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= System Administration Tools for the ARM Build Farm =
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== Project Description ==

The [[Fedora ARM Koji Buildsystem]] or "farm" consists of 23 ARM builder systems which will grow to 38 by the end of this semester. As it grows, the need for efficient system management tools increases. The previous semesters' students started the work of setting up [http://www.nagios.org/ nagios] (monitoring) and [[https://fedorahosted.org/func/ func]] (group control) tools.

This project involves configuring these tools to work with all of the systems in the ARM build farm, as well as setting up and configuring the [http://www.puppetlabs.com/ puppet] (configuration management) tool.

* Maximum number of students: 2
* Skills required: Linux system administration, problem solving, documentation writing
* Resources: wiki notes from previous semesters (e.g., [[How to Setup and configure Nagios]]), [[Fedora ARM Koji Buildsystem]],[[CDOT Development Systems]]
* Expected result: nagios, func, and puppet working across the entire ARM build farm; documentation on how to use these tools on the farm and how to add additional devices
* Initial contacts: [[User:Chris Tyler|ctyler]], [[User:Paul.W|PaulW]]
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== Project Leader(s) ==

Project leaders:<br />
*Gian-Luca Casella
*Tim Furzer
*Pirathapan Sivalingam

Primary contacts are;<br />
*Chris Tyler<br />
*Paul Whalen

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== Project Plan ==

Tracking mechanism (bugzilla, trac, github, ...):

Key contacts:
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Goals for each release and plans for reaching those goals:
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* 0.1 - Install Nagios, Func, and Puppet on an isolated environment.
:*Compile and Build from Source on F14 based on current documentation
:*Install Nagios, Func and Puppet
:*Configuration
:*Test functionality of Nagios, Func and Puppet

* 0.2
:*Fully functional working state of Nagios, Func, and Puppet
:*Additional scripts for simple testing of all functionality.

* 0.3

:*Document, and polish any bugs/issues that arise through the tests.

== Communication ==

=== IRC Channel Listing ===

Freenode - #func

=== Mailing Lists ===
[https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm Fedora Arm Mailing List]<br />
[https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/func-list Func Mailing List]<br />
[http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/nagios-users Nagios Mailing List] <br />
[http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?pli=1 Puppet Labs "Google Group" Mailing List] <br />
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=== Upsteam Wiki and Web ===
* [https://fedorahosted.org/func/ fedorahosted.org FUNC]
* [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/How_to_Setup_and_configure_Nagios Setup and Configure Nagios]<!-- Links to upstream wiki/web pages -->

=== Links/Bugs/Tracking ===
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=== Source Code Control ===
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=== Blogs ===
[http://www.puppetlabs.com/blog/ Puppet Labs Blog]
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==== Seneca Particpants ====
*[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:gcasella Gian-Luca Casella]
*[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Tim_Furzer Tim Furzer]
*[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Prathapan Pirathapan Sivalingam]

==== Non-Seneca Participants ====
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== Project News ==
=== 0.1 System Administrator Tools Release ===
*[http://gcasella.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html Gian-Luca Casella -- Icinga Information and Installation]
*tim



=== 0.2 System Administrator Tools Release ===
*[http://gcasella.blogspot.com/2011/04/sys-admin-tools-02-implementation.html Gian-Luca casella -- Icinga Implementation]
*Tim


=== 0.3 System Administrator Tools Release ===
Gian-Luca Casella -- [[http://gcasella.blogspot.com/2011/04/sys-admin-tools-03-recapdocumentation.html Icinga Documentation -- ARM Build Farm]]
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