[11:20:55 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> Hi
[11:21:20 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> anybodu here who knows about SSP for uPortal?
[11:21:44 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> anybody here who knows about SSP for uPortal?
[12:04:54 CST(-0600)] <rlewis_> do u think Athena will be on later today?
[12:05:34 CST(-0600)] <goldmantx> rlewis_ : Athena isn't on much anymore. She works at Google now and her time on the project is pretty limited
[12:07:05 CST(-0600)] <rlewis_> who else is good with Spring?
[12:09:36 CST(-0600)] <goldmantx> Not sure but you could ask the question and see if someone who is on answers...
[12:14:40 CST(-0600)] <rlewis_> the situation is more that I have an agile team that is working to finish off a project and I need a Spring guru for 4 months, remote team, to bring up the velocity to complete the project on time. Anyone interested?
[12:17:05 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> hi prabhu – I've worked on SSP, I can maybe help
[12:17:45 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> rlewis_ we should talk
[12:18:48 CST(-0600)] <rlewis_> ok, please call 979-739-7442
[12:28:36 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> ji drewwills
[12:28:39 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> hi drewwills
[12:28:44 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> hey there
[12:29:05 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> I am looking to have SSP with uPortal
[12:29:13 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> I have few questions
[12:29:22 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> Can you please clarify it
[12:29:24 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> Can you please clarify it?
[12:29:26 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> excellent – in that case I'm delighted to meet you 
[12:29:30 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> sure
[12:29:36 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> great....
[12:29:50 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> 1. Can I use Mysql as my back end database?
[12:30:55 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> Well, I believe you could... but it's not tested or certified with that combination, so you might have some troubleshooting work to do
[12:31:08 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> Okay thats fine..
[12:31:24 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> MySQL isn't overly friendly even to uPortal
[12:31:24 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> I am not that much good with this language..
[12:31:34 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> It's ok
[12:31:44 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> ok. which database is good with uportal?
[12:32:10 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> 3 are very good: Oracle, MS SQL Server, and PostgreSQL
[12:32:29 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> if you choose 1 of those, you seldom have trouble
[12:32:44 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> PortgreSQL is free and open source
[12:32:53 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> Okay, But I have sites running with Mysql as my backend..
[12:33:10 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> Is there anyway where I could migrate ?
[12:34:12 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> how do you mean migrate? move your existing sites off of mySQL, or choose mySQL for uPortal+SSP?
[12:34:33 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> moving existing one
[12:34:38 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> with mysql
[12:35:04 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> ah – do you mean an existing uPortal?
[12:35:10 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> yes
[12:35:14 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> ok, gotcha
[12:35:22 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> yes, it should be easy to migrate
[12:35:26 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> pretty easy
[12:35:38 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> ok that sounds good
[12:35:52 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> My next question is:
[12:36:00 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> Am confused with SSP documentation
[12:36:01 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> look at this reference: https://wiki.jasig.org/display/UPM40/Import+Export+Data+Migration+Tools
[12:36:31 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> looks great..
[12:37:11 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> So, I have doubt, whether SSP is a seperate product with uPortal or not
[12:37:26 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> SSP is young and still putting documentation together... but I can say they have a lot of talent and energy on the project... they're moving very well
[12:37:40 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> Yup,
[12:38:23 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> I saw that SSP platform is included with uPortal
[12:38:32 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> Yes SSP is a seperate "product" or "brand" – that means you don't have to build a campus portal on uPortal adopt SSP
[12:39:02 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> Ok, Do we have a portlet for adopting?
[12:39:03 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> but SSP is built on uPortal technology as a "development platform"
[12:39:16 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> yes I understood
[12:39:22 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> yes, 1 sec
[12:39:26 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> ok
[12:39:34 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> https://github.com/Jasig/SSP
[12:39:47 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> that project is the portlet-only version
[12:40:15 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> if you take it and build it, what you get is a portlet application
[12:40:27 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> that you can put in your existing uPortal
[12:40:35 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> Okay, is there any documentation?
[12:40:44 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> doc link is bad
[12:40:56 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> EXCEPT: there are 1 or 2 tasks you would have to do to make it all work
[12:41:24 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> there are some groups & permissions and so forth you have to add to your uPortal
[12:41:53 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> and I think mybe 1 code change/enhancement... though that is in the process of being contributed to uPortal
[12:42:33 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> ah...okay
[12:42:52 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> https://wiki.jasig.org/display/SSP/Home
[12:43:33 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> most of those docs will be written from the perspective of someone who doesn't have a uPortal
[12:43:42 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> yes
[12:43:54 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> but the underlying info is still relevant and valid
[12:44:16 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> for example: the information on data integration
[12:44:27 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> okay, thanks...
[12:44:54 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> I will work with this documentation and see how it comes and I will keep you posted
[12:45:00 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> thanks
[12:45:14 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> Have you done any other integration
[12:45:15 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> ?
[12:45:46 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> do you mean integration with anything in particular? i've done a ton of general integration
[12:46:05 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> oh ok, am also working on Sakai integration with it
[12:46:12 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> ah, gotcha
[12:46:58 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> it would be fantastic to develop a ready-made Sakai-SSP integration in open source
[12:47:36 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> yup..
[12:47:57 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> if you were willing to work toward that, I'm sure the SSP team would be very helpful and quick in answering questions
[12:48:07 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> ok thanks..
[12:48:14 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> I have an idea with that.
[12:48:29 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> Will first finish this and get back to that
[12:48:39 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> cool
[12:48:55 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> Have you worked on sakai-connector portlet made by steve?
[12:48:55 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> i know there is an ssp-dev list you can join
[12:49:03 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> I haven't, no
[12:49:09 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> okay
[12:49:33 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> i have worked on this: https://wiki.jasig.org/display/PLT/Courses+Portlet
[12:49:45 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> and many great things have been happening with it recently
[12:50:07 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> screenshots on that page are very out-of-date... i should post new ones
[12:50:29 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> oh great..
[12:51:55 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> I am a Linux system admin, So I dont much Idea
[12:53:30 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> well I hope you have great success
[12:54:34 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> thanks
[15:49:47 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> anyone deployed uportal 4.0.10?