NORDUnet inter-NREN Forum
About inter-NREN Forum
inter-NREN is a forum for Services collaboration between the Nordic research & education networks. The main activities are the inter-NREN mailing list and the inter-NREN forum meetings. The inter-NREN forum is open for staff at NORDUnet, the Nordic NREN's and related institutions.
The activities of the inter-NREN forum are transformed to NORDUnet CTO-Forum as decided in the January 22nd 2014 meeting in Stockholm. Please, see the minutes for details (item 4).
Inter-NREN Forum charter
- Comparing service portfolios (map)
- Identifying and proposing candidates for shared services (table)
- Exploring joint marketing and communications possibilities
- Exchanging information
- Sharing knowledge about legal and contractual issues
- Contributing to Terena and other international workgroups
Meetings
- Meeting I: BoF-meeting @Copenhagen 2009, minutes of meeting: https://wiki.nordu.net/display/NORDUwiki/minutes+of+last+meeting
- Meeting II: Kick Off -meeting @Helsinki 13.1.2010 Agenda , Minutes of meeting
- Meeting III: Meeting was 14.4.2010 @Trondheim. Agenda,Minutes.
- Meeting IV: Meeting was August 24th 2010 @Copenhagen Agenda, Minutes
- Meeting V: Meeting on November 24th 2010 @Stockholm Agenda,Minutes
- Meeting VI: Meeting on March 11th 2011 @Copenhagen Agenda, Minutes
- Meeting VII: Meeting on June 9th 2011 @Reykjavik Agenda, Minutes
- Meeting VIII: Meeting on September 8th 2011 @Espoo Agenda Minutes
- Meeting IX: Meeting on November 30th 2011 @Trondheim Agenda Minutes
- Meeting X: Meeting on May 7th 2012 @Lungby Agenda Minutes
- Meeting XI: Meeting on September 18th 2012 @Oslo Agenda Minutes
- Meeting XII: Meeting on November 14th 2012 @Stockholm Agenda Minutes
- Meeting XIII: Meeting on January 23rd 2012 @Espoo Agenda Minutes
- Meeting XIV: Meeting on April 17th @Copenhagen 2013 Agenda Minutes
- Meeting XV: Meeting on September 25th 2013 @Trondheim Agenda Minutes
- Meeting XVI: Meeting on January 22nd 2014 @Stockholm Agenda Minutes
TODO-list
Decision | Responsible | Due | Status | Comments | |
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| Update the CTO-Forum mailing list. | Fischer, Qvist | Feb 2014 |
| Opened January 2014 | |
| Draft of a new CTO-Forum charter | Fischer, Qvist, Miettinen | Feb 2014 |
| Opened January 2014 | |
| Investigate the further possibilities of the UNINETT Nova activities in the joint Nordic scope | Nihlen | Apr 2014 |
| Opened September 2013. | |
| Contact Nordic NRENs for appointing the governance board for the shared services development fund | Qvist | Jan 2014 |
| Opened September 2013. Taken over by events. The specification of the shared services fund has changed. Closed January 2014. | |
| Draft a new version of the TF-LCPM 2006 NREN Service categories paper | Miettinen | Jan 2014 |
| Opened September 2013. | |
| Contact Koen for updating the 2006 TF-LCPM NREN Service categories paper | Miettinen | Jan 2014 |
| Opened September 2013. | |
Circulation of the optical infrastructure tender project plan | Qvist | Jan 2014 |
| Opened April 17th 2013. The workgroup wishes information about the optical infrastructure tender project to the list. | |
IaaS tender material comments | Qvist | Jun 2013 |
| Opened April 17th 2013. The workgroup wishes additional information about the structure of the IaaS tender to the list. There's a separate group working on the topic. The item is overtaken by events on September 25th 2013. | |
Doodle for agreeing the date for the next workgroup meeting | Miettinen | Jun 2013 |
| Opened April 17th 2013. The meeting date need to be agreed. Doodle is out on June 27th 2013. | |
Next workgroup meeting: agree the meeting details with UNINETT | Miettinen | Sep 2013 |
| Opened April 17th 2013. Preparations are ongoing. The meeting was held successfully. | |
Integrity of the eduroam statement, write the first version | Miettinen | Sep 2013 |
| Opened April 17th 2013. The workgroup is concerned about the legacy implementations of eduroam. First draft submitted to the list on September 10th. | |
Initiate a joint meeting with inter-NREN and Nordic CERT forum | Bech | Apr 2014 |
| Opened Jan 23rd 2013. April 17th 2013 update: the preparations are progressing well. The event will likely be in Aug or Sep 2013. The meeting had to be delayed for administrative reasons. The new date will probably be late 2013. SUNET is supporting the effort. | |
Presentation about the UNINETT HA services in the April 2013 inter-NREN meeting | Strømdal | Sep 2013 |
| Opened Jan 23rd 2013. The presentation was given in the Trondheim meeting November 25th. | |
Provide further information about the ServiceInfo service to the list | Bech | Apr 2013 |
| Opened Jan 23rd 2013. MB gave a demonstration in the April 17th 2013 meeting. Task completed. | |
Forskningsnettet is now DeiC. Replace FSKNet with DeiC in appropriate places in the group documentation | Miettinen | Feb 2013 |
| Opened Jan 23rd 2013. JM checked the WG pages and fixed the matrixes. Also the minutes in editing were updated, but the changes were not made retrospectively. Task completed. | |
Update the service categorization document by TF-LCPM | Qvist | Apr 2013 |
| Opened Nov 14th 2012. The categorization by TF-LCPM is somewhat outdated due to the growth of NREN service portfolios. I have added the cloud services to an existing group, and asked TERENA if they would update the document. It was noted that this is most sufficient in the April 17th 2013 meeting. Task completed. | |
Description of the shared services development fund (1xA4) | Qvist | Aug 2013 |
| Opened Nov 14th 2012. Summarize the results of the brainstorm had in the November 2012 meeting. 16/4 Draft circulated. The item was discussed at the April 17th meeting. Minor fixes were identified. JQ to proceed with finalization and getting formal acceptance. NORDUnet board has made a decision on establishing an administrative structure for coordination Nov 2013. | |
Distribute the Uninett HA material | Strømdal | Aug 2013 |
| Opened May 7th. A comprehensive presentation was given in the Trondheim meeting September 25th 2013. | |
Update the HA Excel File | Miettinen | Sep 2012 |
| Added the e-mail service as decided. Submitted the file to the mailing list in July 2012. | |
Handle the practicalities of the Oslo meeting | Miettinen | Sep 2012 |
| Opened May 7th | |
Update the RHNet information in the Service Matrix | Olafsson | Sep 2012 |
| Opened May 7th | |
Update the DeiC information in the Service Matrix | Bech | Jan 2014 |
| Opened May 7th. | |
Update the UNINETT information in the Service Matrix | Strømdal | Sep 2012 |
| Opened May 7th | |
Update the Sunet information in the Service Matrix | Qvist | Mar 2013 |
| Opened May 7t, Done16/4 | |
Update the Funet information in the Service Matrix | Kuusisto | Sep 2012 |
| Opened May 7th | |
Provide details on CSC Kajaani plans regarding private cloud services. | Kuusisto | Dec 2012 |
| Opened November 30th. Presentation given in the January 2013 meeting. | |
Create a list of NORDUnet caching and gateway services | Johansson, Qvist | Mar 2013 |
| Work is in progress. The list should include e.g. Google Cache and Akamai. The situation was reported in the April 17th 2013 meeting. 16/4 This is now only the on-site Google Cache. Task completed. | |
Negotiate with the Uninett about the practicalites for the next inter-NREN meeting | Miettinen | Nov 2011 |
| Task completed successfully. | |
Write first version of the framework for common Nordic procurement of services | Qvist | Mar 2013 |
| The topic has been discussed between the NRENs. The scope is narrowed to procurements. | |
Notify the NRENs about the service matrix update | Miettinen | Nov 2012 |
| The NRENs have been notified. | |
Compose a draft version of a common logo | Leiponen | Nov 2011 |
| Draft logo is done and delivered to the mailing list. | |
Compose a draft version of technical instructions | Leiponen | Nov 2011 |
| NORDUnet PR group has assessed that there's no need. The task will not be done. | |
Arrange a workshop on HA systems co-located with the next meeting on Sep 7th 2011 | Schelderup | Nov 2011 |
| Arranged and held as planned. | |
Shared services table: update on the content | Miettinen | Dec 2011 |
| Task completed. | |
Cloud: update on Uninett plans | Stromdal | Dec 2011 |
| Magnus has sent a description to the list. | |
Filesender service: study on possibilities to provide | Qvist | Jan 2012 |
| Overtaken by events. | |
Arrange a BoF in NORDUnet2011 | Bech, Miettinen | Jun 2011 |
| The BoF was held as planned. | |
Compose a shared service template | Leiponen | Aug 2011 |
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Cloud: provide NORDUnet cloud plans | Buch | Jun 2011 |
| The NORDUnet 2020 inspiration paper is available. | |
Cloud: provide study comparing GRID and cloud | Qvist | Jun 2011 |
| The link was sent to the mailing list. | |
Group wiki: content structure | Qvist | Nov 2012 |
| Access permissions are faulty. It was agreed that the working group doesn't need an internal wiki. | |
Group wiki: allow cross access between PR and inter-NREN group | Qvist | Jun 2011 |
| Cross access has been granted. | |
Remind Uninett and RHNet about the service matrix | Miettinen | Jun 2011 |
| JM has contacted the parties | |
Provide example of a scanning report | Bech | N/A |
| moved to Nordic CERT forum and closed | |
Security auditing service investigations | Qvist | N/A |
| moved to Nordic CERT forum and closed | |
Set up a new work area | Qvist |
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| repository for documents needed. problem fixed,,,, | |
IPTV activation | Bech | Apr 2011 |
| map the interest in IPTV. work has started and potential participants have been found. | |
create IPTV mailing list | Bech | Nov 2012 |
| The mailing list will not be made. | |
arrange 2nd NORDUnet IPTV workshop | Bech | Apr 2011 |
| workshop was arranged on April 5th 2011 | |
Mark federated services in the service matrix (which could be shared using Kalmar) | All NRENs | Jan 2011 |
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Define a marking syntax for service matrix, especially for federation needs | Qvist, Miettinen |
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| Suggestion was accepted in August meeting | |
Provide material about online backup system pilot | Strömdal |
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| Done. | |
Provide a short introduction about eCampus programme | Strömdal | Nov 2011 |
| Done. | |
Write a half page about how Funet customer survey has been organized | Miettinen |
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| Done. | |
need for deadlines (milestones and goals) for specific tasks | Miettinen |
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| editing in progress, TODO-list clarification is done. Suggestion was accepted in August meeting | |
presentation about the group at TNC 2011 | Bech | May 2011 |
| Abstract submitted in time. Given successfully. | |
write draft of 13.1 minutes to be submitted for next day's CTO meeting | Kuusisto |
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| Done. | |
link the descriptions to the actual service descriptions on the web | All NRENs |
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| NORDUnet | |
fill in the service map (table) from services available at NRENs | All NRENs |
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| NORDUnet | |
generate a service map NRENs to fill in the information | Qvist |
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| Done. Map is in use. | |
set up joint best practises Wiki for IPTV | Qvist |
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| Done. wiki | |
set up InterNREN list on NORDUnet listserve | Qvist |
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| list is there, and now cleaned up see members |
1 Comment
Jørgen Qvist
We should have a symbol in the federated services list that indicate the services that can be used by more NRENS e.g. foodle