15:59:41 #startmeeting OPNFV Pharos 15:59:41 Meeting started Wed Jan 6 15:59:41 2016 UTC. The chair is trevor_intel. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 15:59:41 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 15:59:41 The meeting name has been set to 'opnfv_pharos' 16:00:02 #info Trevor - Intel lab 16:00:09 #info Fatih Degirmenci 16:00:33 #info Iben Rodriguez 16:00:47 no lab 16:00:48 Agenda topics? 16:01:17 1) Labs 2) Documentation 16:01:21 #info Jack Morgan - Intel lab 16:01:27 sounds good to me 16:01:44 Ok lets get going 16:01:53 #topic Lab status 16:01:54 labs is pretty broad - are we focused on installer integration with certain testers? 16:02:28 iben_: Everything we are doing now is for rls B :) 16:02:59 trevor_intel: should I type in the status of pods one by one? 16:03:00 I think we have to only focus on that 16:03:10 Fatih: yes please 16:03:25 what is our burn down list? Get 4 installers working with functest in at least one lab - is there a list for this on the wiki? 16:03:37 iben_: can we please stick to hw side of things 16:04:03 #info LF POD1: currently being reconfigured - will be used for apex on master branch 16:04:03 sure - that's fine - trying to agree on scope - thanks! are there hardware issues? 16:04:22 #info LF POD2: operational - will be used for fuel on stable/brahmaputra branch 16:04:58 #info Intel POD2: operational - will be used for apex on master branch - might be having network issues - apex will contact to trevor_intel and jmorgan1 16:05:04 #info Narinder Gupta 16:05:19 #info Intel POD5: operational - will be used for joid stable/brahmaputra 16:05:27 #info Intel POD6: operational - will be used for joid master 16:05:49 #info Intel POD8: not operational - waiting for jumphost which should be available soon - will be used for compass master 16:05:52 the extra jump nodes were added for intel pod 5 and 6? 16:06:05 #info Ericsson POD2: operational - will be used for fuel master 16:06:08 iben_: yes 16:06:12 great! 16:06:27 I missed one POD? 16:06:34 Huawei 16:06:50 #info Huawei POD: operational - will be used for compass stable/brahmaputra 16:07:01 #info some notes 16:07:08 fdegir: apex only need to contact jmorgan1 16:07:11 #info Intel POD6 will be connected to Jenkins tomorrow 16:07:17 I have updated teh Wiki page with latest status 16:07:22 #link https://wiki.opnfv.org/pharos_rls_b_labs 16:07:33 2 questions 16:07:39 #info All the PODs are currently running on master branch 16:07:52 #info PODs will switch to stable/brahmaputra branches once the branching is done 16:07:55 trevor_intel: yes 16:08:04 #undo 16:08:22 Fatih: Intel POD 2 issue ... can you explain more to give us a ehad start 16:08:25 #info PODs will switch to stable/brahmaputra branches once the branching is done - based on the table 16:08:44 trevor_intel: need to pull radez and trozet here 16:08:47 pinged them 16:08:58 jmorgan1: Can you confirm we are on track to get POD 8 operational today? 16:09:07 trevor_intel: yes 16:09:17 jmorgan1: thanks! 16:09:24 hi 16:09:26 and they're joining 16:09:39 nice! 16:09:40 trozet: radez: can you please summarize the network issues on intel pod2 16:10:07 trozet: has the low dow on it, he's hit the issues and can describe them 16:10:25 fdegir: There are 2 issues from my experience 16:10:58 fdegir: one is the network bandwidth seems to just throttle randomly, and we have to download the RPM when we deploy and it takes forever 16:11:18 fdegir: the other issue is network connectivity seems to randomly drop and come back after a few seconds 16:11:38 fdegir: i had to try baremetal deployment a few times because the installer host lost connectivity to the baremetal hosts while deploying 16:12:06 jmorgan1: Can you comment, any clues what might be causing these issues? 16:12:08 jmorgan1: is this good enough for you to take a look at intel pod2? 16:12:55 i'll take a look today, not sure why 16:13:03 trevor_intel: well it could be ports flapping on the switches 16:13:16 maybe check the switch log and see if the ports have flapped a bunch of times 16:13:20 might be switch or cable issue 16:13:22 trozet: what tiem zone are you in? 16:13:25 EST 16:13:55 for the first issue you can curl our RPM to the jumphost and watch the bit rate 16:14:13 the second issue if you just assign an IP to one of the baremetal nodes and ping for a while I bet you will see periods of drops 16:14:28 ok, thanks 16:14:30 sometimes my ssh to the node locks up for a few seconds then comes back as well 16:15:01 trozet: what is best way for Jack to contact you ... IRC? 16:15:22 trevor_intel: yeah, or email trozet@redhat.com 16:15:36 trozet: ok thanks 16:16:10 fdegir: LF POD 1 ... how confident are you that it will be operational this week? 16:16:22 fdegir: Do we need a backup plan? 16:16:49 trevor_intel: I think it is pretty crucial to have something for Apex this week 16:17:13 fdegir: agree, and I don't have visibility how close we are 16:17:34 trevor_intel: it seems Slovakia is having public holiday today 16:17:44 trevor_intel: and we are waiting Peter Bandzi 16:18:01 trevor_intel: the other competent person is trozet 16:18:07 trevor_intel: for LF POD1 16:18:25 trevor_intel: so it depends on trozet's availability 16:18:32 trozet: ? 16:18:39 fdegir: I just got a bunch of stuff off my plate, so I have time now to look at LF POD 1 16:18:41 trevor_intel: and urgency of getting bm for apex 16:18:50 fdegir: going to try to do it now 16:19:02 trozet: good to hear trozet 16:19:35 trozet: according to Peter, LF POD2 should not be impacted network-wise 16:19:52 trozet: Can we get a status update at end-of-day? 16:20:07 trozet: please let me know when/if you finish your work so I can run a fuel deploy on LF POD2 to see if things are still normal 16:20:07 fdegir: what do you mean? like i cant screw up pod 2 by messing with pod 1? 16:20:20 trevor_intel: will do 16:20:26 trozet: that's right - please keep pod2 working :D 16:20:40 Fatih: fussy! 16:21:20 hahaha 16:21:23 Ok so if there is not line-of-sight by tomorrow I think we need an alternative for Apex ... do you agree? 16:21:27 ill do my best not to make things worse 16:21:31 topic 3) Pharos project in JIRA 16:21:40 please add ^^ 16:21:43 here is what pbandzi said 16:21:45 10:19 pbandzi: will there be impacts on pod2 due to pod1 reconfiguration? 16:21:45 10:20 fdegir: pod2 will be without impact 16:22:03 trozet: if you think you're close to messing it up, please stop 16:22:21 haha 16:22:25 yeah 16:22:25 :) 16:22:31 just being open 16:22:51 Ok so looks like we wait for trozet status at EOD and go from there ... any other input on this one? 16:22:53 thanks for the confidence boost :) 16:23:03 Fatih: as usual :) 16:23:09 I know what you're capable - just joking 16:23:45 yeah me too :) 16:23:50 and in parallel to lf pod1, jmorgan1 will take a look at intel pod2 16:23:54 trevor_intel: do we need plan c? 16:24:25 Fatih: c? do we have b? 16:24:51 Fatih: I was thinking we need b :) 16:25:10 * ChrisPriceAB has fond memories of plan a ... 16:25:11 b is trozet taking care of lf pod1 16:25:48 btw we created a channel for apex, opnfv-apex 16:25:59 in case you want to join there or discuss apex stuff 16:26:01 Fatih: ahhh yes, as apposed to a which is Peter taking care of lf POD 1 16:26:04 everyone is invited except ChrisPriceAB 16:26:14 :( 16:26:28 haha 16:26:40 trevor_intel: yep 16:26:45 trevor_intel: so if we totally fail 16:26:56 trevor_intel: do we have a POD for apex bm? 16:27:14 trevor_intel: since apex is the only one with no pods atm 16:27:25 no well working pods I mean 16:27:48 jmorgan1: Please also send out a status update EOD for ... 1) POD 8 jumphost 2) POD 2 issue ... ok? 16:28:06 send status update to who? 16:28:27 jmorgan1: tech list with pharos tag 16:28:36 ok 16:28:40 jmorgan1: I can help with it 16:29:30 fdegir: yes lets think about an alternative option 16:29:36 any ideas? 16:29:59 e.g. is there another Intel POD we can repurpose? 16:30:20 e.g. POD 7? 16:30:48 POD 7 is allocated for Fuel dev/test 16:30:51 yes, POD 7 or 9 are possible. They will be ready today with POD 8 16:31:17 POD 9 is needed by STORPERF adn bottlenecks 16:31:59 fdegir: Do you think Fuel can get by without POD 7 for rls B (they have up until now) 16:32:19 trevor_intel: I have no idea with POD7 - who uses it for fuel development 16:32:46 fdegir: not sure, but it was allocated for that 16:33:01 trevor_intel: this is the first time I hear the existence of pod7 16:33:13 trevor_intel: can you perhaps find out who got vpn access for pod7 16:33:15 POD7 ia assigned but not Active 16:33:16 Fatih: Its on the Wiki :) 16:33:18 https://wiki.opnfv.org/get_started/intel_pods 16:33:34 trevor_intel: so we don't mess up someone elses work 16:34:15 trevor_intel: I only look at your table - ci pod assignment 16:34:32 Fatih: See table below that one 16:34:51 Fatih: "Community lab resources" 16:35:28 Ok so lets ping Fuel to make sure ... tentative plan to reassign to Apex BM ... ok? 16:35:47 trevor_intel: I can definitely say I have no plans for pod7 16:36:03 trevor_intel: fuel uses lf pod2 and ericsson pod2 for ci production 16:36:14 trevor_intel: but anyone using it for development - pinging fuel is better 16:36:18 Fatih: POD 7 was for dev 16:36:28 Fatih: ok will do 16:36:44 Move on to documentation? 16:36:48 +1 16:37:05 #topic Pharos documentation for rls B 16:37:09 Just a question, is there somewhere we can fun a scenario1 deploy and start doing functional testing for lsoapi for instance? 16:37:13 trevor_intel: can we consolidate pod assignment to one place, perhaps link "Community lab resources" table to intel_pods pae? 16:37:22 Fun->run 16:38:27 I refer to the post-deploy configuration features. 16:38:45 * ChrisPriceAB feels like the spanner in the gears.... 16:40:09 jmorgan1: This is the place ... link from Pharos page ... https://wiki.opnfv.org/pharos_rls_b_labs?&#status_of_production_ci_resources_for_release_b 16:41:03 jmorgan1: Lets review offline ... agree it should be in one place 16:43:20 ChrisPriceAB: We can review all the assignments to see 16:44:21 ChrisPriceAB: Means not in current scope of testing projects? 16:45:24 ChrisPriceAB: For lsoapi I though they do not have their own test cases yet 16:45:55 ChrisPriceAB: Can we take it offline ... want to get to documentation 16:46:24 Pharos documentation for rls B ... 16:46:31 I know the issues, overcoming them requires a Brahmaputra deploy for them to work on. 16:46:42 Follow up offline 16:47:25 1) Pharos spec ... needs updating 16:48:22 2) Key facts ... needs updating 16:48:40 3) Templates? 16:48:50 4) Other documentation? 16:49:32 ChrisPriceAB: What are you expecting for rls B? 16:50:11 Would like a physical node description and target config. 16:51:05 Mandatory is the Pharos description. Wanted is the target config guide. 16:51:56 We can add config to the pre-req sections of the installer config-guides if we don't have a standard yet. 16:52:50 Config files we discussed ... 1) INventory 2) Network config 3) Deploy scenarios 4) Test 16:53:55 Ok, let's review and discuss what's there and how to plug gaps. 16:55:36 Proposal by Tim for common inventory file https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/#/c/4079/ 16:55:46 Yardstick - POD Yaml sample https://git.opnfv.org/cgit/yardstick/tree/etc/yardstick/nodes/pod.yaml.sample 16:57:21 Jonas Framework proposal https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/#/c/3995/ 16:57:48 Need refresh on this, which projects are responsible 16:58:16 Perhaps we can discuss this in tomorrows test meeting? 16:58:53 I'll have a look at the current docs tomorrow to prepare. 16:59:36 ChrisPriceAB: Thanks, great 16:59:46 3) Pharos project in JIRA ? 17:00:01 #topic Pharos project in JIRA 17:00:42 I spoke with trevor_intel about adding components and versions (opnfv releases) to make better use of this tool 17:01:05 we might want to do a JIRA issue/task scrub to clean up the current items 17:01:28 i'd like to use this project to track lab issues (like the Intel pod 2 issues) 17:01:59 then issues can be documented via the jira task, and eventually go to release notes or HowTo docs, etc 17:02:02 Proposal is to use Jira to track lab ops and support (email is completely unmanageable) 17:03:15 jmorgan1: I looked at Jira yesterday and think need some advice form a JIRA guru 17:03:40 trevor_intel: I can help with that 17:03:56 ChrisPriceAB: Who is a good contact to get help with Jira (setting up labeling scheme)? 17:04:19 Mbeirel 17:04:20 jmorgan1: E.g. there is no way to add components that I acn find 17:04:33 Mark is a bit of a guru 17:04:34 Aric is the person I spoke with 17:05:11 Aric is the LF jira admin, i beleive 17:06:18 I think Mark and Aric can fix this - continue pinging 17:06:42 jmorgan1: I think we have a way forward with this 17:06:51 trevor_intel: they just did a Jira upgrade in Dec, so the UI is a little different now 17:07:03 Other topics before we close today? 17:07:22 #cookies 17:08:20 Get back to baking, yay 17:08:57 Talk tomorrow 17:09:04 #endmeeting