Grouper Call Wed. Oct. 5, 2016 at noon ET
Attending :
Chris Hyzer, Penn (Chair),
Jim Fox, U. Washington
Shilen Patel, Duke
Bert Bee-Lindgren, GA Tech
Misagh Moayyed, Unicon
Emily Eisbruch, Internet2
Administrivia
Action Items
[AI] (Misagh) submit a ticket on the Internet Explorer 11 issue
[AI] (Bert) create a JIRA for putting ID Index in change log DONE
https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/GRP-1382
[AI] (Chris) get back to Bert regarding AD connection issues
[AI] (Chris) will add to Grouper roadmap the need to research Grouper startup time issues and make recommendations
AI (Chris) email the Grouper lists to get testers for TIER SCIM AP
[AI] Shilen add issues from his TechEx notes on instrumentation to JIRA
[AI] (Bert) respond on Grouper applications stuck after time of inactivity issue. GRP-1362, fixed in 2.3 branch
AI: (Chris) try build again related to the PSP NG issues
[AI] (Chris) Configure sources.xml as properties file,
[AI] (Chris) work on ehcache xml (currently in progress)
[AI] (Bert) respond to inquiry on Grouper-Users list on June 30 re pspng error
[AI] (Chris) Add to jira or roadmap and talk to Bert and John Gasper re Rules on an individual’s membership
[AI] (Bert) Put these in jira: Grace Periods, Membership Rules, People/Account subjects
[AI] (Misagh and Chris) work together on merge of multiple web.xml files for the gradle work
[AI] (Bert) Create patch for case-sensitivity issue [checking fix in docker first] [10-5-16: GRP-1372, fixed in 2.3 branch]
[AI] (Bert) document the solution to “turn off old psp issue” that was raised on the list
[AI] (Bert) create PSP-NG Training Video (after necessary patches) using Camtasia
DISCUSSION
Current work tasks
Vivek – TIER API
Misagh – gradle
Grabbed final web.xml version and put it into Gradle and it works
Will move on to try web services and apply same strategy
Grouper Startup Time Issues
Penn has seen Grouper startup issues related to GSH
War file takes a while
Tomcat scans JARS for context on startup, can takes time
Shib project has moved to Jetty
There are ways to get around the Tomcat issue, see Shib documentation
In future, someone should research Grouper startup time issues and make recommendations
[AI] (Chris) add to roadmap the need to research Grouper startup time issues and make recommendations
Chris - working on
- config overlays
- box implementation
Bert – PSPNG
[AI] Chris get back to Bert regarding AD connection issues
Fixing JIRAs in 2.3 branch
Will create a jumbo patch for those JIRAs , patch should be ready within a few days
Issue:Now we bundle LDAP changes for PSP NG
Harder to track back to an individual event if something fails
Need to go into a recovery mode; this is a messy approach
Suggestions:
that on member deletion we can disable the optimization
Or on a member delete, read from Grouper or LDAP if that’s last member and if yes, potentially delete the group
Bert will try a few approaches and see what works
Java 6 and Java 7 issues - Bert will do testing
Q: in point in time group, is there a way to get index mapped to ID Index?
A: Shilen: no
Q: Do we need ID Index in change log?
A: Yes that would be helpful.
[AI] (Bert) create a JIRA for putting ID Index in change log DONE
https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/GRP-1382
Shilen – instrumentation, loader
- working on Member table for subject identifier and loader jobs
-- there was a PSP use case for this
-- eventually should add an index
--add another attribute for subject identifier filtering?
-- https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/GRP-1381
Bill – TIER Grouper deployment guide
Good sessions on this at Tech Ex
Advance CAMP session notes on Deployment Guide are here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ueL0reX-Led4VnK1Oc4dpIxKls44pmitWq1GkzvqVmw/edit
Grouper Deployment Guide work is now a standing agenda item on the TIER API calls (no longer on Wednesdays at noon on weeks the Grouper-Dev call is not happening)
2016 Technology Exchange in Miami debrief
Grouper at TechEx went well.
Great partnership w users
Good instrumentation talk
[AI] Shilen will add issues from his TechEx notes on instrumentation to JIRA
API discussion - people want to go forward with testing of the various TIER SCIM APIs
Chris looks for someone to do testing on the API?
Test membership get delete
Subject get
Etc
AI (Chris) will email the Grouper lists to get testers for TIER SCIM API
Links to Grouper Sessions at 2016 Tech Ex:
Grouper Working Group on Sept 27, 2016
Grouper Provisioning Locally and Cloud, on Sept 26, 2016
Breakout sessions on Grouper at the Advance CAMP UnConference during the 2016 Technology Exchange, Sept 28-29.
All of the Advance CAMP session notes are linked from this page or you can use these direct links:
Grouper and Door Systems
Grouper Deployment
Access Management Grouper and Provisioning
Privacy Preserving Grouper
Grouper submission for Global Summit?
Seems the Deployment Guide would be ready…
Issue roundup
MIsagh -
Grouper 2.3 latest patch and Internet Explorer 11 (on a windows 7 machine) cannot render the Grouper UI webpage. There are Java script issues. Misagh tried turning on compatibility mode and could not solve the issue. There were some pending windows updates that may have had an impact, not sure.
[AI] (Misagh) submit a ticket on the Internet Explorer 11 issue
Next Grouper Call: Wed. Oct. 19, 2016