[Request deployment] New Hub: Tufts University

[colliand]

The GitHub handle of the community representative

• @whumph-tufts; [email protected]

Hub important dates

• Target Start Date: 2023-12-08
• Required Start Date: 2023-12-15

Hub Authentication Type

Institutional Provider via CILogon (e.g., [email protected])

First Hub Administrators

• Will Humphries; [email protected]
• Peter Nadel; [email protected]
• Kyle Monahan; [email protected]

[GitHub Auth only] How would you like to manage your users?

None

[GitHub Teams Auth only] Profile restriction based on team membership

No response

Hub logo image URL

https://brand.tufts.edu/sites/g/files/lrezom786/files/styles/large/public/2022-09/tufts-ext.jpg

Hub logo website URL

https://www.tufts.edu/

Hub user image GitHub repository

Data8 style hub

Hub user image tag and name

Latest Data8 software image

Extra features you would like to enable

• Dedicated Kubernetes cluster
• Scalable Dask Cluster

(Optional) Preferred cloud provider

GCP (default and preferred)

(Optional) Preferred cloud region

No response

(Optional) Billing and Cloud account

None

Other relevant information to the features above

This is a request for a pilot deployment of an education hub designed to serve Data8-style instruction for Tufts University.

Tasks to deploy the hub

• 1. Deploy information filled in above
• 2. Engineer who will deploy the hub is assigned
• 3. If using GitHub Orgs/Teams Auth, Engineer is given Owner rights to the org to set this up.
• 4. Initial Hub deployment PR
• 5. Administrators able to log on -> Hub now in steady-state

[github-actions]

Hey @pending and @colliand! 👋
I noticed there is still pending information about the new hub deployment.
Can you please help us fill it in?

The information pieces still missing, are:
- community representative handle
- hub logo image url
- hub user image tag and name
- extra features you would like to enable

Details about each of them can be found in the top comment. But if you have questions about any of them, please ping the 2i2c/engineering team and they will help you.

After the form in the top comment is filled in, an engineer will be assigned and will start deploying the new hub 🚀. Thank you!

[damianavila]

@colliand, to operationalize this one during the next sprint (the last one from the year) we need to make sure we get all the details early on (next few days) so I can properly assign an engineer to deploy around the target date. Do we have those specific details (listed above) somewhere or are we able to secure those early on (so this one can be effectively deployed during next week?). Thanks for your help!

[colliand]

Thanks @damianavila. Understood. The (first) community rep has been assigned: @whumph-tufts. On launch, this hub should use the latest Data8 software image. The landing page splash image is available here: https://brand.tufts.edu/guidelines/logos-and-lockups

I will add to the anchor comment.

[colliand]

I add @pnadelofficial to the anchor comment above. Thanks Peter! We look forward to working with you.

[damianavila]

Assigned @sgibson91 to deploy this one during the next few days (next week).

[sgibson91]

@colliand Since this hub will be using CILogon for authentication, and not GitHub, can you please update the "First Hub Admins" section with their institutional emails rather than GitHub handles please?

[sgibson91]

Hub user image GitHub repository

Data8 style hub

Hub user image tag and name

Latest Data8 software image

@colliand Can you be more specific here please? I don't know what image "latest Data8 style" is referring to

[colliand]

Thanks @sgibson91 for the clarification request. The Tufts hub should be deployed with the same software image as used in the Berkeley/Cloudbank/2i2c hubs. These hubs are used to deliver instruction modelled on Berkeley's Data8 course: http://www.data8.org/

I will update the anchor comment with the emails in a few moments.

[colliand]

Emails added in anchor comment.

[sgibson91]

The Tufts hub should be deployed with the same software image as used in the Berkeley/Cloudbank/2i2c hubs. These hubs are used to deliver instruction modelled on Berkeley's Data8 course: http://www.data8.org/

Unfortunately this still doesn't help me much. We seemed to have moved away from the user image we were maintaining and instead use community managed images instead, such as such as scipy-notebook or rocker. Can you point to a specific hub 2i2c are already running that I could copy the image/profile information from? I think I'll open another issue in the team-compass to track clarifying language around what "Data8 style" means.

EDIT: issue to discuss this: 2i2c-org/team-compass#785

[colliand]

Sorry Sarah! For example: https://tuskegee.cloudbank.2i2c.cloud/hub/

I understand that educational hubs with "cloudbank" in their URL are set up to support Data8 instruction. Tufts wants that same software image for their pilot deployment.

[sgibson91]

Thank you Jim!

Yeah, I see we have a "cloudbank-data8-image" as well, I'm just not sure how much involvement we have in that and how much is just Sean!

[sgibson91]

A hub is available at https://tufts.2i2c.cloud

@colliand can you please let the community representatives know that they can test this out?

[damianavila]

@colliand, also see my related comment at 2i2c-org/team-compass#785 (comment). Thanks!

[sgibson91]

I think I am going to close this and any issues can be raised via the support process