MIT iLabs Interactive Release 1.0

The iLabs Interactive Architecture Release 1.0 is now available for download.

Included in this Release:

• Interactive Service Broker. The basic server for Authentication, Authorization, Administration, and Ticketing.
  
  
• Lab Side Scheduling Server. Server which controls blocks of time allocated by a lab owner.
  
  
• User Side Scheduling Server. Server which controls scheduling in a remote domain of lab users. This server must coordinate its scheduling with one or more Lab Side Scheduling Servers.
  
  
• Experiment Storage Server. Server which stores Experiment Records.
  
  
• Time of Day Server. Sample Lab Server, included for demonstration purposes.
  


• Interactive Lab Server. Sample Lab Server with support for LabVIEW.
  

Release Kit:

• iLabs Interactive 1.0 SDK
  • Full source code, documentation for the iLabs Interactive Release 1.0. This release also inculdes the sample interactive Lab Server with LabView support.
  
  
• iLabs Interactive 1.0 Compiled
  • Deployment distribution of the iLabs Interactive Service Broker release 1.0. Contains web site files and database scripts. This release also inculdes the sample interactive Lab Server with LabView support.
  
  

Documents

• iLabs Server and Database Installation Guide
  Complete instructions on how to build and configure the machines which will host the iLabs Server Brokers. Covers installation of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and Microsoft Visual Studio.NET.
  
  
• iLabs Interactive Bootstrapping Guide
  Detailed guide to the installation and configuration of the iLabs Interactive Servers (Service Broker, Lab Side Scheduling Server, User Side Scheduling Server, Experiment Storage Server, and Time of Day Server).
  
  
• iLabs Interactive Cross Domain Registration Guide
  Detailed guide to the steps necessary to get two Interactive iLab Service Brokers to share the same lab using cross-domain registration. This document will register and configure the Time Of Day Interactive Server from one domain for use in another domain.
  
  
• iLabs Interactive Lab Server with LabVIEW setup Guide
  This document describes the process for getting a sample Interactive LabServer with support for LabVIEW 8.2.1 applications up and running.
  



• iLabs Interactive Overview and White Papers:
  
  
• iLabs Interactive Services - Overview
  This paper is intended to introduce the iLab interactive architecture to general readers and developers. The latter group will then need to read more detailed documentation. Readers who have some knowledge of the iLab batched architecture will have an easier time grasping the interactive architecture, but knowledge of the batched is not a prerequisite for reading this document.
  
  
• iLab Interactive Ticketing and Integrated Management - Overview
  This document falls into two parts. The first explains in an introductory way the distributed authorization scheme that guarantees that individual users can perform the actions appropriate to their role in the iLab environment after they sign on. The second part discusses the integrated management of the multiple applications and services that make up the interactive architecture.
  
  
• Interactive Ticketing and Integrated Management Specification
  This document is a specification of the Ticketing APIs for the iLab interactive architecture. It is divided into three sections. The first describes the common data structures shared in the web services presented by Service Brokers and service providers. The second specifies the ticketing web service presented by Service Brokers, and the third the ticketing web service presented by other service providers.

Example Labs:

• Time of Day Lab - A simple demonstration of the iLab Interactive architecture. This has been included as one of the servers in the release.

Please Comment:

The iLabs Team has made these materials available for review and evaluation.
Please send comments to: ilab-comment@mit.edu.