Grouper Call of Oct. 31, 2018
Attending:
- Chris Hyzer, Penn, Chair
- Shilen Patel, Duke
- Carey Black, The Ohio State University
- Chad Redman, UNC
- Vivek Sachdiva, independent
- Emily Eisbruch, Internet2
Action Items: Grouper Project Action Items (Google Doc)
Grouper at 2018 Tech Ex in Orlando
Recap, debrief
Good attendance at Grouper Sessions
Lots on Shib and midPoint at ACAMP, there were 2 Grouper sessions on Friday
Maybe the team should suggest more Grouper sessions?
People were liking the Grouper Docker container
Penn will move to the Grouper Docker container and AWS in coming year
UNC hopes to move to Grouper Docker container also for easier upgrade
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Here are Grouper resources from the 2018 Technology Exchange:
Grouperfest Advance CAMP discussion
Grouper Deployment Guide v2 Advance CAMP discussion
Grouper Training
- Grouper Basics 101 part 1
- Grouper Basics 101 part 2
- Grouper Basics 101 part 3
- Grouper Security Model 211
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Current work tasks, and next tasks
Vivek – New service template (done). TIER types (or rename to Group types)
Chris will make a patch and send out
GSH patch is a test patch so is holding things up
Chad will finish that up.
Vivek will work TIER types, but rename to Group types
https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/Grouper/Grouper+types+on+groups
Ref versus policy
Could have metadata on an App
Things about the app you want to capture
Have an attribute def, with name such as basis
Could mark it as a group type
On metadata say the group type
This helps support and clarify the usage of group types in the TIER Grouper Deployment Guide
Currently we have a service tag, a special kind of attribute. Not many people using the service tag. If the app tag is on a folder…. And the folder is the name of the app, would be good to migrate from services to this.
Services: https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/x/84LEAQ
[AI] (Chris) will discuss group types with BillT
Shilen: Duke has separate attribute definitions (such as ownership and query)
for each type of group. Such as for reference groups and policy groups. Metadata gets added on that attribute definition.
Questions on how custom attributes should work.
AI (Chris) will write up more on the group types wiki and share with Bill T and the Grouper list
Chad reports:
Get API BIN directories into the UI, options are:
1. Overwrite the files, copy from API to UI, if somebody had changed local GSH they lost that
2. Overwrite but first prompt them,
3. Rename files so they don’t get overwritten and then copy over
Decision - work with backup, in Grouper installer class, backup and delete file
This is a one time thing. The API patch is going to give an error. API distribution is missing the readme file. Installer can’t create the readme file
Why is GSH included with library and web services install? A: It needs to know the classes directory. It gives a command line way to interact w Grouper. But good for troubleshooting.
Communicate that users need to get the new installer and force install the patch. This is a Grouper 2.4 patch.
Chad will try to finish this tonight.
Chris – Database configs
Bert – PSPNG patches
Shilen – LDAP loader parse attribute values for Illinois and Mich.
First patch committed
Web service performance issues - Shilen did not get response yet
Issue of checking security on groups
Web service paging is on Grouper roadmap,
SCIM has an interesting paging model
· Chad – gsh installer, jira commits, WS,
Ldaptive and loader connections issue - waiting for word on that,
Chris put that jar in production at Penn
Full syncs not 100% working
Next Grouper call: Wed Nov. 14, 2018