GCDS\'09 EduDay presentation

1. ADV or how to make life easier to
the Administrators of computer
classrooms.
Author:
Servicio de Enseñanza Virtual y Laboratorios
Tecnológicos
Performing:
Gabriel Ochoa Carmona
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2. What is ADV?
● Advanced Deploy enViroment.
● Clonning
● Deploying
● Managing
● Modifying
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3. Aims
● It should be an arquitecture to manage large
number of clients.
● Basically similar clients in each classroom.
● Deploying and managing a variety of OS.
● Customizing OS enviroment.
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4. History
● RedIRIS
● Previous developments.
● Brutalix
● Hidra
● Junta de Andalucía promoted the development
of Linux distributions called Guadalinex and
Guadalinex Edu.
● These distributions are used in high schools.
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5. Scenario: Offline Client
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6. Scenario: Online Client
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7. Scenario: Interactive Server
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8. Scenario: Unattended Server
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9. ADV Client
● Offline and Online Client mode
● Standalone BootCD.
● Clients deployment
● PXE
– DHCP + TFTP
● OS
– OS kernel.
– NFS OS rooted.
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10. ADV Server
● Web Enviroment
● PHP + JavaScript
● SSH and Cluster SSH Console
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11. ADV API
● Settings.lib
● ATA.lib
● Boot.lib
● Deploy.lib
● FileSystem.lib
● PostConf.lib
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12. Images distribution methods
● Unicast
● SMB
● FTP
● Multicast
● P2P (BitTorrent)
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13. What's next?
● Integration with another two spanish university
projects.
● Hidra (Universidad de Sevilla)
● Brutalix (Universidad de Zaragoza)
● Build v1.0 on November on “RedIRIS meeting”.
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14. Conclusions
● Universities have common needs.
● Sometimes we must develope our own solutions.
(Empowerment)
● Integration platform. It's possible to develop a
common project between all three universities.
● Software Libre serving meeting point to develop
between universities.
● With Software Libre is “easier” to develop together.
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15. Thanks
● Servicio de Enseñanza Virtual y Laboratorios
Tecnológicos de la UMA.
● Jesús Basco, Paco Gómez Alba, Juanma González
Navas, Juan Antonio Llamas, Ángel Diego Pacheco y
Salvador Peula.
● Universidad de Sevilla y Zaragoza.
● RedIris
● KDE and Gnome staff.
● GCDS'09 staff.
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16. Contact
● www.evlt.uma.es
● gabriel@uma.es
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