Open Source @HEAnetOpen Source @HEAnet

Glenn WearenHEAnet Ltd.

18th February 2014

Agenda

• HEAnets use of open source• Open source in the Network• Open source in HEAnet’s Services

• Open Source Projects• Contribute & host

• Closed Source• Open Source Decisions in HEAnet• Staff• Project• Infrastructure/hosting• Standards• Process

Open SourceOpen Source

• Open source in the network– Looking glass– Nagios/Icinga– Netflow– Cactii– MRTG– Torrus– Smokeping– Rancid

Open SourceOpen Source

• Open source in HEAnet’s services – Website hosting: LAMP – eduroam ->freeRADIUS/Radiator– Edugate -> Shibboleth, simpleSAMLphp, Raptor– Website hotstandby -> Nagios + Bind DNS– SSL certificates ->djangora– Video hosting (homegrown) -> LAMP +FFmpeg– Video conferencing ->GNU Gatekeeper– Video streaming ->Varnish HTTP cache– Tools ->Munin,Dirvish, DRDB, Hearthbeat, Puppet

Open Source ProjectsOpen Source Projects

• HEAnet homegrown Open Source– Filesender

– Edugate

ftp.heanet.ieftp.heanet.ie

• Host mirror of open source software– Thousands of projects– 145 TB of code

CommercialCommercial

• Closed source in the network– Network devices Cisco IOS/ Juniper JunOS

• Closed source in HEAnet’s services– Listserv -> LSoft 1998– Video-conferencing devices (Polycom etc.)– Security (Scanning Audting)– Edustorage -> IBM 2012– Desktop Video Conferencing ->Vidyo 2013– Tools -> Landscape 2012

Open source decisions in HEAnetOpen source decisions in HEAnet

• Staff– Are staff available with relevant skills?– Can they be retained?– Is there a trusted third party to fill gaps?

Hosting: Moodle…. ….Evergreen,Koha Consultants: Moodle… ….Evergreen,Koha

– TCO Open source Open source + Staff Vs Licences + staff /consultants

– Are technical staff needed? It depends on the project

Open source decisions in HEAnetOpen source decisions in HEAnet

• Project– Is the Open Source project well maintained

Is it active, well supported

– Is the project widely deployed Community support, scalable deployments Are extenstions needed to integrate with other tools– Is the extension well maintained?– Is the extension widely deployed?

Open source decisions in HEAnetOpen source decisions in HEAnet

• Infrastructure/hosting– Physical hardware required?

Only for large databases (I/O intensive apps)

– Virtualisation Virtual servers available on-campus. Virtual infrastructure from the cloud.

– Virtual servers for pilot

Open source decisions in HEAnetOpen source decisions in HEAnet

• HEAnet services using open standards– Network

BGP, SNMP,ICMP

– Eduroam RADIUS

– Video conferencing H.323

– Edugate SAML

– Edustorage iSCSI (disks)

Open source decisions in HEAnetOpen source decisions in HEAnet

• Another consideraton on interoperability– Open source– Commercial products– Cloud

HEAnet -> RADIUS, H.323,iSCSI, SAML Library -> OAI-x, MARC x, RDA, OpenURL, SAML

Open source decisions in HEAnetOpen source decisions in HEAnetSummary of process…•What software offers the must have features– Seek HEAnet members input

•If it’s closed source– does it comply with open standards– Procurement rules

•If it’s open source– is it a fit for HEAnet skillset– Reliable project

•Infrastructure– Device of virtualise €

Review

• HEAnets use of open source• Open source in the Network• Open source in HEAnet’s Services

• Open Source Projects• Contribute & host

• Closed Source• Open Source Decisions in HEAnet• Staff• Project• Infrastructure/hosting• Standards• Process (it depends!)