VLEAD’s Ongoing Activities of Phase-1

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  1. Mirror sources and backups to IIT-D:
    • Set up nightly sync of lab sources to IIT-Delhi’s remote server.
    • Set up nightly sync of Virtual Machine (VM)s and Container backup to IIT-Delhi’s remote server.
  2. Raise Integration Level(IL) of 31 labs from level 1 to level 5:
    • Create lab automation scripts for all 31 IIIT Hyderabad labs and redeploy them using the scripts.
    • Also create the server-side scripts that would take the automation scripts and deploy these labs.
  3. Deploy 15 labs on cloud:
    • Identify 15 labs to host on cloud.
    • Move the labs to cloud.
    • Compare user traffic and other statistics after movement.
  4. Release new version of UI-Kit:
    • Create a lean version of the current UI-Kit.
    • Convert a few labs to this new version.
    • Study a few popular UI libraries and design a new “responsive” UI.
    • Make the new UIKit retargetable by choosing at least two different libraries for responsive design.
  5. Port 10 labs to Aakash:
    • Identify 8 simple labs with minimal technical requirements and minimum network dependency.
    • Also identify two other not so simple labs (labs with medium and complex requirements)
    • Port these labs to Android. Their UI will be based on the the new responsive UIKit.
  6. Collect source code for 97 labs:
    • Verify the status of the 97 labs for which sources have not been collected (status as in: deployed on vlab, deployed on virtual-labs, under development, abandoned, name changed etc)
    • Identify the lab developers who are willing to use VLEAD version control service. Work with such lab developers to upload their sources.
    • Work with the remaining lab developers to create version control server in their institute.
    • Perform audits of version control server in other institutes.
  7. Provide Virtual Machines for hosting 97 labs:
    • Explore mechanisms for lab developers to access VLEAD’s VMs.
    • Establish the lab source hosting process.
    • Contact lab developers for their feedback on the hosting process.
    • Work with lab developers to start hosting.
  8. Enhance developer portal:
    • Update developer portal to latest Redmine version.
    • Fix bugs in developer portal.
    • Implement faster lab release for same repo release
    • Implement one-vm-per-lab feature.
  9. Maintain existing systems:
    • Shift to STPI ISP.
    • Migrate VMs and containers from base4 to base3 machine.
    • Move each VLEAD-created app to its own bzr branch.
    • Keep server-side software up-to-date (mediawiki, wordpress, drupal, etc.)
    • Monitor systems for any issues (Nagios, etc.)
  10. Collect User Analytics
    • Collect user analytics of all labs hosted with VLEAD using both script method (google analytics) as well as log analysis (awstats).
    • User analytics through script method must be available at two levels: lab level and overall project level.
    • In addition, collect user analytics of all customer-facing applications. Customers include lab developers and students. Some of the customer-facing applications include developer portal, community wiki, feedback application, feedback-reports application, VLEAD blog, etc.
  11. Collect resource utilization & other stats
    • Collect stats of network, CPU, memory and other resources utilization by VLEAD hosted labs on an ongoing basis.
    • Perform sampling of load scenarios (10 users) and collect the stats.
  12. Collect and maintain up-to-date information of all labs
    • Explore mechanism to consolidate labs meta-data to one system (labs dashboard).
    • Set up a new labs dashboard system and integrate it with LDAP.
    • Update labs dashboard with available information.
    • Publish labs dashboard application to lab developers.
  13. Rollout UI redesign to virtual-labs.ac.in
    • Identify open items in the current version of UI2.
    • Close all major issues in the current version.
    • Deploy UI2.
  14. Develop frameworks/ APIs
    • Create Authentication, Lab Progress, Ratings, Quiz, Persistence and Slot booking frameworks.
    • Integrate frameworks with UI-Kit.
    • Roll-out updated UI-Kit to 2 simpler labs.
  15. Create two “ideal” labs:
    • Explore ideas for “ideal” labs.
    • Identify 2 labs for “ideal” labs.
    • Create the ideal labs for the identified labs.
  16. Improve the internal wiki content:
    • Improve the quality of internal wiki content.
    • Also, have additional technical content.
  17. Convert labs to a lean UI-Kit:
    • Create a lean version of UIKit where most of the assets such as CSS, js, images etc are hosted on a server (versus being shipped with UIKit).
    • Modify labs using existing UI-Kit to use the lean UI-Kit.
  18. Communication and outreach
    • Maintaining and updating VLEAD blog, VLEAD Facebook page and VLEAD LinkedInpage.
    • Sending monthly reports to IIT Delhi.
    • Sending User Analytics and monthly reports to lab developers of all participating Institutions.
  19. Internal team building
    • Conduct weekly tech talks.
    • Conduct recruitment drives to acquire new talents for the team.
  20. Project management:
    • Prepare project schedule, planning, tracking and reporting.
  21. Improve aesthetics in all areas
  22. Define a lightweight technical review process across VLEAD
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