/* * ############################################################## * ## ## * ## CIC OPERATIONS PORTAL ## * ## Communication Interface for Central Operations ## * ## ## * ############################################################## * * developped at IN2P3-CNRS Computing Centre, Lyon, France * http://cc.in2p3.fr * * cic-information@in2p3.fr * * -------------------------------------------------------------- * File & version: $Id: CICPortal_release_note_V-4.5.txt,v 1.1 2007/08/22 14:33:38 gmathieu Exp $ * Author : Gilles Mathieu (gilles.mathieu@in2p3.fr) * * Description: * This is the release note of CIC Operations Portal v-4.5 * * CVS change log * $Log: CICPortal_release_note_V-4.5.txt,v $ * Revision 1.1 2007/08/22 14:33:38 gmathieu * no message * * * * * * -------------------------------------------------------------- */ ################################### Overview ################################### The CIC Operations Portal is online at URL http://cic.gridops.org This portal has been created as a part of the SA1 activity. It is dedicated to ensure: # to be a management and operations tool # to be an entry point for all Egee actors for their operational needs # to manage the available informations about EGEE VOs and related VOs # to monitor and ensure grid day-to-day operations on grid resources and services Each actor of Egee will then be able to enter or have access to informations from an operational point of view according to its role into Egee - what we define as an actor's view: # VO views : actions depending upon VO Managers and VO administrator # VO mb views : actions depending upon VO members responsabilities # RC views : actions depending upon RC responsabilities # and so on with COD, ROC and OAG Home section of the portal is public. Other sections are secured using certificates and SSL authentication. ################################### Main changes from v-4.4 ################################### Main changes are presented in 6 groups: 0- Background - technical changes 1- New features 2- Improvements of existing features 3- Bug fixes 4- Failover related work 5- integration and parallel work additionnaly, the exhaustive development list is published at the end of this document, giving for each development the following information: - purpose of the development - entity or person requesting this development - end of development date 0- Background - technical changes ################################### changes in Database schema -------------------------- The CIC DB schema has been slightly changed regarding VO/VOMS information. This has been done along with global VO ID card improvements (see section2 - improvement of existing features) and YAIM configurator integration (see section 5 - integration and parallel work) New table "VOMS_SERVER" added, to contain VO-VOMS server info like hostnames, ports, certificate info, etc. New table "VOMS_GROUP" added to cointain FQAN group definitions This info was previously contained in the "VO" table, and has been separated to provide a 1-n relation instead of 1-1 General authentication mechanism -------------------------------- Security improvement on authentication/authorization: our authentication mechanism is now based on full certificate DN instead of CN. This concerns VO Managers, deputies and expert, and CODs Display - general design ------------------------ Some minor changes in general design of the portal, mainly in colors, fonts and backgrounds. 1- New features ################################### YAIM VO configurator -------------------- See section 5- integration and parallel work 2- Improvements of existing features ################################### VO ID cards ----------- This release includes big changes regarding VO ID cards, especially regarding VOMS information: - Current "VOMS endpoint" and "VOMS host and port" fields have been redesigned into these new 3 fields: °VOMS hostname °https port °vomses port - "Groups and Roles" field has been split so that info can be parsable - the above information has been separated in the DB schema (see section 0 - bacground changes) - VOMS certificate related fields have also been improved: °we publish certificate DN and expiration date along with public key °voms certificate is still obtained querying the voms endpoint, but we added the possibility to override this certificate manually, if for some reason the one we get automatically was not correct. - "Yaim VO configurator", developped at CERN, takes configuration information from these fields. The tool itself is fully integrated with the CIC portal. - in general, fields are syntactically checked using regular expressions, thus ensuring entered data is correct and parsable. Downloadable XML files for VO Id cards info ------------------------------------------- According to the new schema, the structure of the downloadable version of the ID card has slightly evolved. COD dashboard ------------- A verification has been added not to close a ticket unless the "action_taken" field has been set to "site ok" or "unsolvable" 3- Bug fixes ################################### Bug when sending mail to VO manager when VO status has been changed by OAG - corrected 4- Failover related work ################################### N/A 5- integration and parallel work ################################### YAIM VO configurator -------------------- This long awaited integration between the 2 tools is now ready ! - Data background has been integrated to the CIC portal: for officially registered VOs, data are directly extracted from the central CIC DB, ensuring no overlap of info and thus reducing inconsistency - the web interface of the Yaim configurator is available in 2 ways: ° Through the CIC portal, in VO and RC sections, under the "Yaim Configurator" page ° In a standalone version, available at https://cic.gridops.org/yaimtool/yaimtool.py ################################### Development details since last release ################################### ------- 07/2007 ------- + Identify inconsistency usecases between SAM/GGUS and the dashboard, and develop a script that cleans these inconsistencies - asked by COD/SAM + General work on Scheduled downtime declaration procedure - asked by CIC/GOCDB/ROCmanagers/OCC ------- 08/2007 ------- + Bug when sending mail to VO manager when VO status has been changed by OAG - asked by OAG + Base general authentication on certificate DN instead of certificate CN - asked by Emir Imamagic / Neda Svraka + COD dashboard: don't allow to close a ticket unless the "action_taken" field has been set to "site ok" or "unsolvable" - asked by GGUS + Control fields syntax in VO ID cards to prevent entering bad formatted information - asked by VO managers group + Integration of the YAIM VO configurator to the CIC portal - asked by CERN/IN2P3 + VO ID cards: allow multiple entries for VOMS servers - asked by VO managers group ################################### About previous releases ################################### Please browse older release notes for information about previous releases: http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-4.4.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-4.3.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-4.2.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-4.0.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-3.2.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-3.1.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-3.0.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-2.5.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-2.4.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-2.3.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-2.2.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-2.0.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-1.3.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-1.0.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-0.5.txt http://cic.gridops.org/common/all/releaseNotes/CICPortal_release_note_V-0.4.txt ##### EOF #####