XS Community Edition/Features
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This IIAB XSCE content does not reflect the opinion of OLPC. These pages were created by members of a volunteer community supporting OLPC and deployments.
Overview
This is a set of dynamic lists of features for XS Community Edition ranging from items already implemented, to items currently under development, to wishlist items.
The lists reflect the current release, [[../5.0|5.0]], as of February 2014 and make reference to planned releases. They are also meant to be more of a catalog than a full description or documentation of these features, some of which may be found elsewhere within this wiki.
Features Implemented
| Feature | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Network Infrastructure | ||
| Network Configuration | The School Server discovers the network adapters present and configures them automatically. It assigns host and domain names. | The ability to override this configuration is planned. |
| DHCP Server | The School Server can supply IP addresses to XOs and other machines on the LAN. | This is an optional feature. |
| Gateway Services | The School Server can act as a firewall and as a gateway to the internet and other machines on the WAN for machines on the LAN. | This is an optional feature. |
| DNS Services | The School Server can provide name resolution for XOs and other machines on the LAN. | This is an optional feature. |
| Samba Services | The School Server store and provide files to microsoft clients, requires smb client to be installed on XOs. | This is an optional feature. |
| Open VPN | Connection to an internet visible Virtual Private Network server is improved. | This is an optional feature. |
| Internet Content Filtering | ||
| Squid | Squid caches internet content to lessen traffic and filters by destination. | Installed by default. |
| Dansguardian | Dansguardian filters internet content by keyword. | Installed by default. |
| Wondershaper | Wondershaper filters internet traffic by bandwidth. | Installed by default. |
| Services for OLPC XO Clients | ||
| Identity Manager | The School Server supports the OLPC XO functionality to register with the server for backup and collaboration. | Requires client functionality. |
| Collaboration Services | The School Server has an ejabberd server which controls centralized collaboration. | Requires client functionality. |
| Backup | The School Server permits XOs to upload journal files as a backup. | Requires client functionality. |
| Download Activities | The School Server has an option to load sugar activities and a link to download them to an XO. | Requires client functionality. |
| Content Infrastructure | ||
| Apache Web Server | The Apache Web Server is used by numerous services and is available for html content. | Installed by default. |
| PHP | PHP is used by numerous services and is available for custom content. | Installed by default. |
| Python | Python is used by numerous services and is available for custom content. | Installed by default. |
| Authentication Server | Authentication Server provides centralized authentication for server based applications. | Installed by default. |
| Content and Educational Applications | ||
| Portal | The portal or home page of the server contains localized links to content on the server. | Installed by default. |
| Moodle | Moodle is an open source Learning Management System. | Installed by default. |
| Internet-in-a-Box | Internet-in-a-Box is a copy of some of the most important material on the internet, such as the Wikipedia, stored locally. | Installed by default. |
| Pathagar | Pathagar is an ebook server which supports a variety of electronic publishing standards. | Installed by default. |
| Custom | The server contains a library folder in which can be placed custom educational files that will appear on the portal. | Installed by default. |
| Assessment and Monitoring | ||
| Monit | Monit monitors running services and restarts them if they shut down. | Installed by default. |
| Ajenti | Ajenti provides a Graphical Interface to administer technical aspects of the School Server. | Installed by default. |
| Munin | Munin collects performance statistics and generates graphs of them. | Installed by default. |
| Stats Server | Stats Server collects statistics on usage of the School Server. | Installed by default. |
| XoVis | Visualization tool installed to analyze the XO client backups stored on the School Server. | Installed by default. |
| VnStat | Command line statistics collected and available for each of the network interfaces. | Installed by default, but must be initialized. |
| Developer Tools | ||
| Ansible | As of 5.0 ansible is the install mechanism and means for developers to add to the project. | An rpm can also be produced. |
| Client Test Script | Beginnings of automated testing of each of the School Server services. | More tests planned in the future. |
Features Planned
Please add features to this list and/or sign up to implement one of the features listed.
These features have detailed subpages. If you add a feature, you should also create a similar page to describe it and track progress on its implementation.
| Legend |
|---|
| Done |
| Nearing completion |
| In progress |
| Early stage |
| No details |
| Feature | Owner | Target Release | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refactor Networking | Santi | 5.5 | PR Expected. Soft code IP addresses, hostname, etc. |
| Automatic Network Configuration | Jerry Vonau | 5.5 | Testing network role changes and console interaction |
| Local Variable Override | Tim | 5.5 | Create override_vars.yml to hold custom values for IP, etc. |
| Management Console Gui | Tim | 5.5 | Ongoing Testing |
| User Portal Localization | Tim Moody, Tony Anderson | 6.0 | Server side framework done, needs additional translations and client side |
| Command Line Scripts | George/Tim | 5.5 | Implement xs-setup, xs-network-setup, xs-runtag, etc. |
| Offline Install | George | 5.5 | Download offline install for NUC, rpi 2 |
| Install on CentOS7 | George | 5.5 | Perhaps, with reduced non-essential function |
| MySQL | George | 5.5 | Required for elgg |
| elgg | George | 5.5 | A social networkiing platform with many plugins |
| Owncloud | Tim | 5.5 | A social networkiing centralized repository |
| Kiwix | Tim | 5.5 | Indexed access to Wikimedia documents |
| Kalite | Tim | 5.5 | The Khan Tree of exercises, shields, summarizing (in English) |
| RACHEL on Server | Tim | 5.5 | RACHEL selectable in console |
| Authorization Framework | Tim | 5.5 | Comes with console |
| Add Ability to Turn Off Service in Ansible | Tim, George, Jerry | 5.5 | Coupled with Console testing |
| Screen Sharing | George Hunt | 5.5 | Perhaps as javascript proxy link from console |
| SDcard formating | George | 5.5 | If a blank SD card is present, format it, install it at /library |
| SD Card Registration | TK Kang | 5.5 | Ongoing Development |
| User Management Framework | Tony Anderson | 6.0 | His ds-backup includes multiple identities per XO |
| Modify Munin Graphs to On Demand | Tim | 6.0 or later | Change config to use cgi; may not be needed |
| 3G Support | Basanta Shrestha | 6.0 | Ongoing Development |
| Better ARM Support | Jon Nettleton | 6.0 | Ongoing Development |
| Email Server | NO ONE | 6.0 | Needs an Implementer and a Design |
| Power Management | Jon Nettleton | 6.0 | Ongoing Development |
| Printer Gui | NO ONE | 6.0 | Needs an Implementer |
| School Information Network | Martin Dluhos | 6.0 | Needs an Implementer |
| Startup Sound | ? | 6.0 | Not Clear |
| Audience response system | Santi | 6.0 | Ongoing Development |
| Online editor | Santi | 6.0 | Ongoing Development |
| Refactor Networking II | Santi | 6.0 or later | Substitute dnsmasq for bind/dhcpd |
| Sugarizer on Server | NO ONE | 6.0 | Needs an Implementer |
| Webmaker.org Toolkit on Server | NO ONE | 6.0 | Needs an Implementer |
| Kickstart | Jerry Vonau | 6.0 | Kickstart based installer |
Wish List
There have been a variety of Wish Lists produced over the years in the wiki, via documents, and over email. Here are some references. Ideally we will get to a consolidated list.