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SA1 Kickoff meeting. EGI-InSPIRE Tiziana Ferrari, EGI.eu Operations Unit Tiziana.Ferrari at egi.eu. 1. Outline. Attendance, agenda bashing, minutes PART I: Project overview PART II: SA1 Operations PART III: Meetings, boards, external liaisons. PART I Project verview. Objectives.
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SA1 Kickoff meeting EGI-InSPIRE Tiziana Ferrari, EGI.eu Operations Unit Tiziana.Ferrari at egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview 1
Outline • Attendance, agenda bashing, minutes • PART I: Project overview • PART II: SA1 Operations • PART III: Meetings, boards, external liaisons EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
PART IProject verview EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
Objectives • 48 month project, 53 partners • Transition to a sustainable pan-European e-Infrastructure • Integration of • high-performance and high-throughput computing (NA2) • new Distributed Computing Infrastructures (DCIs) – e.g. clouds, desktop grids (NA2) • Collection of requirements and coordination of user-support for the current and new users (e.g. ESFRI) (NA3) • Unified Middleware Distribution (UMD) • integration of middleware from external providers (SA2) • Definition and verification of middleware quality criteria (SA2) • staged rollout of UMD into the infrastructure (SA1) • Maintainance and extension of operational tools (JRA1) • to support a national operational deployment model • to include new DCI technologies in the production infrastructure • to extend accounting to support new EGI business models EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
Activities (1/3) • NA1 Activity Management • NA2 - External Relations • Dissemination and events • Development of policies relating to operations, softwarequality, security, user communities and general governance • Operations security groups: • Security Policy Group (SPG) (EGEE/WLCG JSPG) • Software Security Group (SSG) • Security Coordination Group (SCG) • International Grid Trust Federation (IGTF) and EUGridPMA • User tools and services: User Services Advisory Group (USAG) • Operational tools: Operational Tools Advisory Group (OTAG) • Infrastructure Policy Group (IPG): has representation from major production e-Infrastructures from around the world – currently EGEE, OSG, DEISA, Naregi and TeraGrid • European E-Infrastructure Forum (EEF) EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
Activities (2/3) • NA3: User Community Coordination • SA2: Provisioning the Software Infrastructure (EGI Middleware Unit) • Definition of the UMD quality criteria – Portugal and Spain • Verification of conformance criteria – Portugal and Spain • Provision of a software repository and support tools – Czech Rep. and Greece • Deployed Middleware Support Unit – Czech Rep., Denmark, Germany, Italy • SA3: Services for the Heavy User Communities • Astronomy and Astrophysics, Earth Observation, HEP, Life Science EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
Activities (3/3) • Maintenance and development of the deployed operational tools • operations portal • EGI helpdesk (GGUS) • Grid configuration repository (GOCDB) • APEL accounting repository • Accounting and metrics portal, and • Service Availability Monitoring framework • Supporting National Deployment models • Accounting for usage of different resource types • Integrated Operations Portal EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
PART II SA1 Operations EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
SA1 Operations • TSA1.2 Secure infrastructure • STFC, Mingchao Ma • TSA1.3 Service Deployment - validation • LIP, Mario David • TSA1.4 Infrastructure for Grid Management • TBC • TSA1.5 Accounting • STFC, J.Gordon • TSA1.6 Helpdesk • KIT, T.Antoni • TSA1.7 Support Teams • NL, R.Trompert • TSA1.8 Providing a reliable grid Infrastructure • GR, C. Kanellopoulos EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
SA1: Operations • NGI tasks: operational activities run by individual tasks (O-N-*) • EGI global tasks (O-E-*) • Distributed across many NGIs • Run under the technical responsibility of the selected NGIs • Coordinated by EGI.eu • EGI Operations Unit: O-E-* tasks and the respective partners EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
NGI and EGI tasks 1/4 TSA1.2 Secure infrastructure (Sven Gabriel and Mingchao Ma) O-E-16 Security response UK (0.7 FTE, NL 0.3 FTE) O-N-9a NGI operational security TSA1.3 Service Deployment - validation (Mario David) O-E-9 Middleware rollout (0.9 FTE Spain) O-E-11 Interoperability (0.5 FTE Sweeden) O-N-9b rollout O-N-9d interoperability in the region EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
NGI and EGI tasks 2/4 TSA1.4 Infrastructure for Grid Management (TBC) O-E-1 GOCDB 0.5 FTE, UK O-E-3 Monitoring infrastructure 0.25 CERN, 0.25 GRNET, O-E-4 Operations portal and dashboard 0.25 FTE FR O-E-12 Tools for network troubleshooting and monitoring 0.25 FTE IT O-N-1 Grid topology database O-N-3 Grid repositories (for operational tools) O-N-4 operations portal and dashboard TSA1.5 Accounting (STFC, J.Gordon) O-E-2 Central accounting repository and portal 0.25 UK, 0.25 Spain O-N-2 NGI accounting infrastructure EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
NGI and EGI tasks 3/4 TSA1.6 Helpdesk (KIT, T.Antoni) O-E-6 Helpdesk 1.0 FTE DE O-E-8 User requirements (0.5 NA3, EGI.eu) O-N-6 NGI helpdesk system TSA1.7 Support Teams (NL, R.Trompert) O-E-5 Grid operations oversight (COD) 0.5 NL, 0.5 PL FTE O-E-7 1st line support (TPM) 0.5 DE, 0.5 IT O-E-12 Coordination of network support 0.25 IT O-E-10 Resource allocation 0 FTE O-N-5 Oversight (NGI 1st line, ROD) O-N-7 NGI support team O-N-9c Resource allocation EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
NGI and EGI tasks 4/4 TSA1.8 Providing a reliable grid Infrastructure (GR, C. Kanellopoulos) O-E-14 Core grid services (1.0 GR) O-E-13 Best practices and procedures (0.5 FI) O-N-8 Grid core services This activity includes the revision of the existing Operational Service Agreements (OLAs) defined in EGEE-III EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
Milestones and deliverables (Y1) 1\2 • TSA1.2 Secure infrastructure • MS405 (PM3) Operational Security Procedures (CNRS France) • TSA1.3 Service deployment • MS402 (PM4) Deploying Software into the EGI production infrastructure (CSIC Spain) • MS406 (PM4) Deployment plan for the distribution of operational tools to the NGIs/EIROs (CSIC Spain) in collaboration with TSA1.4 • MS407 (PM4) Integrating Resources into the EGI Production Infrastructure (SNIC Sweden) • TSA1.4 Infrastructure for Grid management • MS401 (PM1) Operational Tools regionalisation status (INFN) in collaboration with TSA1.5 • Contribution to MSA406 – deployment plan of tools (see TSA1.3) • Contribution to MSA404 – Operational Level Agreements (see TSA1.8) EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
Milestones and deliverables (Y1) 2\2 • TSA1.5 Accounting • Contribution to MSA401 – regionalization status (see TSA1.4) • TSA1.6 Helpdesk • MS403 (PM2) EGI Helpdesk and the NGI Support Units (KIT), requires collaboration with TSA1.7 and SA2 • TSA1.7 Support teams • Contribution to MSA403 – helpdesk and support teams (see TSA1.6) • TSA1.8 Providing a reliable grid infrastructure • MS404 (PM2) Operational Level Agreements (OLAs) within the EGI production infrastructure (GRNET) PM2 • MS408 (PM6) EGI Operational Procedures (NCF The Netherlands) EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
Part IIIMeetings and boards EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
Operations Management Board • Mandate • approval of policies and technical documents • update on activities • Roadmaps • feedback from NGIs • Membership: • NGI/EIRO Operations Managers – all NGIs (noc-managers at mailman<dot>egi<dot>eu) • International ROCs: Asia Pacific, South America, Canada etc. • SA1 task leaders (mailing list under definition) • EGI.eu COO • Monthly meeting (last Tuesday of the month, next meeting: 29th June • Periodic face to face meetings co-located with major events EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
SA1 Task leaders board • Mandate: • Monitoring of progress • discussion of issues that concern multiple taks • progress of milestones and deliverables • Membership: • SA1 task leaders (mailing list under definition) • EGI.eu COO • Fortnightly meetings – normally on Tuesday (next meeting: all task leaders, 10th June) • (every task has an internal structure for meetings and groups as required) EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
Task forces and ad-hoc meetings • Mandate: • Propose roadmaps, revised documents/procedures to tackle specific issues • Output of the task force approved by the OMB • Membership: • Relevant SA1 task leaders • Subset of NGIs volunteering to contribute • Meeting structure according to task force needs • Ad-hoc face-to-face meetings (on demand): • Discussion of issues specific to an EGI region, or groups of NGIs • Membership: COO and relevant NGIs EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
Operations meeting • was: Mon afternoong weekly meeting • Mandate • Feedback to the EGI Middleware Unit and the other NGIs on deployed middleware • Updates from the Middleware Unit on release schedules • Definition of release priorities • (Availability/reliability review, suspension, ticket escalation, COD handover handled internally by COD with the relevant NGI ops managers) • Membership • NGI ROD representative • 1 representative per region where applicable) • Membership from international Regions welcome! • 1 representative of the Middleware Unit (TBD) • COO • Meetings • Fortnightly meetings on Mon afternoon 4 pm EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
Operations Tool Advisory Group • Mandate • Feedback to the developers on deployed operational tools • Collection of requirements and discussion of priorities • Input for InSPIRE JRA1 • Membership • NGI representatives (one per region if NGIs wish to cluster, TBD), participation of international regions welcome • 1 representative for ROD and COD • EGI Security Officer, other • Montly phone meetings EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
Operations Automation Team (OAT) • Objective • a project-independent board to harmonize development plans with the ultimate goal of preserving interoperation and ensure a consistent overall architectural model of tools • Mandate • To update the community of tool architects about development plans, milestones, and the advancements in different projects, • To discuss development plans that may affect the functionality of tools developed in the framework of other projects • To strengthen synergies and avoid duplication • Membership • EGI-InSPIRE • JRA1 regionalization and maintenance of existing tools such as NCG, messaging, GOCDB, Operations Portal and Dashboard, Accounting Database and Portal, MyEGI portal • SA3 (Shared services and tools): all development activities that might depend on operational tools such as Dashboards (TSA3.2.1), Applications (TSA3.2.2), TSA3.2.4 (Workflow and schedulers) • EMI JRA1.5 (Definition and Implementation of the Infrastructure Area Work Plan) • WLCG: Gstat and Gridview, Monitoring infrastructure (Nagios and related components) • OSG EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
Liaison with WLCG • Mail contact with WCLG operations • J.Shiers, M.Girone (dep), J.Gordon for the GDB members of noc-managers at mailman<dot>egi<dot>eu • Discussion of WLCG specific issues with participation to GDB meetings • COO • SA1 InSPIRE task leaders • Needed SA2 representative for the Middleware Unit (updates on releases) • CERN Operations Managers: • M.Barroso, S.Traylen (dep), Juan M. Guijarro (dep) EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview
COO Deputy • Proposal • Rotation of COO deputy funcition among the SA1 task leaders (SA1.2- SA1.8) every 4 months EGI-InSPIRE Project Overview