jira Issue Tracking access, please enter a trouble ticket
against version "2.0.0-ALPHA1" under the "Affects Version/s" drop-down.


Thank you!
-The Gateway Development Team