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Infrastucture and IT support for the MAGIX collaboration Stefano Caiazza Mainz, February 17 2017 The group is quickly developing I started in 2013: we were 4 2014: 6/7 people By the end of 2015 we were about 10 and needed a second

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Infrastucture and IT support for the MAGIX collaboration

Stefano Caiazza Mainz, February 17 2017

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  • I started in 2013: we were 4
  • 2014: 6/7 people
  • By the end of 2015 we were about 10 and needed a second office
  • Today we are about 30 from 5 institutes, 3 countries, 2 continents

The group is quickly developing

  • We set up tools when we needed
  • We tested them by using them
  • We rationalized their usage through experience

Infrastructure developed as we grow

  • Many tools require a KPH account
  • Many tools hosted in the KPH internal network
  • Is it there any contributor who cannot have a KPH account?

Relevant constraints

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  • Allows to use the registered user name and

passwords on a synchronized system

  • The simplest way to synchronize the

authentication of many systems

  • Needs a KPH account to be included in the KPH

LDAP database LDAP Authentication

  • Many tools use a KPH authentication
  • Many tools hosted in the KPH internal network,

accessible via VPN Relevant constraints

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magix@lists.uni-mainz.de

General news and communications Public subscription

  • Managed through the Uni-Mainz

Sympa system

  • Can subscribe with external mail

addresses

Newest tool in the bag

  • Created this week
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General public information about the project Temporarily hosted on the A1 webserver Needs a periodic update cycle

http://magix.kph.uni-mainz.de

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Repository of internal information and documentation Only accessible from the KPH network Authentication with the KPH credentials More people should actively contribute to the wiki

https://wiki.magix.kph

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Only visible in the internal KPH network Authentication through the KPH credentials Based on gitlab

  • Open source
  • Similar interface as github
  • Easily installable in Debian

Most people use it productively

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https://git.magix.kph

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Until now only for special meetings

  • This conference, LEPP

From this week approved for regular meetings

  • We will use it for regular short

collaboration meetings

Special section already

  • pened

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https://indico.mitp.uni-mainz.de/

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Calibre database

  • Read-only web interface
  • Works perfectly with pdf
  • Some additional configuration

needed

Data input a bit complex

  • Export files on the network drive
  • A script automatically loads the

files in the library

System is in “Beta testing”

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http://library.magix.kph/

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Standard computer installation

  • Meta packages loading a

predefined package set

Software distribution

  • Packaging our software in a

Debian package for easy deployment

Raspberry repo

  • Not available yet, would be done

soon

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http://debrepos.magix.kph

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  • Hosted in the KPH counting room
  • 128 MB RAM
  • 10 Core, 3 GHz CPU
  • 1.5 TB SSD Drives
  • 12 TB Raid5 HD Drives (8TB effective storage)

VMWare host on a server workstation

  • Service server
  • NAS
  • Comsol node
  • Cluster 0

Hosted machines All visible from the internal KPH network

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Online service server

Hosts most of the

  • nline services

Reserved access

NAS Server

FreeNAS VM Provides 2 shared folders

MXCommon MXData

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Windows VM

COMSOL CST Autocad Inventor

Cluster 0

First node of a computing cluster Standard debian installation Latest current software installation 64 GB memory available

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MXWare

Software framework for simulation, reconstruction, analysis and more

DAQ

Based on MXWare Core To completely design

Slow Control

Based on MXWare Core and Epics Design started

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Expanding collaboration We are growing in number We are extending beyond KPH The tools we established must grow accordingly Need usage and feedback We need more user input Actual input to expand the wiki as only a few people use it regularly We need feedback to improve what we have, prune useless tools, provide more tools if necessary

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