Prelim Working Doc for TIER Release Checklist

This wiki page is being used for preliminary planning purposes. It does not contain authoritative info on the TIER 2 release.

Currently this is a listing.  The goal is to turn it into a checklist later.

WG TechEx Deliverables Document (kind of a parallel working checklist)

Approx contents of TIER Release 2

**(Q) - How will we "Present" Rel 2 at TechEx?

• Automated Build from Packaging WG project using Docker
  • Shib 3.2.1, Grouper 2.3, COmanage 1.0.5
  • Complete the build test project that levvel.io is working on
    • Execute the Shib IdP draft test plan PaulC has developed on Shib appliance
      • Shib Appliance available for testing as of 8/19
      • Testing in progress week of 8/22
    • Final Review Build/Test Pipeline Design Doc
    • Review Grouper Design Doc
    • Review COmanage Design Doc
    • Execute Grouper Tests
    • Execute COmanage Tests
  • Review all documentation received from levvel.io
  • Determine how release 2 will be made available to community
    • link to where the VM and Docker can be downloaded (possibly Internet2 Docker Hub)
    • With  levvel.io, we write doc on procedures for obtaining and bringing up the package (for feed into web pages)

• Instrumentation/Monitoring features for TIER package and each component w monitoring process using Restful API's etc.
  • TIER Central - Deployment Data Site

• TIER Grouper Deployment Guide - Draft - Present at TechEx (Grouper BOF/ACAMP)

• Reference Architecture
  • Reference Architecture Overview(s)
  • Use Case Narrative Walk-throughs

• TIER Roadmap
  • Include what needs to be on the Roadmap through (and beyond) 2017

Approx contents of TIER Workbench Pre-Production

• Full Suit of Grouper APIs conformant with TIER API Guidelines (Swagger Documented Grouper-TIER-SCIM API)
  in the TIER-packaged Grouper Component
• Integrate updated components and other software supporting instrumentation/monitoring and rebuild/test
• Integrate new consent module(s) and rebuild/test (if available)
  
  

Approx contents of TIER Workbench BUS Demos

• Three Two versions

  • With MidPoint as Entity Registry

  • With COmanage as Entity Registry (Nice to have)

  • With COmanage as IAM Package

• TIER Testbed Identity Control Site (existing) - publishing ‘new SoR person’ events and resource representations
  
  

Communications Checklist for TIER Release - Please see Dean's TIER Communications Release 2 Plan spreadsheet .

Below is older info, save for historical and reference purposes:

Update or create these pages

• TIER Practice and Software Components page
  • http://www.internet2.edu/vision-initiatives/initiatives/trust-identity-education-research/tier-components/
• TIER Package Delivery Wiki page 
  • https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/TPD
• TIER Testbed page
  • https://testbed.tier.internet2.edu
• TIER Release One PDF (create a comparable doc for TIER Release 2?)
  • https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/download/attachments/97650445/Internet2%20Report%20TIER%20Release%20One.V20160416.Rev1.pdf
• Create new webpage for the production release?

Decide how to receive feedback on  the TIER Release

• Use a form like this again?
  • TIER Feedback on First Release:
  • https://docs.google.com/a/internet2.edu/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclS8A0EFjz1m5wShgHr_AcaGVUEpWdQxZmfSjWd037QrgLyQ/viewform

Announcement emails to 

• tier-discussion 
• tier-architecture
• tier-adopters
• Internet2 Staff
• tier-investors
• tier-CIOs
  
  

TIER Release Two Webinar

TIER monthly newsletter

InCommon monthly newsletter

Social Media

• Twitter
• Facebook

Note on Timing for TIER Release 2 (Bill and Steve's thoughts)

• Sept. 12, 2016 is goal to have the TIER package ready to demonstrate to working groups
• Likely not to push out to community until approximately two weeks later