NOS Objectives, YR 4&5

Tony Rimovsky

4.2 Expanding Secure TeraGrid Access

• A TeraGrid identity management infrastructure that interoperates with campus cyberinfrastructure and other grids for a transparent user experience

• Infrastructure Improvement–HA MyProxy, review/document TG IDM practices

• Inter-Grid Interoperability–Intergrid bridge requirements and design–Develop TG bridge with VOMS based grid(s)

• Campus CI Interoperability–TG InCommon membership. Shibboleth based access to TG–Shib to X.509 certificate gateway and account linking

• Science Gateway AAA–User Attribute handling

4.3 Operational Instrumentation

• Measurement infrastructure that provides a view into key areas of the TG that are important to users, operators and administrators

– Identify and develop process for adding additional instruments

– Add further instruments and develop analysis tools for tracking key metrics

– Develop reporting infrastructure

4.4 INCA Improvements

• Expand INCA system to provide further functionality for systems administrators, users and management

–Historical displays, real time monitoring, state change monitoring and summarization work

–User views, scheduled downtime–Workflow based tests–Information services integration–Expantion of service monitoring

4.5 New RP Integration

• Develop a clear process which clearly defines integration responsibilities of the GIG and new Resource Providers and strives to efficiently and cost-effectively bring in new partners.

–Develop overview checklist–Write integration document based on checklist, including feedback from recently integrated partners

–Track integration, collect feedback from new partners

4.6 Operational Excellence

• Improve the coordination of services (authentication, monitoring, web, network, etc) as well as track and improve service reliability.

–Inventory, document and flag current services and operational models

–Develop a team of current service operators that work in coordination with each other and management

–Expand team to include directly funded GIG staff–Identify and implement monitoring of reliability and usage metrics for services

Core Services 2.0

• Evaluate and implement a streamlined set of procedures and process for bringing users into the TG environment, establishing their TG identity and making allocation and authorization decisions for use of TG resources.

– Dave Hart will be presenting on this