Re: NDS Developer Meeting / Working Session 7/24/2015 @ 11A CT

[Mike Freemon <mfreemon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Notes from the meeting:
https://wiki.ncsa.illinois.edu/display/NDS/2015-07-24+Developer+Meeting

Attendees

    Ian Taylor
    Jeff Terstriep
    Patrick Mulrooney
    Mike Freemon
    Lengyue Chen
    Mario Felarca
    Lisa Xu

Agenda/Notes

    General discussion regarding direction, intent, design, and 
implementation details of the two NDS REST APIs, and their clients, such 
as NDS Dashboard and NDS Explorer

    API for service management (nds-django)
        the direction is to move all nds service management 
(starting/stopping docker containers, etc.) to nds-django
        unclear which backend is currently being used by nds-dashboard
        should not matter â the API should be the same so it shouldn't 
matter to the dashboard
        Mario Felarca will create a wiki page that defines the REST API 
for the nds services
            this will reflect the current implementation right now â 
but will be the basis for the followup discussion with Ian regarded 
upcoming changes that might be needed
        we need to stand up a running instance of nds-django if not 
already running

    Block diagram changes (Mike Freemon will update it)
        move the existing nds-explorer inside the labs environment, 
replacing the "mystery" box
            do we even need the "mystery box"?  yes
        move the nds-dashboard inside the nds labs environment (as a 
service in an OpenStack instance)
        brand new repository for the top left webapp (the frontend for 
nds-webservices

    Repository naming
        need a new name for the top left webapp (the frontend for 
nds-webservices)
        need better names for these repositories
            nds-webservice â  this is the REST implementation for 
managing openstack resources
            nds-djangoâ this is the REST implementation for managing 
nds services
        leave the nds-explorer name alone

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