[FSW Project] Re: CPSC 456: Class Absence

  • From: Mikhail Gofman <migsoft2@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "fswproject@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <fswproject@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 00:14:27 -0800

Thanks, Nate and Jeremy for replies!

Lets try to get the thing deployed.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
-Mikhail

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Jeremy Chavez <xfives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I'll jump in here and say that yes - the full time job thing is pretty
> killer when it comes to getting anything done prior to 5pm (6pm in most
> cases) but when it comes to deployment I can write something up.
> Considering that I was the one who ended up merging the backend and
> frontend services into one CentOS box I feel it's rather necessary for me
> to do so. I can block out some time on either Monday or Wed. after I get
> home from work to do a full set of documentation related to the deployment
> process and subsequently the process of deploying both services on a fresh
> linux distro (just in case down the line people want to move away from
> CentOS or are required to start from scratch). With that in mind I will be
> writing the documentation with the assumption that the students doing the
> deployment are either in or have taken CPSC-254 and are comfortable with a
> no-gui linux setup. I think it would be best if someone could automate a
> bit of the deployment process via a bash script (changing the ip tables and
> network settings) too. A quick breakdown of the deployment is:
> 1. Start the VM
> 2. Change the static network settings
> 3. Update the IP tables to allow outside hosts to hit port 80 and 443
> 4. The frontend and backend services should start automatically when the
> system boots but if they don't then you can simply start fsw_backend and
> fsw_frontend.
>
> and that's it. Updating the VM on the other hand can be a bit tricky as
> it's currently tied to my github account but a simple config file edit
> should fix that so I'll write something about that too.
>
> Right now Intuit is at a low and even though my time is limited the tax
> season picks up on 12/1 when we launch our online product again. It is
> incredibly important that anyone who plans to work on the FSW project go
> through and read the documentation I wrote on the wiki in case they have
> any questions related to either the content that is there or the content
> that they think should be there. I do not mind writing more or answering
> questions but after 12/1 you might as well consider me gone till after
> 04/15/15. I know around this time in the year classes can be rough but
> please try your best to find some time and read the available documentation.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Nathan Cobb <nathancobb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>> Mikhail,
>>
>> With the limited time they have now that they have full-time jobs, the
>> only possibility might be on a weekend over a Skype call. Judging by Yuri's
>> availability, it doesn't seem like that's going to happen. At this point, I
>> think we're going to have to start thinking about deploying without their
>> help, or at the very least with a very limited amount of it. I have a
>> limited amount of time that I can dedicate to development/deployment, so I
>> may not be much help on that front, but I'll be continuing to do my best to
>> keep up communication between us and their side.
>>
>> Yuri told me that she'd be available this Friday between 1-4 PM EST,
>> which doesn't work for me. She also said that she may be available on
>> select weekdays after 4, which seems like it may work better with our
>> team's schedule. Let me know how you'd like to move forward.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nate
>>
>> On 11/13/2014 2:30 AM, Mikhail I. Gofman wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Nate,
>>>
>>> Hope you are doing well.
>>>
>>> Sorry to hear you are sick :-( !
>>>
>>> I did not see you in class for a while, and hence was concerned. I was
>>> actually worried and wanted to contact you.
>>>
>>> Hope you get well soon! I will be happy to catch you up on anything you
>>> miss in class :-)
>>>
>>> Looks like Rob and Jeremy have made progress. I would like to schedule a
>>> meeting as soon as they can.
>>>
>>> Also, since the instructions are up, could we start distributing tasks
>>> among people?
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Mikhail
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/13/2014 02:26 AM, Nathan Cobb wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mikhail,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry about the last 2 weeks, I've been sick and pretty "out-of-it"
>>>> because of that. I've been doing my best to keep up with FSW, but I
>>>> apologize if I haven't quite been as productive with that. I'm going to
>>>> have to miss tomorrow as well, but I'll be back next week, I believe, since
>>>> I'm starting to feel much better than I was.
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking about attending the review session, but may just opt-out
>>>> and watch the recordings instead, depending on how I'm feeling. In case I
>>>> don't make it, which day is the exam scheduled for?
>>>>
>>>> Hope all is well, take care and I'll see you next week for sure.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Nate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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