DYNES-Deployments

[Benjeman Meekhof <>]

At one time after a call with Tufts I was asked to sent the collection
of dynes documentation containing user and password information to
.
  Do you have this documentation?  If so, please see
the document DYNES_README for information on setting up accounts on
the FDT or IDC server.  Please see the document
dynes-switch-config-tufts.docs.pdf for information on logging into the
switch.  You may create any new accounts or change the password on any
"admin" account but we ask you do not alter the "dynes" account in any
way.

Please be aware, as also noted in the documents, you cannot log into
the FDT or IDC machines with a password over ssh.  It is required that
you setup an ssh key-based login via local console access.  This is
documented in the aforementioned readme.

If there are any questions about this documentation, or you do not
have the documentation, please let me know.  Because it contains
default password information (which should be changed) we prefer not
to post it publicly but I can send it to you directly.

regards,
Ben

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Barr, James 
<>
 wrote:
> So, the frustration here is that we are continually referred back to the 
> DYNES doc links.
> Am I to understand that nobody can assist us with basic user setup and 
> operation? I am trying to get a final determination on this so I can inform 
> our senior management (so we can try to assign priority on this project and 
> get an estimate of hours required to make it work).
>
> Thanks,
> JB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
> 
>  
> [mailto:]
>  On Behalf Of Dale W. Carder
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 10:41 AM
> To: 
> 
> Cc: Gray, Charles
> Subject: Re: [dynes-deployments] Administrator Configuration Checklist
>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> You can find a lot of documentation here:
> http://www.internet2.edu/ion/dynes.html  (scroll down) 
> https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/dynesdoc/Home
> http://www.internet2.edu/ion/docs/FDTAgent_Usage_Dynes_v03.pdf
>
> In a nutshell, the boxes are more or less yours to maintain.  See the FAQ 
> for more details / caveats.
>
> In the documentation for the FDT there is a "dynes ping" sort of command 
> you can use in addition to file transfer tools.
>
> For local passwords, this would have been chosen as part of the 
> provisioning for your site.  The dynes admins can probably use their 
> backdoor and reset it for you.  Then you can log in as root on console and 
> set up local user accounts (and corresponding ssh keys) or do whatever it 
> is that your site does.
>
> Dale
>
> Thus spake Barr, James 
> ()
>  on Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:56:20PM +0000:
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> More practically, I have questions about DYNES as a service that don't 
>> seem to have an answer from any of our folks internally:
>>
>> 1) How does one obtain an account on the DYNES server and begin using 
>> Dynes?
>> 2) Will the  accounts be LDAP enabled or is it a local account that must 
>> be setup on the server?
>>
>> Forgive me, the individual who was lead on this left back in February and 
>> this project got passed to my department (enterprise infrastructure).
>> Our network team was instrumental in getting the DYNES equipment on line, 
>> but they would not be the ones who will administrate the system and assist 
>> with user logins, file transfers, general questions, etc.
>>
>> Is there a step by step admin guide we can use (as in, step 1, login to 
>> the VM on the DYNES physical host, setup a user, test functionality, 
>> confirm data transfer is working, etc)?
>> This would provide the best way for us to wrap a service around the 
>> product and create and modify internal docs that any of my admins can use.
>>
>> Some of the links in the DYNES documentation wiki are dead, or lead to 
>> other projects (OSCARS, for example) which are used, but not specific to 
>> DYNES.
>>
>> Any help you can provide would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim Barr
>> Manager, Enterprise Infrastructure
>> Tufts University
>> 617-627-0657
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 
>> 
>> [mailto:]
>>  On Behalf Of Brian
>> Cashman
>> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 8:09 AM
>> To: Gray, Charles
>> Cc: 
>> 
>> Subject: Re: [dynes-deployments] Administrator Configuration Checklist
>>
>> Charles,
>>
>> No one here knows of a specific checklist. Is there any more detail you 
>> can provide?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>       Brian Cashman
>>       Internet2
>>
>> On 4/16/13 4:09 PM, 
>> 
>>  wrote:
>> > Someone here at Tufts has asked "Has the administrator configuration
>> > check list already been done for our site?"
>> >
>> > Could you please refer me specifically to that document?  There's
>> > much documentation to wade through and wiki search isn't fruitful on
>> > the terms "configuration checklist"
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Charles Gray
>> > Senior Systems Administrator
>> > Tufts Technology Services (TTS)
>> > 169 Holland Street
>> > Somerville, MA 02144
>> > (617) 627-5327 (w)
>> > (617) 627-3307 (f)
>> > it.tufts.edu
>> >
>>
>>