Infrastructure Proposal - Revision history

Tmitchell: Reverted edit of GfjRvs, changed back to last version by Mloskot

2007-04-11T19:15:00Z

Reverted edit of GfjRvs, changed back to last version by Mloskot

Wiki-GfjRvs at 14:03, 11 April 2007

2007-04-11T14:03:26Z

Wiki-Mloskot: Added link to BuildBot Configuration wiki

2006-09-26T19:35:34Z

Added link to BuildBot Configuration wiki

Neteler: +cat Infrastructure

2006-09-08T12:52:15Z

+cat Infrastructure

Wiki-JoWalsh at 20:02, 27 August 2006

2006-08-27T20:02:51Z

Wiki-JoWalsh: /* Web Publishing System */

2006-08-23T13:58:14Z

Web Publishing System

Warmerdam: /* Web Publishing System */

2006-08-15T17:47:36Z

Web Publishing System

Neteler: don't use RT

2006-08-04T10:19:03Z

don't use RT

Wiki-JoWalsh: /* Hosting */ tiny clairification

2006-08-03T18:11:48Z

Hosting: tiny clairification

Wiki-Hobu: /* Build/test farm */

2006-08-02T22:54:29Z

Build/test farm

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:15, 11 April 2007
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	General suite of tools that would put OSGeo on top, adding value to membership and engaging members		General suite of tools that would put OSGeo on top, adding value to membership and engaging members
−	* Survey/polling	+	* Survey/polling & voting tools
		+	* User profiles
		+	* Code snippit/example repository
		+	* Project management app for planning release cycles and events
		+
		+	=== IRC Support ===
		+
		+	* Logger for the #osgeo channel
		+	* (mpg wishlist: meetingbot service, RSS feeds of IRC logs, ...)
		+
		+	== Hosting ==
		+
		+	This is a strong recommendation that we consider hosting core/critical OSGeo services at the [http://osuosl.org/ OSU Open Source Lab], a not-for-profit independent organisation within Oregon State University that runs infrastructure support and hosting for a [http://osuosl.org/hosting/clients wide range of open source organisations] including the Apache, Mozilla and Eclipse foundations.
		+
		+	OSU offer 2 choices of service
		+	*''Unmanaged'' - the client supplies a box which goes in their rack and is responsible for admin maintenance and security
		+	*''Part-managed'' - the client either supplies a box or they purchase one, they manage the operating system and provide setup assistance and support-on-demand.
		+
		+	A part-managed solution would be ideal for OSGeo to host the "critical services" from the list above.
		+
		+	'''Costs'''
		+
		+	* 3-5K for purchase of server - with redundant PSUs, redundant disks etc.
		+	* It costs OSL 75K p/a to support a full-time person. OSGeo would not need fulltime support - our demands are just not that high. The Board has speculatively budgeted 50K for online infrastructure needs
		+	* It would be possible for us to hire a person directly from OSL's recommendation to work 'for OSGeo' at OSL, if this made sense.
		+
		+	'''How OSL self-supports'''
		+
		+	* They are a not-for-profit
		+	* They get sponsorship from companies keen to promote more robust infrastructure for OS projects and are seeking more - currently they are receiving maintenance sums from Google and MySQL
		+
		+	Currently OSUOSL is graciously providing a virtual host for development of the OSGeo CMS prototype site - http://community.osgeo.org/
		+
		+	Corey Shields is willing and able to answer any further OSL related questions - cshields AT osuosl DOT org
		+
		+	== Timescale ==
		+
		+	* Build CMS prototype
		+	* Needs analysis
		+	* Consider hosting options
		+	* Contract hosting provider
		+	* Server purchase and set up
		+	* Phase 1 – CMS
		+	* Phase 2 – Mailing lists
		+	* Phase 3 – Bug/issue tracker
		+	* Phase 4 – SVN
		+	* Phase 5 – LDAP
		+	* Phase 6 – DNS
		+
		+
		+	== Budget ==
		+
		+	* Setup costs, or volunteer basis - may affect timescale
		+	* 3-5K for machine once-off
		+	* 40-50K p/a for half time system administration support
		+	* 5K contingency
		+
		+	[[Category:Infrastructure]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:03, 11 April 2007
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	General suite of tools that would put OSGeo on top, adding value to membership and engaging members		General suite of tools that would put OSGeo on top, adding value to membership and engaging members
−	* Survey/polling ~~& voting tools~~	+	* Survey/polling
−	* User profiles
−	* Code snippit/example repository
−	* Project management app for planning release cycles and events
−
−	~~=== IRC Support ===~~
−
−	* Logger for the #osgeo channel
−	* (mpg wishlist: meetingbot service, RSS feeds of IRC logs, ...)
−
−	~~== Hosting ==~~
−
−	This is a strong recommendation that we consider hosting core/critical OSGeo services at the [http://osuosl.org/ OSU Open Source Lab], a not-for-profit independent organisation within Oregon State University that runs infrastructure support and hosting for a [http://osuosl.org/hosting/clients wide range of open source organisations] including the Apache, Mozilla and Eclipse foundations.
−
−	~~OSU offer 2 choices of service~~
−	*''Unmanaged'' - the client supplies a box which goes in their rack and is responsible for admin maintenance and security
−	*''Part-managed'' - the client either supplies a box or they purchase one, they manage the operating system and provide setup assistance and support-on-demand.
−
−	~~A part-managed solution would be ideal for OSGeo to host the "critical services" from the list above.~~
−
−	~~'''Costs'''~~
−
−	* 3-5K for purchase of server - with redundant PSUs, redundant disks etc.
−	* It costs OSL 75K p/a to support a full-time person. OSGeo would not need fulltime support - our demands are just not that high. The Board has speculatively budgeted 50K for online infrastructure needs
−	* It would be possible for us to hire a person directly from OSL's recommendation to work 'for OSGeo' at OSL, if this made sense.
−
−	~~'''How OSL self-supports'''~~
−
−	* They are a not-for-profit
−	* They get sponsorship from companies keen to promote more robust infrastructure for OS projects and are seeking more - currently they are receiving maintenance sums from Google and MySQL
−
−	~~Currently OSUOSL is graciously providing a virtual host for development of the OSGeo CMS prototype site - http://community.osgeo.org/~~
−
−	~~Corey Shields is willing and able to answer any further OSL related questions - cshields AT osuosl DOT org~~
−
−	~~== Timescale ==~~
−
−	* Build CMS prototype
−	* Needs analysis
−	* Consider hosting options
−	* Contract hosting provider
−	* Server purchase and set up
−	* Phase 1 – CMS
−	* Phase 2 – Mailing lists
−	* Phase 3 – Bug/issue tracker
−	* Phase 4 – SVN
−	* Phase 5 – LDAP
−	* Phase 6 – DNS
−
−
−	~~== Budget ==~~
−
−	* Setup costs, or volunteer basis - may affect timescale
−	* 3-5K for machine once-off
−	* 40-50K p/a for half time system administration support
−	* 5K contingency
−
−	~~[[Category:Infrastructure]]~~

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	=== Build/test farm ===		=== Build/test farm ===
		+
		+	[[OSGeo BuildBot Configuration]]
		+
	[http://buildbot.sf.net Buildbot]		[http://buildbot.sf.net Buildbot]

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 * Phase 5 – LDAP
 * Phase 6 – DNS
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 * 40-50K p/a for half time system administration support
 * 5K contingency

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:02, 27 August 2006
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	* They get sponsorship from companies keen to promote more robust infrastructure for OS projects and are seeking more - currently they are receiving maintenance sums from Google and MySQL		* They get sponsorship from companies keen to promote more robust infrastructure for OS projects and are seeking more - currently they are receiving maintenance sums from Google and MySQL

		+	Currently OSUOSL is graciously providing a virtual host for development of the OSGeo CMS prototype site - http://community.osgeo.org/

	Corey Shields is willing and able to answer any further OSL related questions - cshields AT osuosl DOT org		Corey Shields is willing and able to answer any further OSL related questions - cshields AT osuosl DOT org
		+
		+	== Timescale ==
		+
		+	* Build CMS prototype
		+	* Needs analysis
		+	* Consider hosting options
		+	* Contract hosting provider
		+	* Server purchase and set up
		+	* Phase 1 – CMS
		+	* Phase 2 – Mailing lists
		+	* Phase 3 – Bug/issue tracker
		+	* Phase 4 – SVN
		+	* Phase 5 – LDAP
		+	* Phase 6 – DNS
		+
		+
		+
		+	== Budget ==
		+
		+	* Setup costs, or volunteer basis - may affect timescale
		+	* 3-5K for machine once-off
		+	* 40-50K p/a for half time system administration support
		+	* 5K contingency

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 === Web Publishing System ===
-'''Candidates:''' Drupal/Civicspace, Plone/OpenPlans
+'''Candidates:''' Drupal/Civicspace (current [http://osgeo.osuosl.org prototype]), Plone/OpenPlans (possible future more application like goals)
 Needed for the foundation website at minimum.
 Nice to be able to offer to projects which are unhappy with the solution they currently have (GRASS,MapGuide in particular) but not obligatory for all to use.  See [[Drupal Portal]] for current CMS thinking for the main web site.
 == Other less project critical but still desirable services ==

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 === Bug Tracker ===
-'''Candidates:''' Trac (preferred), RT, Bugzilla
+'''Candidates:''' Trac (preferred), RT (undesired), Bugzilla
 === LDAP ===

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 == Hosting ==
-This is a strong recommendation that we consider hosting some OSGeo services at the [http://osuosl.org/ OSU Open Source Lab], a not-for-profit independent organisation within Oregon State University that runs infrastructure support and hosting for a [http://osuosl.org/hosting/clients wide range of open source organisations] including the Apache, Mozilla and Eclipse foundations.
+This is a strong recommendation that we consider hosting core/critical OSGeo services at the [http://osuosl.org/ OSU Open Source Lab], a not-for-profit independent organisation within Oregon State University that runs infrastructure support and hosting for a [http://osuosl.org/hosting/clients wide range of open source organisations] including the Apache, Mozilla and Eclipse foundations.
 OSU offer 2 choices of service

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 === Build/test farm ===
-[http://buildbot.sf.net link Buildbot]
+[http://buildbot.sf.net Buildbot]
 === Software stack demo site ===