1. Workspace Discussion Xiuqin Wu & SUI team

2. Session Goals Identify parties involved – IPAC, SLAC, NCSA, LSST(SQuaRE) … Identify the purpose of user workspace Kick start the discussion of the work involved among us and clarify the responsibilities 2DM All Hands Feb. 2015

3. User Workspace A space for users own data, software tools – File system – Database – VM/container (software environment) Functions: – Space for SUI server – Space for Qserv and other database related operations – Space for user’s direct access 3DM All Hands Feb. 2015

4. SUI Content – For user to save certain results more permanently – For SUI to save user profile and preference – History SUI server has read and write access to it 4DM All Hands Feb. 2015

5. Qserv/Database Qserv environment is part of the workspace User input files to be uploaded to Qserv SUI needs to access the Qserv search results Where is the user’s private database? 5DM All Hands Feb. 2015

6. User’s direct access Preconfigured environment (VM/container) login as if it is a remote host Move data to/from their local host Develop and run their own applications Do we allow shared workspace to teams? 6DM All Hands Feb. 2015

7. Workspace Admin (NCSA?) Assigned to user at registration – Resource allocation/management User access and authentication User profile management (using DB?) – Login information – File system/database location VM/container preloaded with LSST tools – General tools useful for everyone – Specific ones according to user profile and preference 7DM All Hands Feb. 2015

8. One Space Three types of usage (SUI, DB, user direct), one space The space is visible when – user login to the host – user login through SUI web UI SUI will view data not generated by SUI User manages the meta data for his files/tables remotely (WebDAV? ) 8DM All Hands Feb. 2015

9. Discussion Identify tools to be preloaded for users. Provide DBMS for Qserv and other DB search results Facilitate users accessing others’ workspace for collaboration. – Private, group, public access Develop tools to allow user to publish their results to LSST as L3 data. Security – Access permission 9DM All Hands Feb. 2015

10. Simple Use Cases Create account – User requests account from SUI User name, password, email, … – SUI sends the request to NCSA – NCSA creates the VM/container, assigns the files system/DB for the user Login through SUI – Access user profile – Access the files/db-tables DM All Hands Feb. 201510