[OpenAFS-Doc] Re: new openafs Projects

[Jason Edgecombe]

The best thing I can think of is the quickstart guide, but others may 
have better suggestions.

Jason

Fabrizio Manfredi wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> I have created a set of virtual machines, in this way everyone can try
> and test openafs without install.
> I ' d like to know if you have or you know a guide like "afs for
> dummies" to put in it.  Otherwise I will try to write some basic steps
> in special way I'd like explain the power of openafs ( like move
> volume ).
>
> You can find the vm at url:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/s3afs/files/
>
> Thanks
>
> bye manfred
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Jason Edgecombe
> <jason@rampaginggeek.com> wrote:
>   
>> Thanks for the compliment!
>>
>> I'll add your projects.
>>
>> Would you please give me more information on the SetAG Path project? Why is
>> it needed?
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> Fabrizio Manfredi wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Jason,
>>>
>>> I found your newsletter very useful, obviously because keep me up to
>>> date, but also a good way to share information. For this reason I
>>> write you you, I want notify some projects started by Me, Claudio and
>>> Alberto at  last AFS conference in Rome.
>>> The projects are :
>>>
>>>       • S3 protocol front end to AFS (me and Caudio)
>>>       • SetAG Path(Alberto), Pag for multi thread envirorment
>>>       • PTServer plugin architetture (me and Cloudio )
>>>
>>>
>>> Small description of S3AFS:
>>> First of all Amazon S3 provides a simple web services interface that
>>> can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time,
>>> from anywhere on the web.
>>> S3AFS is a web application, it provides a local implementation of the
>>> S3 service. This can be useful if you want to make use of the Amazon
>>> S3 web service interface but host the storage on your openAFS. The
>>> first step of the project is mapping the openAFS resources to S3
>>> client, then you can read your file and directory as a key of S3
>>> bucket. The second step is to use openAFS as a  S3 backend.
>>> Status : we have a basic implementation, without authentication and
>>> authz, we now start to understand how to put Authentication (SetAG) in
>>> the java  multi thread  env.
>>>
>>>
>>> Small description on Pserver-NG:
>>> The Ptserver-Ng is a custom implementation of ptserver with Active
>>> directory backend instead of Ubick db. Today more institutions ask to
>>> me a more generic interface in special way for ldap connection. The
>>> new project is focused on a plugin architecture for a multi backend
>>> implementation. The first step is to create a more generic database
>>> api (ptdb) and move all the ubik code in this new infrastructure.
>>> Second step is to create a proxy read/write backend and more generic
>>> AD (read only) backend.
>>> Status : interface definition (ptdb api)
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> bye manfred
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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