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EGI-InSPIRE:SA1.8-QR16

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1. Task Meetings

Date (dd/mm/yyyy) Url Indico Agenda Title Outcome
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2. Main Achievements

Availability reporting

Within quarter 16 availability reporting was performed as usual on a monthly basis. Publication of results and re-computation requests regarding A/R results were handled by the SLM unit via GGUS.


Catch all services and core grid services

VO services

Coordination of the de-registration of several VOs.


EGI Catch all CA

The EGI catch-all CA has switched over. All new end entity certificates are signed using the new CA. Old CA will continue operations (only CRL issuance).

New RA have been contacted within QR16 but not yet established.

Core services for site certification

Code and service maintenance for site-certification.egi.eu has been taking place within QR16.

Operational Tools

During quarter 16 maintenance operations on the midmon dedicated SAM instance (used for monitoring of running middleware versions on sites) have been applied. Transition of SAM central services has urged some configuration changes on the instance. Also several new probes have been added that enable and assist the campaign for unsupported middleware service instances. Similar configuration changes have been applied on security monitoring central instance as well. Additionally, operations for monitoring via secmon the NGI ARGUS banning mechanism are on going.



3. Issues and Mitigation

Issue Description Mitigation Description

4. Plans for the next period

Availability reporting

Investigation of whether operational tools advancements can simplify the procedure of providing A/R reports.

Catch all services and core grid services

VO Services

Removal of dteam VO legacy groups and re-organization of Group managers per group (champaign is on-going).

EGI Catch All CA

Expand the network of RAs as needed.

Core Services for Site Certification

Maintenance and regular updates.

Operational tools

Maintenance and updates from middleware monitoring and security nagios instances.