cca-forum.org migration timeline

See the New cca-forum.org server page for the big picture of the process we're tracking here.

Outstanding issues with the migration are tracked on a separate page.

Items in bold face have been completed.

Preparation

• Hardware ordered (2006-09)
• Hardware delivered to ORNL (2006-10)
• Hardware installed in FRE rack (2006-10)
• cca1.ornl.gov loaded with RHEL4 (2006-10)

Phase 1

• Mail and list manager setup (2006-12/2007-01)
  • Configure Postfix (2006-12)
  • Configure Mailman (2006-12)
  • Establish standard ORNL mail infrastructure as MX for cca1.ornl.gov (2007-01)
  • Prepare standard ORNL mail infrastructure to become MX for cca-forum.org (2007-01)

• Roundup workaround (2007-01)
  • Establish aliases on cca1.ornl.gov pointing to cca.lbl.gov
    • babel-bugs
    • ccafe-bugs
    • help

• Migrate other special email aliases (2007-01)
  • newaccount, newaccounts
  • volunteers
  • roundup-admin
  • cca-chem

• Open firewall for http/https for mailman (2007-01)
  • File SSR requests (2007-01)

• Migrate Mailman cca-forum.org mailing lists (2007-01)
  • Drop: test2, tut, jamtest, testrob
  • Do not migrate yet: compframe@compframe.org, cf07pc@compframe.org
  • Stop accepting mail on cca.lbl.gov
  • Copy over list configurations
  • Create list aliases on cca1.ornl.gov
  • Copy over list archives
  • Recreate archives on cca1.ornl.gov
  • Establish ORNL mail infrastructure as MX for cca-forum.org
  • Setup Apache on cca.lbl.gov to proxy http://www.cca-forum.org/mailman to http://cca1.ornl.gov/mailman
  • Restart mail on cca.lbl.gov
  • Test Roundup
  • Notify postmaster@lbl.gov to remove special routing for cca-forum.org
  • Fix babel-* lists to be just archives, not active lists

• Establish mirror of LBL /home to ORNL (2007-02-07)

• Preliminary setup of ORNL web server (2007-03-26)
  • Serve static content, Bloxsom from mirrored copy of /home
  • Redirect to Roundup, TikiWiki? on LBL

• Migrate virtually hosted compframe.org domain (2006-04-16)

• Migrate www.cca-forum.org services to ORNL (2007-04-23)
  • Migrate Roundup (Tom)
    • Undo email workaround
    • Undo redirect to LBL

• Shutdown Mailman on LBL server (2007-05-17)

• Migrate TikiWiki? (Rob) (200?-??-??)
  • Undo redirect to LBL

• Update Mailman web to reflect new server name (200?-??-??)
  • Exclude compframe.org lists
  • Undo Mailman fix_url
  • Undo Mailman redirect on LBL

• LBL http://cca-forum.org should redirect to http://www.cca-forum.org (200?-??-??)

• LBL should cease responding as www.cca-forum.org (http, https) (200?-??-??)

• Setup XCAMS LDAP interface (2008-??-??)

• Get and install Thwate SSL certificate (200?-??-??)

• Migrate logins (in progress)
  • For each user
    • Obtain XCAMS account
    • Obtain CCA groups
    • Copy user files onto live filesystem, mapping uids/gids
    • Update Apache aliases/redirects pointing to user directories
    • Users should complete this ? Checklist" href='tiki-index.php?page=post-migration+checklist' class='wiki'>post-migration checklist and report any problems

• Migrate CVS/SVN repositories
  • Freeze access
  • Copy LBL CVS/SVN tree onto live ORNL filesystem
  • Map uids/gids to new system
  • Disable LBL CVS/SVN (to avoid confusion)

• Shift ORNL web server to point to live filesystem instead of mirrored
  • Copy files
  • Change config files

Phase 2

• Begin developing Plone version of web content
• Install Jabber
• Plone goes into production

Phase 3

TBD

Phase 4

TBD