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* Updates: Natalia to install [[WSO2 IS]] on the [[CNM Lab Farm]] and try to plug to [[Opplet]] and [[CNM WordPress]], "A" record
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* Updates: Natalia to install [[WSO2 IS]] on the [[CNM Lab Farm]] and try to plug to [[Opplet]], "A" record
 
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* Plans: After [[Educaship WordPress]] integration, we will look for contractors to plug in other applications.
  
 
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===Kenya launch===
 
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Gary:
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: Gary: Team, because of a few changes, updates and plan changes are as follows:
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Team, I cannot wait for our launch, probably, in January, and a dry run even earlier. Here are some things we need to try to do by that:
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:# '''Meetings of [[CNMCyber Community Board]]''' are postponed. It looks like Kevin stopped attending our boards, so let's postpone the Community Board until better times come.
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* '''Access to our cloud'''. I see two options: (1) students use computers in the class that is connected to our network and (2) students use their smartphones, right?<ul><li>The computer class looks gorgeous. The first question is whether all the computers are linked in one network. The second question is whether there is a router (since the computers are not connected to the Internet, I assume that the answer is "no"). Now, hiring some company on the ground to put the computers in one network, add the router, and connect this router to one network sounds like a more-than-a-couple-of-thousand-US-dollars project. Plus, the owner of the classroom needs to approve all the wires. And if the students can access the class for only one hour a day, the whole project doesn't sound too great. Writing about classroom wires, I assume that the computers have no wireless cards/accesses as Natalia and myself guessed earlier. However, that may not be the case. Let's create a list of questions for Kevin to ask our school partners.</li><li>The students accessing our proxmox from their devices sounds more attractive to me if we can work out the cost of the Internet access. I wonder whether residents of the faith homes have reliable wifi there. Correct me, but I assume that few have laptops. Do all of the students have smartphones? Buying a number of devices is an option at least, but my budget is limited as you know.</li></ul>
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:# '''[[Educaship pitch]]''' is now in beta testing. My https://wiki.cnmcyber.com/en/Educaship_pitch sprint is complete. I haven't decided what I will work on next, but whatever it will be, it will be on a new wiki.
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* '''Preparing our Proxmox.''' If we choose the classroom option, we may need a VPN. If we add a wifi to the faith homes, we would also need a VPN; otherwise, we will not be able to control the traffic. Plus, our VMs are lagging at the moment according to Kevin. Nenad closed our contract yesterday. Finally, Muhammed is not responding too fast :) I will be reaching out to Joseph and, if he is not available, we will try to bring another expert, right?
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:# '''New Wiki'''. Natalia installed new [[wiki engine]]s. [[DocuWiki]] looks like mobile-friendly [[MediaWiki]]. [[XWiki]] acts like [[Confluence]], but I couldn't find how to plug it into [[Educaship GitLab]]. [[Wiki.js]] seems like the application our school students will enjoy the most. Natalia -- may we try to integrate it into [[Educaship LDAP]] and migrate our MediaWiki database to our [[Wiki.js]] instance?
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* '''New applications to test.''' MediaWiki is not designed for mobile. Natalia, may we try (a) Docuwiki, (b) XWiki, and (c) Wiki.js on different VMs? Plus, I really want to try Canvas LMS for the first course.
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:# '''New [[LMS]]'''. Natalia, are there any updates on the [[CanvasLMS]] project? I plan to use Moodle for the third course, but the first two sound better on another LMS. OpenEdX is, probably, too complex for us for now.
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* '''Meetings add-on module.''' Meeting organizing will be the first part of students' practice. We cannot allow everyone to administer our meetup.com group. Unless you have better ideas, I plan to purchase this -- https://marketplace.humhub.com/module/meeting/description -- Alternative routes could be separate applications, Odoo modules. Roman and myself even started working on a customly-written add-on for Opplet.net, but the Humhub module sounds like the fastest route to me.
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:# '''Dry run''' for [[iDosvid]] is cancelled. My funds are depleting faster than I expected. Thus, I propose to skip the dry run and look at every expense in the nearest future.
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* '''Prioritizing the tech.''' We still need WSO2 and so on; however, let's prioritize the Proxmox, new app, and meetings' module tasks for now. I am glad that the recording challenge looks resolved :)
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:# '''[[Educaship WordPress]]'''. Because of changes in the visa process, I cannot predict when my upcoming trip will be. Since we don't do a dry run, most likely, I have time to work on something. I am thinking about our websites -- at least, they will help our educaship marketing. During our tech board, I propose to discuss that.
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* '''Alpha testing.''' Kevin is leading our efforts to bring some testers on the board - we will try to run the program before it is launched.
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:# '''Break through the wall'''. Natalia enabled experiments with [[OpenVPN]]. However, I found at least one place where VPN is blocked, so, technically, encrypted VPN can be recognized and blocked. I would like to play with the Tor browser. Also, Natalia, may you take a look at [[Shadowsocks]]? It is regarded as the best solution to our needs at least here -- https://www.howtogeek.com/802198/vpn-alternatives-what-can-you-use-besides-a-vpn/
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* '''Video sharing.''' The students will have more fun if they record videos and publish them. YouTube can an option, but we need to resolve legal issues for that. I see that CNM Tube is a safer choice. At any rate, we will need to discuss that.
 
  
 
==Businesses to watch==
 
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# PHP tasks such as [[CNM MediaWiki]] beyond [[CNM LDAP]]
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# PHP tasks such as [[Educaship MediaWiki]] beyond [[Educaship LDAP]]
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# [[Educaship LDAP]], LDAP-C contractor
 
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[[Category:CNM Tech Board Meetings]]
 
[[Category:CNM Tech Board Meetings]]

Latest revision as of 00:19, 15 April 2024

CNM Tech Board 2023-10-19 is the meeting of CNM Technology Board‎ that occurred on October 19th, 2023. The predecessor meeting is CNM Tech Board 2023-10-12; the successor meeting is CNM Tech Board 2023-10-26.


"Old" businesses

Bureau Farm (Proxmox cluster)

WSO2 IS

Lab Farm (non-HA Proxmox)

  • Wiki.js, XWiki, docuwiki

Kenya launch

Gary: Team, because of a few changes, updates and plan changes are as follows:
  1. Meetings of CNMCyber Community Board are postponed. It looks like Kevin stopped attending our boards, so let's postpone the Community Board until better times come.
  2. Educaship pitch is now in beta testing. My https://wiki.cnmcyber.com/en/Educaship_pitch sprint is complete. I haven't decided what I will work on next, but whatever it will be, it will be on a new wiki.
  3. New Wiki. Natalia installed new wiki engines. DocuWiki looks like mobile-friendly MediaWiki. XWiki acts like Confluence, but I couldn't find how to plug it into Educaship GitLab. Wiki.js seems like the application our school students will enjoy the most. Natalia -- may we try to integrate it into Educaship LDAP and migrate our MediaWiki database to our Wiki.js instance?
  4. New LMS. Natalia, are there any updates on the CanvasLMS project? I plan to use Moodle for the third course, but the first two sound better on another LMS. OpenEdX is, probably, too complex for us for now.
  5. Dry run for iDosvid is cancelled. My funds are depleting faster than I expected. Thus, I propose to skip the dry run and look at every expense in the nearest future.
  6. Educaship WordPress. Because of changes in the visa process, I cannot predict when my upcoming trip will be. Since we don't do a dry run, most likely, I have time to work on something. I am thinking about our websites -- at least, they will help our educaship marketing. During our tech board, I propose to discuss that.
  7. Break through the wall. Natalia enabled experiments with OpenVPN. However, I found at least one place where VPN is blocked, so, technically, encrypted VPN can be recognized and blocked. I would like to play with the Tor browser. Also, Natalia, may you take a look at Shadowsocks? It is regarded as the best solution to our needs at least here -- https://www.howtogeek.com/802198/vpn-alternatives-what-can-you-use-besides-a-vpn/

Businesses to watch

Community

Lab Farm (non-HA Proxmox)

Recording

  • Updates: VM-based recording experiments. 4 cores CPU, 32Gb RAM, 64Gb hard. Natalia to create a kind of instruction, Natalia and Kevin to collaborate
  • Discussions: Can we install OBS Studio to VM?
  • Plans:

Jitsi

  • Updates: Create an instance on the non-clustered Proxmox, Jitsi bandwidth
  • Plans: Gary to reach out to previous applicants
  • Discussions:

Onboarding

  • Updates: Joseph, Natalia to check the CNM Lab project
  • Discussions: Are we ready to onboard? If no, what else do we need to do?
  • Plans:

"New" businesses

First-priority backlog

  1. Mail server: mail.opplet.net, mail.bskol.com, mail.cnmcyber.com,
  2. CNM Lab
  3. Possibly, get rid of DigitalOcean

Second-priority backlog

  1. CNM Tube, livestreaming
  2. CNM Lab Farm, non-cluster Proxmox; for VM project -- Ansible; time tracking
  3. CNM Campus Farm

Waiting backlog

  1. PHP tasks such as Educaship MediaWiki beyond Educaship LDAP
  2. Educaship LDAP, LDAP-C contractor
  3. Cloudflare
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