diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/administration.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/administration.xml index c688e5d000..d116f1a4ce 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/administration.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/administration.xml @@ -357,14 +357,18 @@ <h3><a name="t-clusteradm">Cluster Administrators</a> <!-- admins mail aliases intentionally left incomplete --> - <clusteradm@></h3> + <admins@></h3> <p>The Cluster Administrators consists of the people responsible for administrating the machines that the project relies on for its distributed work and communication to be synchronised. It consists mainly of those people who have physical access to the servers. Issues concerning the projects infrastructure or setting up new - machines should be directed to the cluster administrators.</p> + machines should be directed to the cluster administrators. This + team is led by the lead cluster administrator whose duties and + responsbilities are described in the <a + href="internal/clusteradm.html">cluster administration charter</a> + in greater detail.</p> <ul> <li>&a.bhaga; <<a href="mailto:bhaga@FreeBSD.org">bhaga@FreeBSD.org</a>></li> @@ -372,7 +376,7 @@ <li>&a.bz; <<a href="mailto:bz@FreeBSD.org">bz@FreeBSD.org</a>></li> <li>&a.gjb; <<a href="mailto:gjb@FreeBSD.org">gjb@FreeBSD.org</a>></li> <li>&a.kensmith; <<a href="mailto:kensmith@FreeBSD.org">kensmith@FreeBSD.org</a>></li> - <li>&a.peter; <<a href="mailto:peter@FreeBSD.org">peter@FreeBSD.org</a>></li> + <li>&a.peter; <<a href="mailto:peter@FreeBSD.org">peter@FreeBSD.org</a>> (Lead)</li> <li>&a.sbruno; <<a href="mailto:sbruno@FreeBSD.org">sbruno@FreeBSD.org</a>></li> <li>&a.simon; <<a href="mailto:simon@FreeBSD.org">simon@FreeBSD.org</a>></li> <li>&a.zi; <<a href="mailto:zi@FreeBSD.org">zi@FreeBSD.org</a>></li> diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/Makefile b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/Makefile index 1debfc3387..1a99d29f0f 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/Makefile +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/Makefile @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ DOCS= about.xml DOCS+= bylaws.xml +DOCS+= clusteradm.xml DOCS+= core-vote.xml DOCS+= data.xml DOCS+= developer.xml diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/clusteradm.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/clusteradm.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..42a9b02b85 --- /dev/null +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/clusteradm.xml @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional-Based Extension//EN" +"http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/doc/share/xml/xhtml10-freebsd.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY title "Charter for the Cluster Administrators"> +]> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> + <head> + <title>&title;</title> + + <cvs:keyword xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS">$FreeBSD$</cvs:keyword> + </head> + + <body class="navinclude.docs"> + + +<p>Lead cluster administrator is a delegated officer role (aka. "hat") + that answers to the &os; Core Team and ultimately the &os; community + at large. This person shall have the operational authority over the + &os; cluster infrastructure (to the extent that the Core Team can + delegate this authority) and will be responsible for the following in + general:</p> + +<ul> + <li>Ensure the reliable operation of the Project's equipment and + network resources.</li> + + <li>Ensure that the Project's resources are suitably and effectively + used to serve the Project's interests.</li> + + <li>Ensure that reasonable security precautions and mitigations are + implemented within the constraints of the nature of a highly + distributed project.</li> + + <li>Delegate to and coordinating with both the site-specific admin + teams and the admins at large.</li> + + <li>Ensure that standard operating procedures, rules, guidelines etc + are documented and understandable.</li> + + <li>Take measures to ensure that a competent administrator would be + expected to be able to adopt a predecessor's work in a reasonable + amount of time.</li> + + <li>Contingency planning and implementation to ensure continuity + across site specific problems (including donated site withdrawal or + outages).</li> + + <li>Keep the interested parties (Core Team, Security Team, &os; + Foundation, Port Management Team, etc), project members and community + members appropriately informed.</li> + + <li>Give timely and authoritive answers to questions, or a direct + referral to the appropriate party.</li> + + <li>Aid other hat wearers and cluster administrators to get their job + done.</li> + + <li>Where practical and appropriate, use the Project's own product as + a proving ground.</li> + + <li>Make sure that it is easy for developers to know what hardware + resources they have access to for project purposes.</li> +</ul> + +<p>The lead cluster administrator answers to the &os; Core Team. If a + party is unhappy with a position that the hat wearer takes and is + unable to change their mind, they may take the issue to the Core Team. + The Core Team has the final say in the matter. If the lead cluster + administrator is a member of the Core Team then a complaint may be + made in confidence via the core secretary or another member if + desired.</p> + +<p>Any of the following still require a sign-off from the Core Team:</p> + +<ul> + <li>New public facing services.</li> + + <li>Planned withdrawal of public facing services.</li> + + <li>New team members.</li> +</ul> + +<p>Notable interaction with other hats:</p> + +<ul> + <li>The lead cluster administrator will consult with the Security + Officer and the Security Team where appropriate but will be + responsible for making decisions. However, the Security Officer may + respond to security emergencies involving project infrastructure as + necessary.</li> + + <li>The Port Management Team has a large resource footprint and + arrangements will be made with them to effectively operate their + resources within the constraints of the overall cluster + operation.</li> +</ul> + +<p>Earmarked resources:</p> + +<p>Some site resources are provided for specific purposes. Any such + earmarking or use restrictions will be documented to make sure such + resources are used as intended.</p> + + </body> +</html>