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We have been requested to run an ethercalc server for PTG time block management. Make it so. Change-Id: Iea1fad4abc95806aa7cbc2dbec9f72698526c529
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Copyright 2017 OpenStack Foundation
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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Unported License.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
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Ethercalc
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Include the URL of your StoryBoard story:
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https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2000839
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The PTG will have unconference like scheduled rooms/activities. It has been
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requested that we run an Ethercalc server to help facilitate the adhoc
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scheduling of these rooms. The spreadsheet setup makes it easy to track
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a matrix or rooms against times and Ethercalc's distributed editing feature
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makes it a good choice for the PTG.
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Problem Description
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Run an Ethercalc server to facilitate distributed scheduling of shared
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(real world) resources.
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Proposed Change
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We will deploy a new server, ethercalc01.openstack.org, using the puppet-nodejs
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and puppet-redis modules to install nodejs+npm from which we can install
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ethercalc. Ethercalc unlike etherpad does have a hard dependency on Redis so
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puppet-redis will be used to deploy a colocated Redis server.
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Alternatives
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We could use some on site physical scheduling medium. A common choice at
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unconferences is post it notes on a grid. White boards would also work.
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The trouble with these setups is that they are centralized to a physical
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location making it difficult for people not on site or in different areas to
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keep up with the current state.
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Implementation
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Assignee(s)
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Primary assignee:
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cboylan (clarkb)
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Gerrit Topic
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Use Gerrit topic "ethercalc" for all patches related to this spec.
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.. code-block:: bash
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git-review -t ethercalc
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Work Items
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* Write puppet module for ethercalc
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* Write operational documentation in system-config
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* Deploy new server using new puppet module
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* Update DNS when service is ready
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* Announce service availability
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Repositories
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Will need to create puppet-ethercalc. An alternative would be to tack this
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on to the existing puppet-etherpad module as they are similar.
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Servers
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Need to create ethercalc01.openstack.org.
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DNS Entries
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Need to create::
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ethercalc01.openstack.org A $IPFROMCLOUD
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ethercalc01.openstack.org AAAA $IPFROMCLOUD
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ethercalc.openstack.org CNAME ethercalc01.openstack.org
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Documentation
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Just docs related to the new service in the system-config docs.
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Security
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--------
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This should be low risk. The service will be completely isolated from all
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other services.
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Testing
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-------
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We will reuse existing puppet testing templates to ensure the module works.
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Dependencies
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============
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Will need new puppet-ethercalc repo. Note I have searched for an ethercalc
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module on puppetforge and found none.
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