The code is moving to github as we speak/type :) On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:32 PM, George Hunt <georgejh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Anish, > > I look forward to playing with the XSCE installed via Ansible. > > Will there be an install procedure, and cookbook, to try it out? > > George > > > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Anish Mangal <an...@activitycentral.com> > wrote: >> >> Well, I was sort of hoping: >> >> ---- >> * We could start to have discussions and work around some/all of the >> topics as a community. Everyone here has way more expertise than me in many >> (if not all) of the topics I listed. We can build a much better server if we >> all can use our expertise in the relevant part of the server. This >> transcends the pure software-development aspect of XSCE. >> >> >> ---- >> * As the 0.4 version of the XSCE is nearing release, it's a good time to >> start thinking about additions/changes for 0.5. One of the consistent >> efforts (and demands) has been to make the server code more manageable, and >> by extension, modular and scalable. >> >> * 0.2.1 was a drop-in replacement of the XS-0.6/7 >> * 0.3 involved a major reorganization to make the services more modular >> * 0.4 built upon that, by providing all the code in the same modular >> structure >> >> Within Activity Central, a team of developers (Santi, Miguel, Ajay, Anna) >> have been working on converting services available on the XSCE into ansible >> playbooks. The playbooks are written in a syntax which is *very easy to >> understand*, and the same playbook can be run on different platforms to >> produce the same effect. The playbooks can provide variables which may be >> integrated easily with other administration web-services (for example >> ajenti). >> >> I hope to share the code for the playbooks very soon, so anyone can have a >> look at and try them. We have been able to get a fully functional server up >> just by playbooks and reusing/restructuring the available XSCE (xs-config) >> code. >> >> As someone leading the Dextrose Server initiative, I would push for the >> inclusion of these playbooks in XSCE-0.5. There is long term value in >> learning a bit of ansible and being able to work at a higher abstraction >> level. >> >> Best, >> Anish >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Tim Moody <t...@timmoody.com> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for making this public. What do you see as the next step? >>> > >>> >From: Anish Mangal >>> >Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 6:16 PM >>> >To: xsce-de...@googlegroups.com ; server-devel ; Tim Moody >>> >Subject: Re: [XSCE] A couple of thoughts about moving forward. >>> > >>> >Hi Tim, et. al., >>> > >>> >Since it was requested that I share my conversations with various >>> > deployments over the summer yielded in form of potential requirements for >>> > the school server, I created this wiki page: >>> > >>> >https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xsce/wiki/Primary_considerations >>> > >>> > >>> >There's obviously more data available, but what you see is a filtered >>> > version of guidelines I think we should keep in mind while developing a >>> > school server. >>> > >>> >Do the points in there (summarized below) make sense? I intentionally >>> > created this page on the sugardextrose.org wiki. If it has greater >>> > acceptance community-wide, I'd be happy to move it to the main XSCE wiki. >>> > >>> >* Statistics >>> >* Content >>> >* Internet traffic shaping >>> >* Administration >>> >* Networking >>> >* Classroom and School management >>> >* Total Cost of Ownership >>> >* Power >>> >* Sneakernet -> LAN -> Internet >>> >* i18n >>> > >>> >Best, >>> >Anish >>> > >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> Sig inserted by AutoHotkey ver. 1.1.11.01 (signature - first line) >>> WLMail QuoteFix -> http://www.dusko-lolic.from.hr/ (signature - second >>> line) >> >> >
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