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PROJECT CALIGULA

DATE: Friday, November 10, 2000

LOCATION: Room E248 – John Ware Building, SAIT

ATTENDEES: Rich Gall – Chair, Sean Gross – Secretary, Craig Maynard

Meeting called to order: 1:00 p.m.

  1. Items added to the agenda
      2. There were no new items added.

  2. Minutes of last meeting
      3. Craig and the team agreed with the published minutes of the last meeting.

  3. Action 1 from last meeting: Fast Ethernet card quote
      4. Sean obtained a quotation for the Fast Ethernet card and forwarded it to Dylan Saunders. Dylan has written a P.O. and ordered the unit.

  4. Action 2 from last meeting: FAQ site
      5. The faq site on Project Caligula's website has been implemented.

  5. Accomplishments
    1. Webmin, a graphical web based server administration tool was installed on Caligula.
    2. NIS(Name Information Services) is configured and running on Caligula.
    3. DNS(Domain Name System) has also been configured on Caligula. It uses Tiberius as the name server. Due to network configuration issues with SAIT's name servers, NS1 and NS2, a full pathname is required to resolve Caligula's IP address.
    4. NFS(Network File System) services have been setup. This was demonstratated to Craig using a linux box that was being served a read only file by Caligula.

  6. Upcoming activities: Network services
    1. Documentation and posting of network services implementation will take place. This item will be complete by early next week.
    2. Installation of Web services using Apache will be implemented
    3. Configuration of the hard drive array will commence upon gaining access to the server room.

  7. SCSI cable update
      8. Cables have been delivered however we are having a problem configuring the hardware. Access to the hardware is a concern as it is prolonging the resolution of this issue.

  8. Discussion of Web service implementation
      9. Craig approved installing web services and requested that it be Front Page compliant. Sean and Rich agreed to investigate this request. This course of action was agreed upon due to the request that was made by the team to drop RAID implementation.

  9. Request for comments
      10. Craig has commented that he is pleased with our progress and is pleasantly surprised with the results that the team has made configuring NFS and NIS. He encouraged the team to go forward and has emphasized the implementation of Web services.

Updated: November 10, 2000

DATE: Friday, October 13, 2000

LOCATION: Room E217 – John Ware Building, SAIT

ATTENDEES: Sean Gross – Chair, Richard Gall – Secretary, Craig Maynard

Meeting called to order: 1:34 p.m.

  1. Items to be added to agenda
    1. Richard requested a discussion regarding the possible upgrade of the 10Mbps network card to 100Mbps, as the server is destined for a connection of this speed. Craig suggested the team research the upgrade, and provide a recommendation, but focus upon the present project goals. RG to follow up.
  2. Sean presented a detailed Progress Report
    1. Progress was initially delayed; hardware documentation was harder to locate than anticipated; problems were encountered communicating through the serial port interface.
    2. Once initial problems were overcome, the Operating System was installed ahead of schedule, putting the project back on track.
    3. Craig asked how the documentation was coming along. Sean referred him to the web site
    4. Craig suggested that we do a FAQ area for the website. SG to follow up
  3. Status report re: SCSI cabling
    1. Sean reported that a local supplier, offering SAIT a 15% discount, was located. The team is awaiting a purchase order from another department. Craig asked for the ordering info so he could help move up the anticipated delivery date. SG to follow up
  4. Demonstration
    1. A demonstration was given, showing that the server now successfully boots.
  5. Future activities
    1. Richard indicated that the team’s next task is to move the server to a secure area in the Senator Burns building, where it can be administered remotely. Configuration of NIS and NFS are to start soon after.
  6. Request for comments
    1. Craig stated that he was pleased with Project Caligula’s progress to date. The project web site was effective in keeping him apprised of progress.
    2. Craig requested a username and password when the system is installed. RG will provide this, as soon as the server is installed.

Updated: October 16, 2000