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To be sent on 2/6/2017 to all current Workbench users and the ndslabs Google group update.(I modded it up a bit to have some specific info
If we could just tar up /var/glfs/global and tar -xp on the new system, we can simplify this greatly and make it sound less concerning
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2-6: re-revised given in-office discussion
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Subject: NDS Labs Workbench Update Notification
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A post-upgrade email will announce the resumption of service, and include any important notes about the upgrade.
Impacts:
- Workbench user accounts will be maintained across the upgrade, access to your account will continue without change.
- Accounts will effectively be returned to their initial, empty state:
- Services provisioned in your account and any data related to your provisioned services will be discarded.
- Files in the account home directory will be discarded.
Actions Required:
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- All existing services, files, and data in accounts will be discarded. While Workbench should not be used for storing data, if you have any data on the system please download it before Friday.
Actions Required:
- No action is necessary. Your account will be accessible as usual but will be in a clean state with no data or services.
Contact ndslabs-support@nationaladataservice.
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- You must save your data and files before the upgrade window above, after the upgrade your account will be in a clean state and data will not be retrievable.
- You may use the workbench file-manager and/or linux archiving tools from the command-line to archive your home files and transfer them to your storage.
- Service-related data (managed by services such as databases) can be exported through the normal export/backup mechanisms in each particular tool.
Service data can be exported to your home directory, then included in a single archive of your home directory along with the export/backup files included.
org for questions
Post-announcement
To be sent on 2/15/2017 to current Workbench users and the ndslabs Google group.
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Subject: RE: NDS Labs Workbench Update Notification
To all NDS Labs Workbench account-holders, cc: ndslabs Google group subscribers.
The NDS Labs Workbench upgrade is complete. This release (v1.0.8) resolves stability and performance problems. For more information, please see https://nationaldataservice.atlassian.net/wiki/display/NDSC/Feature+Overview
Please contact ndslabs-support@nationaladataservice.org with any questions.Contact ndslabs-support@nationaladataservice.org for questions
Thank you for using NDS Labs Workbench and we look forward to your feedback about the improved system
NDS Labs Team
Release Notes
Below is a preliminary readout of our beta release notes:
- Labs Workbench now runs on Kubernetes 1.5
- Allow for optional account registration, to better support future workshops and iSchool partnerships
- Allow admin user to shut down user services, in case of emergency
- Fixed multiple major stability problems in infrastructure (GlusterFS, K8 master, out of disk, etc)
- Fixed some egregious bugs in Password Recovery and the launching of the FileManager
- Added cluster backup procedures to perform nightly saves of critical data and user files
- Added several automated Selenium browser testing suites for the UI
- Added some new Python developer environments (based on Cloud9 and Vim)