Conveners
OpenCloudMesh Campfire
- Giuseppe Lo Presti (CERN)
Description
Open Cloud Mesh (OCM) is a vendor-neutral API adopted by multiple EFSS vendors to enable federated sharing across heterogeneous Sync&Share systems. As part of the ScienceMesh implementation, the API has been adopted as foundation layer and incorporated in the cs3org GitHub organization. The latest version of the OCM API (v1.1) has been released in May 2023 to include optional capabilities with a discovery mechanism, and it has been demonstrated in the ScienceMesh pre-production infrastructure.
Join us to learn about the current state of OCM and shape its future, together with the main stakeholders.
This presentation will set the scene for the Campfire session.
The current state of the specification and its latest evolution will be presented, with reference to the ScienceMesh infrastructure and the CS3 community at large.
A number of questions will be raised, which can be discussed in the Panel discussion that will follow the topical lightning talks.
At SURF, we have a large number of cloud environments. But how can you optimally collaborate when users are spread across multiple environments.
Creating a share with a group is much easier, than with several individuals. Our story how we solve this with federated groups.
When data is sensitive, it is valuable to know who is accessing it. Multi factor authentication (MFA) aims to solve this by raising the level of assurance of an identity. We can implement MFA for a single EFSS system, but being able to signal requirements of MFA to other trusted systems, and having them honor these requirements, would be very useful.
We can implement this in two parts, one...
The OCM protocol has recently introduced a groundbreaking feature known as the "invitation workflow," designed to enhance the discovery of users across diverse institutions. This innovative approach, while effective in facilitating discoverability, is currently dependent on a singular directory of trusted sites.
Drawing inspiration from the proven practices of email protocols over the past...
We give an update on the latest development of the OCM test suite. This includes the switch from Puppeteer to Cypress as a testing framework and the ability to execute tests in CI pipelines. We also present current test coverage and vendor support.
We received funding from NLnet and created a W3C community group. The protocol is now versioned and we are spending effort to document it properly with a specification that every vendor can follow. This will increase the value of OCM to end users, and we hereby invite vendors to get involved in the evolution of the protocol.
After a round table from the main stakeholders (Nextcloud, ownCloud, Seafile), we open the debate to talk about the future of OCM and its governance
