[Deploying Sakai] Bulk users load

[Tseliso Molukanele]

thank you for all the information, it is just what i needed.

I will play around with the web services (at least enabling them), and 
see how that goes, but I think I will be cool to go!

cheers,

On 16/08/2010 13:39, Steve Swinsburg wrote:
> Hi Tseliso,
>
> As for a button in the UI, this is already requested here: 
> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-18450
>
> For the web service Perl script, you need to enter in the correct URL 
> for your server, and the admin username and password. But you also 
> need to enable the web services on the system, so this isn't really a 
> non-techie solution.
>
> You could try using the test-connection.pl <http://test-connection.pl> 
> script to check if you are doing it right.
>
> cheers,
> Steve
>
> On 16/08/2010, at 9:31 PM, Tseliso Molukanele wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve
>>
>> Thanks for the quick reply.
>>
>> Does this mean I should give up in looking for an existing 
>> non-technical solution meant for non-technical administrators, i.e a 
>> button on the web interface with a upload CSV file functionality.
>>
>> I see the perl script "create-users.pl <http://create-users.pl>" is 
>> the one loading the users and I think it is indeed an example of what 
>> I need.
>>
>> the bad news is that the addresses
>> 'http://XXXXXXXXXXXXX:8080/sakai-axis/SakaiLogin.jws?wsdl
>> 'http://XXXXXXXXXXXXXX:8080/sakai-axis/SakaiScript.jws?wsdl
>> where xxxxx is my machine do not point to anything.  I can get to 
>> http://xxxx:8080/sakai-axis/ but not any further.  not having any 
>> previous work on Sakai web services I'm cant tell what i'm doing wrong
>>
>>
>> On 16/08/2010 13:11, Steve Swinsburg wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> You can use the webservices or write a custom Quartz job. I have a 
>>> Perl script to do exactly what you need here:
>>> https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib//swinsburg/webservice-scripts/
>>>
>>> which loads user data from a CSV file.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16/08/2010, at 8:22 PM, Tseliso Molukanele wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All
>>>>
>>>> What is the most convinient way to bulk upload Sakai users into 
>>>> Sakai assuming a new system and thousands of new users.
>>>>
>>>> Three options come to mind and I'm not sure if they are all 
>>>> possible and where to find the specific solutions
>>>>
>>>>     * Existing functionality in the "User", "User Membership" or
>>>>       other stable tools
>>>>     * Writing a new tool or enhancing already existing tools
>>>>     * Using direct database load
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Tseliso
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>> Tseliso Molukanele
>> 012-342-1383
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