Project lead: Oliver.

Others:

• Diane Patzer (<dep14> (local: dianec) Days: M, T, Th, after 10 or 11am.
• Curt Dunnam <crd4>
• Barry (for data and DB, and configuration)
• Joanne (content)

Goal

CCMR's web service shuts down and Freed's web site continues to work correctly.

Strategy

1A) Attempt migration to a CIT service.

1B) To the degree CIT hosting service technology works for ACERT, align near- and long-term support from IWS (of CIT) <http://www.it.cornell.edu/about/atsus/iws/>. IWS needs to know our timelines to migrate the site.  Request to IWS is for an estimate to help with:

• Migration coordination (to the degree needed)
• Documentation (of the infrastructure, including installation configuration)
• On-going support, post-migration

2) Longer term invest possibility, which we may need to look harder into if the above migration proves difficult:

• Identify options for hosting, and characterize trade-offs, including costs and administrative overhead.
• CIT's Academic Technologies (AT) group (Todd Maniscalco <tam42>) likely can provide free consultation, with free follow-up services. (CIT's IWS may also be able to do an initial consult for free, too.)

Project notes

Migration to CIT's LAMP service

2/14/13: Oliver gave Jack a status update.

2/14/13: CIT's IWS had not heard back from Barry. Tried again.

2/6/13: CIT's IWS made a contact request to Barry, per my request. As part of developing a quote for us.

1/29/13: CIT's IWS contacted me, from my request to them from 1/17 (with their apologies!). I spoke to them 1/30 (Thur), and hope for a follow-up discussion early in the week of 2/4.

1/17/13: CIT provisioned LAMP web hosting for us.

• Until the site has been launched, you can access it via the temporary URL – http://staging.acert.cornell.edu/
• Must have Barry and Dee move a copy of the current site, and test it.

1/11/113: Confirmed that CIT AT can host the web site for free, <http://atcsupport.cit.cornell.edu/itrequest/main.cfm?cmd=4>.

1/8/13: Oliver put in a request for service to CIT's Academic Technologies (AT) group (Todd Maniscalco <tam42>). They will determine if this is a "fit" for their (free) service offerings.Ticket ID: 38530. Case number: INC000000770987.

Oliver learned of a peer research group that can host this LAMP-based web server in a shared hosting environment for "cheap". Before pursuing that further, Oliver will see if another part of CIT can host this service for free.

12/17/12 (Mon): Oliver submitted request to <webservices@cornell.edu>. Since been confirmed that just exploring this option will cost a VM hosting fee as part of using CIT's otherwise-free LAMP service.

The required VM costs $105.00/mo. <http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/managed_servers/fees.cfm>.

Michael Hint had CU's hostmaster change the <acert.cornell.edu> domain name in CU's DNSDB so it can accept changes from CRCF staff (12/18/12). Before this, the only person listed was former CCMR IT lead, who had left quite a while ago

Other notes

• Can Barry provide info about the personal pages, such as (1) which personal pages have data, (2) when was the last time site updated (last write-access)? and (3) last visit of a personal page by person-driven browsing (usage stats).
  If not, who should contact Keith Earl to determine if he is using or needs the data from a personal page? Anyone else?
• Oddly, <http://acert.cornell.edu> does not resolve. Must have preceding "www" for some reason. Domain name tweak would be good to do!
• Purpose of PHP and MySQL:
  • Provide consistent header/ footer/ left-bar navigation.
  • Dynamically create (auto-generate) pages based on metadata. Ex: Publications. Uses Admin pages to edit/ add data and metadata.
  • For a service request page, but that is rarely used. JavaScript investment could improve formatting of resulting email. Get's the right data from user, but could replace by telling user the data required.
    • Never functioning, but had hoped for: Service request residing with DB for query by staff (for work flow).

      Options/ Ideas

CIT offers a web development service.

AWP: Used by EMC2 for their web site. They would recommend them.

Oliver's meeting notes, 11/28/12's mtg

Barry: PHP/ MySQL-based.

Diane works part-time.

Ideas discussed at the meeting

• CIT's LAMP service (whole, dedicated machine guessed to cost ~$110/mo?), <http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/lamp_hosting/fees.cfm>
• Bluehost, etc.
• HostMoster (used by Barry)

There may be some personal pages. Such as for Keith Earl.

Decision at meeting:

None recorded by me.

Past email threads, pre-meeting

Barry, 11/20/12, 2:34 PM

N/A.

Peter, 11/20/12, 12:51 PM

ACERT web site (as well as ftp) could be hosted by Chemistry Department and managed by its Webmaster.

Oliver, 11/20/12, 10:23 AM

(5) Web site hosting currently provided by CCMR for the Freed group.