[cle-release-team] System requirements draft for 2.9.0

[Steve Swinsburg]

For the record, the security issue they are talking about does not affect server installations of Java, it was only applets. 

Deployers need to install the Oracle JDK to install Sakai. End users don't need anything except a browser (and the Java browser plugin for the only applet in Sakai, the Samigo audio recording m,ovule, but they are prompted for that if they don't have it, as per that article).

 I don't believe we have tested enough on Open JDK to suggest its use for 2.9 yet but could be wrong.

Also, we need people to be running Java 6, not 7.

For 3: Definitely need Tomcat, whether people run a normal web server in front is up to them, but that is the most common setup in production  systems, and I'd say that Apache HTTPD is the most common.
For 4: I don't know how current those systems are, I haven't heard from anyone there in a while.
For 5: IIRC we dropped MySQL for 2.8 in favour of MySQL 5.1. So 5.0 is not recommended/supported.

cheers,
Steve


On 22/10/2012, at 6:47 AM, Neal Caidin <nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org> wrote:

> Question 2 is answered - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/19/apple-drops-java-mac_n_1989623.html?ir=Technology
> 
> There should be a Java 7, but supplied by Oracle, not Apple.
> 
> 
> -- Neal
> 
> On Oct 19, 2012, at 3:01 PM, Neal Caidin <nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I have copied the requirements from 2.8 and started modifying for 2.9.0 release notes. 
>> 
>> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/%5BEarly+Draft%5D+Sakai+CLE+2.x+system+requirements+for+most+recent+release
>> 
>> Here are some of my questions, at least to start:
>> 
>> 1) Should I just remove all the examples of institutions and there configurations?  I have no idea if these are up-to-date or not and it would take a lot of work to find out.  Okay with that?
>> 
>> 2) I wrote "You may need to install Java SE 7 on Mac OS X.".  Is that true? There does not seem to be an Apple release of Java 7 yet.
>> 
>> 3) It says "The Sakai Community is overwhelmingly an Apache http/Apache Tomcat user community… ".  Is that still true? What about nginx and others? not catching up?
>> 
>> 4) "A few schools such as Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Universidad de Guadalajara report deploying Sakai on JBoss." - more specific examples. Should I nuke'em?
>> 
>> 5) "Sakai CLE production installations typically run either Oracle 10g/11g or MySQL 5.0/5.1/5.5."   . I added Mysql 5.5 based on recent CLE discussions. Is MySql 5.0 still supported? What about Oracle versions?
>> 
>> 6) "Clustering, file storage and load balancing strategies" - I have no idea about this section. Volunteer to review?
>> 
>> 7) External Authentication choices looks good, unless their are any major ones missing.
>> 
>> 8) "Integrating with student information systems" - I know there are a lot of options. I also know this is very important to schools. Anyone want to take a shot at reviewing?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> 
>> Neal Caidin
>> 
>> Sakai CLE Community Coordinator
>> nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org
>> Skype: nealkdin
>> AIM: ncaidin at aol.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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