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---++ Meeting Date
   * TEAMS: 2021-06-15

---+ Invitees - Attendees

   * Dave, Adrian, Anthony, Clayton, Devon, Fraser, Guoxiang, Lawrence, Lori, Nathan, Nick, Omar, Todd, (Lawrence)

---+ Review and accept previous meeting minutes.
   * CsLWGMeeting20210601

---+  Agenda Items
---++ Machines connected to Ceph need to be updated and brought into Salt management
   * NFS gateway - [[https://rt.uwaterloo.ca/Ticket/Display.html?id=1153244][RT#1153244]]
   * Samba (ubuntu1804-smb.cs)
   * backup.cs (or whatever it is called now)
   * All above items will be address for next DFSc meeting. 
---++ related - were all production systems updated and rebooted at the end of the Winter term?
   * all general-use system had "apt-get update", "apt-get dist-upgrade" run on them. 
      * should they have had a salt high-state applied to issue appropriate ceph package selection.
   * would be good to have automated check for upgrades being done that can run first monday of January, May and September. 
---++ disposition of older servers and plans for their future - See [[https://rt.uwaterloo.ca/Ticket/Display.html?id=1151451][RT#1151451]]
   * As it says in the RT items summary: "Any re-purposing of these systems is on hold until Fall 2021 term."
---++ Cups service is out of date
   * Clayton points out that linux cups client needs "shim" to pass kerberos ticket to windows print spooler. Not obvious.
   * See about installing new cups server. (Dave will setup a project plan)
---++ linux.cs -> ubuntu2004.cs?  Scheduled to happen May 1st. 
   * Happened once management dealt with IST firewalling. 
   * now that people know about VPN requirements there has been few (no?) complaints.
---++ Leveraging DUO [[https://rt.uwaterloo.ca/Ticket/Display.html?id=1154239][RT#1154239]]
   * IST requires password only authentication to end mid Novemenber 2021.
   * CSCF Infrastrcuture group wants password only authentication to end by start of Fall term
      * all service changes should happen between terms not in the middle.
      * Nick points out we need to tell Profs and Instructors ASAP so they can update course content.
      * Dave wants user documentation created regarding remote access to our two domain 
         * it needs to contain at least a minimum links to IST documentation on VPN, DUO, ssh-key management, rdp
         * need CSCF to promote user docs. 
   * many questions about interoperability of DUO, our domain service, netgroups and resource access. 
      * much speculation without technical details. 
      * need a table of CS services and resources indicating what identity and resource mechanisms they require.
---++ Please do *not* squelch members of a ticket on responses
   * we have firm requests from some Professors (Martin Karsten being one example) that DON'T want to see every ticket comment. 
---++ Nick: What is the recommended approach for users to send out emails automatically, ex. in a cronjob or script?
   * missed the case where a "user" runs a "script/program" that emails out a form letter to a list of users.
   * note that CS will not be offering any smtp service, people will need to setup their email client to send messages 
     via the IST selected campus smtp service.
---++ Devon: Is it possible for course accounts to have access to Vault?
   * ISA (Barb) wants shared volumes.
      * Nick would like Devon to include him on the ticket. 
   * Dave asks, "Is there still a reason why the course accounts need to stay in the TEACHING domain?"
---++ jupyterhub.cs kvm host (deferred till Fraser is here).
   * Lori speculated about leveraging datasci systems. (GPU needed.)

Topic revision: r5 - 2021-06-15 - DaveGawley

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