[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?

[16:40:12 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> we have it deployed locally prabhu

[16:40:42 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> how is it going?

[16:59:23 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> hi drewwills

[16:59:48 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> I am using local login

[17:00:34 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> But the username and password field is not displayed at the appropirate place

[17:00:46 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> I want it to be displayed as a portlet

[17:00:54 CST(-0600)] <prabhu> how to do that?

[17:29:16 CST(-0600)] <drewwills> prabhu this page has most of the info: https://wiki.jasig.org/display/UPM40/Internal+Accounts

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