JS Admin README

There are two main tasks related to JabberStudio administration:

Creating new JS users on zeus

Web users are different from system users. Developers need to be system users with a shell account on zeus in order to check in code and modify their project websites. Here's how to create system users:

• Log into zeus (you're soaking in it)
• Type 'jsadduser username email' (make the system name the same as the person's JS web username if possible, it just makes life easier)
• When prompted, type the person's Full Name
• Skip the Room Number, Work Phone, and Home Phone
• For Other, type the person's email address

When you're done, the jsadduser script will send an email to the new shell user.

Creating JS Projects

This is a two-part process: you need to access the web interface and also run the jsaddproject script on zeus. You MUST run the jsaddproject script before you hit the "Add" button on the "Add A Project" page!

Note: I tend to "interview" the project requester via Jabber because sometimes people are confused about whether they even really need a JabberStudio project, they're not ready to check in code and don't know what license to use, etc. Also, several years ago, temas and I decided that JS is for hosted projects only (projects that check in code), not the old-style projects that point to code elsewhere. Remember, JS is like SourceForge, not Freshmeat.

OK, here goes:

• Log into http://www.jabberstudio.org/
• Click the "Site Administration" link at the top right
• Click "Add A Project" from the "Site Admin" menu
• Fill out the form as follows:
  • Project Name: this is the friendly name, can contain spaces etc.
  • System Name: this is the system name, no spaces or caps etc.
  • Owner: this is the project owner's web username, not system username
  • Homepage: http://projectname.jabberstudio.org/ or URL of project owner's choice
  • Content Management URL: leave it blank (I don't know what this is for!)
  • Description: Project description as provided by project owner, edit as necessary (I always do!)
  • Type: Normal
  • License: FOSS license for project code (if you need to add a new one, ping me)
  • Platforms: General unless a client, then choose appropriate computing platform (if you need to add a new one, ping me)
  • Programming Language: Main code language for project code
  • Category: Choose one
  • Allow Anonymous Comments: uncheck (I don't know what this is for!)
  • Allow Anonymous Submissions: uncheck (I don't know what this is for!)

Now, BEFORE you hit the "Add" button, do the following!

1. Double-check the form
2. Run the jsaddproject script:

  jsaddproject project-name owner-shell-account email-address group-name

Where...

• project-name = short system name from web form
• owner-shell-account = project owner's shell account name from jsadduser
• email-address = project owner's email address
• group-name = short group name to be added to /etc/group (usually this is just the same as the project-name)

If the jsaddproject script completes with no errors, the project owner will receive a helpful and informative email and it will be safe for you to hit the "Add" button on the "Add A Project" page.

That's it!

Other Tasks

Mailing list setup etc. to follow.