{"id":354,"date":"2014-06-26T02:48:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T02:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/devops\/?p=354"},"modified":"2014-06-26T02:49:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T02:49:47","slug":"aws-public-sector-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/2014\/06\/26\/aws-public-sector-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS Public Sector Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a while since our last update, so now is the perfect time to give a little perspective as to where we stand with regards to our Amazon initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon graciously invited Bob and me to present the Notre Dame AWS story and its fifth annual <a href=\"http:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/events\/wwps\/symposia\/washington\/\">Public Sector Symposium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/devops\/files\/2014\/06\/Bq_6fKUCIAEKAvz.jpg-large.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-356\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/devops\/files\/2014\/06\/Bq_6fKUCIAEKAvz.jpg-large-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"Bq_6fKUCIAEKAvz.jpg-large\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/files\/2014\/06\/Bq_6fKUCIAEKAvz.jpg-large-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/files\/2014\/06\/Bq_6fKUCIAEKAvz.jpg-large-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/files\/2014\/06\/Bq_6fKUCIAEKAvz.jpg-large.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We described how we got started with AWS in the context of migrating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nd.edu\">www.nd.edu<\/a> 18 months ago. \u00a0Over the past 18 months, we have experienced zero service issues in this, our most reliable and resilient service offering. \u00a0Zero.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, as mentioned in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stonesoup.org\/meetings\/1405\/work2.pres\/nijim.pdf\">2014 spring\u00a0update<\/a> when Notre Dame hosted the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stonesoup.org\">Common Solutions Group<\/a>\u00a0in May, we reviewed progress to-date in the context of governance, people and processes, and our initiatives to grow our institutional understanding of how to operate in the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>Bob and I\u00a0had fun presenting, and were able to give a synopsis on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/conductor.nd.edu\">Conductor<\/a> Migration: \u00a0ND-engineered content management system that migrated to AWS in March 2014. \u00a0You can read all about Conductor&#8217;s operational statistics <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/nddotedu\/\">here<\/a>. The short story is the migration was a massive success. \u00a0Improved performance, reduced cost, increased use of the AWS tools (<a href=\"http:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/rds\/mysql\/\">RDS<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/elasticache\/\">Elasticache<\/a>), and a sense of joy on the part of the engineers involved in the move<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/notre-dame-mobile\/id842852044?mt=8\">ND Mobile App<\/a>: \u00a0Instantiation of the <a href=\"http:\/\/kurogo.org\/home\/\">Kurogo<\/a> framework in providing a revamped mobile experience. \u00a0Zero performance issues associated with rollout.<\/li>\n<li>AAA in the Cloud: \u00a0Replicating our authentication store in Amazon. \u00a0Using Route 53 to heartbeat against local resources so that in a failure condition, <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nd.edu\/cas\/login\">login.nd.edu<\/a> redirects to the authentication store in Amazon for traffic originating from off campus. \u00a0This was tested in June and performed as designed. \u00a0Since the preponderance of our main academic applications, including <a href=\"http:\/\/sakai.nd.edu\">Sakai<\/a>, Box, and Gmail, are hosted off campus, the result of this effort is that we have separated service availability from local border network incidents. \u00a0If campus is offline for some reason, off-campus students, faculty, and staff are still able to use the University&#8217;s SaaS services.<\/li>\n<li>Backups: \u00a0We are in the midst of testing <a href=\"http:\/\/panzura.com\">Panzura<\/a>, a cloud storage gateway product. Preliminary testing looks promising &#8211; look for an update on this ongoing testing soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are absolutely thrilled with the progress being made, and look forward to continuing to push the envelope. \u00a0More to come!<\/p>\n<p>Onward!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a while since our last update, so now is the perfect time to give a little perspective as to where we stand with regards to our Amazon initiatives. 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