[Fiware-lab-recovery-tf] New URGENT plan for the recovery of the FIWARE Lab

Federico Michele Facca federico.facca at create-net.org
Fri Apr 17 13:27:49 CEST 2015


On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Juanjo Hierro <
juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com> wrote:

>  Dear Federico,
>
>   User type management indeed depends on the deployment of the new IdM,
> but a) this doesn't prevent that we start taking note about who is willing
> to become a Community User in May 1st, b) in some cases, eventually assign
> them the requested quota before May 1st (even though they would not yet
> ticketed as "Community Users" yet in the system).
>
>
sure, i was asking only to be sure what information to pass to coaches and
we will be able to close the consider close the community request processes.



>   Cheers,
>
> -- Juanjo
>
>
> On 15/04/15 06:11, Federico Michele Facca wrote:
>
> Ps: i forgot to mention that in my understanding user type management was
> depending on the deployment of the new idm, but maybe upm has in mind a
> solution that does not require that.
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Apologizes for mispellings. My thumb is not compatible with Android
> On Apr 15, 2015 5:58 AM, "Federico Michele Facca" <
> federico.facca at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Juanjo,
>> some comments from my side:
>>
>> 1) Maurizio as XIFI coordinator, needs to be in the loop. While I agree
>> that some nodes - probably like some GEs developers btw - don't deserve ths
>> money they have been granted for the service given, any action and decision
>> in this direction within XIFI is beyond my role. Not sure if and how saved
>> money could be employed. Moved to FI-CORE?
>>
>> 2) According to a short discussion I had with Alvaro, Migration to new
>> IDM my affect as well other nodes still using Grizzly, this needs to be
>> clarified asap in order to take proper actions (i.e. Accelerate migration
>> plan).
>>
>> 3) It is very important to agree on fair, objective and not arguable
>> metrics to define performance. As early mentioned errors from tests due to
>> finished resources do not mean "bad performance" (if not this would be the
>> case as well for spain), this case is a more general issue related to the
>> tools and functions provided on top of nodes, for which we cannot account
>> them.
>>
>> 4) There are nodes operating for "free", what should we do in such cases?
>> I would keep possibility fir user with proper role to use them,
>> regardeless, no financial penality can be passed over to them.
>>
>> when the message is finalized and agreed, i can inform lab nodes.
>>
>> Best,
>> Federico
>>
>> -----------------------------------------
>> Apologizes for mispellings. My thumb is not compatible with Android
>> On Apr 14, 2015 8:32 PM, "Juanjo Hierro" <juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>>   I have added Thierry Nagellen from Orange to this mailing list because
>>> despite he is not involved in the Task Force "per se", we are synchronized
>>> also with Orange overall with respect to messages to pass to the EC and
>>> rest of FI-PPP projects.   If you believe someone else has to be in this
>>> list, please let me know.
>>>
>>>   It has come out that deployment of the new IdM/Keystone is not
>>> feasible as planned.   Therefore, we have to define a new plan.
>>>
>>>   This morning, the TID team (including me) have had the opportunity to
>>> meet with the UPM team to understand the issue and we have come with an
>>> alternative plan for the recovery of the FIWARE Lab than the one we defined
>>> yesterday which sounds pretty reasonable and may help us to soon improve
>>> the situation.
>>>
>>>   Let me summarize the plan in this email so that we are all on the same
>>> page.   If you find some weakness/issue, please raise it.   Otherwise,
>>> let's stick to it.   Fortunately, the first steps remain the same and they
>>> have already been done, so we are on the right track.
>>>
>>>   An important matter: I plan to send this plan to the EC tomorrow
>>> morning at 11:00.   If you have comments, you should provide them before
>>> that deadline.   I will also communicate this plan to FIWARE Accelerator
>>> projects on Basecamp as well as to Use Case projects through the FI-PPP
>>> mailing lists.   Federico or Engineering should communicate this plan to
>>> organizations operating the FIWARE Lab nodes also at that time.
>>>
>>>   A very sensible matter: when you review step 6 you will see that we
>>> cover the case in which some FIWARE Lab nodes may be put in quarantine.   I
>>> would like to propose to the EC that those FIWARE lab nodes which are put
>>> into quarantine will be labeled as non-performance so they won't get the
>>> grant they were assigned in the XiFi Open Call, at least for the remaining
>>> of the XiFi project (until September).   Maybe these funds can be given
>>> away to other partners or launch another Open Call.   I would like to know
>>> your views on this.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Step 1: reminder about new user account management policies
>>> enforcement.*
>>>
>>>   A first email aking existing FIWARE Lab users to accept the new user
>>> account management policies, also covered in the new FIWARE Lab use terms
>>> and conditions, was sent to all FIWARE Lab users several weeks ago.
>>>
>>>   A reminder has been sent yesterday and today to current users of the
>>> FIWARE Lab telling them that they have until April 15th 2015 19:00 CET.
>>> This message will be disseminated through different means:
>>>
>>>    - mailed to current users of the FIWARE Lab
>>>    - shown in a screen at login of users of the FIWARE Lab
>>>    - posted on Basecamp so that FIWARE accelerator projects get aware
>>>    and can forward the remainder to SMEs/startups under their respective
>>>    programmes
>>>    - mailed to the FI-PPP SB and the old FI-PPP AB members so that
>>>    coordinators/architects of the FIWARE Use Case projects can forward the
>>>    reminder to SMEs/startups under their respective Use Case projects
>>>
>>>
>>> *Step 2: Increase of computing capacity in Spain-2 node*
>>>    In parallel and starting TODAY, activities to expand the capacity of
>>> the recently launched Spain-2 node will be prioritized so that we reach a
>>> capacity of aprox 500 cores in the datacenters located in both Sevilla and
>>> Malaga.   We expect this expansion be completed by April 20th if not
>>> earlier.
>>>
>>>   Additionally, additional capacity (close to 500 additional cores) will
>>> be activated in the Spain-2 node with servers located in a new datacenter
>>> located in Las Palmas.   Conversations are ongoing with Red.es trying to
>>> accelerate this process so that this additional 500 cores get available
>>> closer to the end of next week.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Step 3: New Trial users only allowed to work on Spain-2 node**.
>>> Limitation of number of concurrent trial users.*
>>>
>>>   Changes will be implemented in the Cloud portal and the user account
>>> registration process/tool by UPM so that new Trial users will only see the
>>> Spain-2 node.  In addition, Trial users will be limited to 100 Trial users.
>>>
>>>   Note that the "Trial Users", until the new IdM/Keystone component is
>>> deployed, will need to be identified by considering the creation of their
>>> user account.   Actually, "Trial users" will be those users who have
>>> created their account after April 16th.
>>>
>>>   Most likely, the fact that Trial users will only be allowed to work on
>>> Spain will remain.   The number of Trial users allowed may increase (the EC
>>> has shown its concern about keeping the number of Trial users too low) but
>>> will see.
>>>
>>>   Users who try to create an account when the limit on Trial users have
>>> been reached, will receive a message indicating that the limit has been
>>> reached, inviting them to try again in two weeks (Fernando to send the
>>> wording for this message to UPM).
>>>
>>>   This step should be implemented by this Wednesday April 15th.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Step 4: Freeing resources on current nodes**, giving users the ability
>>> to apply to become community users, asking users in Spain-1 and Prague to
>>> migrate*
>>>
>>>   Starting April 16th, current nodes will free resources on their nodes
>>> (virtual infrastructure and public IP addresses allocated to users who
>>> didn't accept the new user account management policies).
>>>
>>>   They should complete this process before April 23rd.   FIWARE Lab node
>>> providers are aware of the current situation so they should accelerate this
>>> process as much as possible, trying to complete the process the sooner the
>>> better.    Situation will be assessed on April 20th and April 23rd.   It is
>>> expected that the status of the FIWARE Lab will improve drastically during
>>> the week and will become stable by April 23rd.
>>>
>>>   In parallel, we will encourage legacy users (those who created their
>>> account before April 16th and have accepted the new terms and conditions)
>>> to apply for becoming community users.   They should be able to submit
>>> their application completing an application form that will be provided to
>>> them and will be made available on the Cloud Portal.
>>>
>>>   Those legacy users whose application is accepted and who were hosted
>>> in the Spain-1 or the Prague nodes will be asked to migrate their
>>> environments to any of the other nodes (a recommendation will be given).
>>> The Spain-1 and the Prague nodes will not host community users.   As a
>>> result, no users will remain in these two nodes by May 1st.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Step 5: Deployment of new IdM/Keystone component and upgrading of
>>> Community Users*. *  Migration of Spain-1 and Prague nodes to OpenStack
>>> Juno.*
>>>
>>>   This step will start May 1st.   Then, we will deploy the new version
>>> of the IdM/Keystone component.
>>>
>>>   Users whose application to become Community Users has been approved
>>> will become Community Users.   Environments of those Trial users who has
>>> overpass the 2 weeks trial period will be cleaned out.    From then on, the
>>> new user account management policies will be in place, with the new
>>> IdM/keystone component supporting the ability to distinguish between kind
>>> of users and the nodes each will be able to get access to.
>>>
>>>   In parallel, Spain-1 and Prague nodes should start their migration to
>>> Juno.   Once they migrate, they will be made available as part of the
>>> federation (maybe the physical resources allocated to the Spain-1 node will
>>> be assigned to the Spain-2 node).
>>>
>>>
>>> *Step 6: Assessment of nodes in the FIWARE Lab federation.   Bringing
>>> FIWARE Lab nodes into quarantine.*
>>>
>>>   After April 23th, performance of the several nodes in the FIWARE Lab
>>> federation will be weekly assessed.   Those nodes who exhibit a bad
>>> performance (instability, low response to request for help by users) will
>>> be put into quarantine and their users (Community Users) will be asked to
>>> migrate to the Spain-2 node.
>>>
>>>
>>>   Cheers,
>>>
>>> -- Juanjo
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________
>>>
>>> Coordinator and Chief Architect, FIWARE platform
>>> CTO Industrial IoT, Telefónica
>>>
>>> email: juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com
>>> twitter: @JuanjoHierro
>>>
>>> You can follow FIWARE at:
>>>   website:  http://www.fiware.org
>>>   twitter:  @FIWARE
>>>   facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FI-WARE/251366491587242
>>>   linkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/FIWARE-4239932
>>>
>>>
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> --
>
> ______________________________________________________
>
> Coordinator and Chief Architect, FIWARE platform
> CTO Industrial IoT, Telefónica
>
> email: juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com
> twitter: @JuanjoHierro
>
> You can follow FIWARE at:
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>   twitter:  @FIWARE
>   facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FI-WARE/251366491587242
>   linkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/FIWARE-4239932
>
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