1. Open Source @HEAnet Glenn Wearen HEAnet Ltd. 18th February 2014

2. 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

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

4. Open 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

5. Open Source Projects HEAnet homegrown Open Source – Filesender – Edugate

6. ftp.heanet.ie Host mirror of open source software – Thousands of projects – 145 TB of code

7. Commercial 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

8. Open 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

9. Open 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?

10. Open 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

11. Open source decisions in HEAnet HEAnet services using open standards – Network BGP, SNMP,ICMP – Eduroam RADIUS – Video conferencing H.323 – Edugate SAML – Edustorage iSCSI (disks)

12. Open 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

13. Open source decisions in HEAnet Summary 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 €

14. 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!)