Shibboleth Workshop October 2016

[Dean Woodbeck <>]

InCommon Shibboleth Workshop * October 27-28, 2016

California State University Chancellor’s Office * Long Beach, California

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You are receiving this note because you registered for the InCommon Shibboleth Installation Workshop, October 27-28, 2016, at the California State University Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach. Here is some important information to make your experience productive and enjoyable.

 

We have created a wiki page that should answer most of your questions about location, parking, hotels, driving directions, and the like: https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/p4AQBg

 

Please note on hotels: We understand that space is becoming limited in some hotels. If you have not made a reservation, we encourage you to do so today.

 

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Training Location

California State University Office of the Chancellor

401 Golden Shore

Long Beach, California 90802

Map and detailed directions http://www.calstate.edu/CO_map.pdf

 

Check-in opens at 8:00 a.m. PT both days, and the sessions will begin at 9 am. Note that we provide lunch and refreshment breaks, but we do not provide breakfast.

 

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Hotel, Transportation, and Parking

See the hotel information on the wiki page: https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/p4AQBg

 

Mass Transit: Long Beach is served by light rail (the Blue Line) and it is possible to use this service to get to and from LAX with a short shuttle bus ride from the terminal and a change of trains (see http://www.la-electric-travel.com/LAX-via-Metro-Rail.html to help with your decision). Long Beach airport is closer and more convenient, but flight times and connections are more limited).

 

Parking: There is a commercial parking structure to the east of the Chancellor’s Office. Driving directions are on the wiki page: https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/p4AQBg

 

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Workshop Survey and Virtual Machines

Please note that the training requires you to bring a laptop. You will need to have either an RDP client (for Windows) or SSH client (for Linux), plus root access to modify your etc/host files, depending on your choice of operating system for this class.

 

Please complete a brief survey prior to the training, and no later than Friday, October 21. This will allow the training team to spin up the appropriate number of VMs and also customize the discussion items to be covered. Survey link: https://goo.gl/pCuJPe

 

The training makes use of Virtual Machines (VMs), in this case derived from Amazon Marketplace Images (AMI) loaded on Amazon Web Services. The training team will provide access instructions when you arrive for the first day of the training. You will have the choice of running the VM in your own AWS instance, or having Internet2 and InCommon host the VM on your behalf.

 

•    You will need root/administrator access on the computer you will be bringing to class so that you can modify the local hosts file.


•    If you choose to use the Internet2/InCommon-hosted instance, your VM will be available during the training and for two weeks after the training. After two weeks, the VM will no longer exist, so be sure to save anything you need within two weeks of the end of the training.


 

Please review the preparation instructions for your environment

•    Linux: https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/p4bYAg


•    Windows: https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/jYjYAg


•    You can also peruse the curriculum ahead of time:  https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/tgCNBQ


 

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Registration/Sign-In

OBTAIN YOUR NAME BADGE and other important meeting materials outside the training room, which opens at 8:00 a.m. We suggest you arrive by 8:30, to allow enough time to check in, browse the beverages, and get your laptop up and running.

 

CASUAL ATTIRE is suggested. All software used is thread-safe, so steel-toed boots, hard hats, and leather gloves are strictly optional.

 

BEVERAGES AND LUNCH: We do *not* provide breakfast in the morning, although we do endorse the concept that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. That said, coffee, tea, soft drinks and water will be available and there will be a mid-morning snack. Lunch *is* provided as part of your registration and there will be an afternoon snack break, as well.

 

If you have any questions about the workshop or its technical content, please send a note to .

 

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Dean Woodbeck

Education and Outreach Lead, InCommon

Internet2