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, 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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 | 5.1 | PR Expected. Soft code IP addresses, hostname, etc. |
| Variable Override | Tim | 5.1 | Create override_vars.yml to hold custom values for IP, etc. |
| Refactor Networking II | Santi | 5.1 | Substitute dnsmasq for bind/dhcpd |
| Command Line Scripts | George | 5.1 | Implement xs-setup, xs-network-setup, xs-runtag, etc. |
| Offline Install | George | 5.1 | Allow file or local lan source for install |
| SDcard formating | George | 5.1 | If a blank SD card is in XO, make it /library |
| Restructure Ansible Roles | Santi, Tim | 5.1 | Add several aggregate roles to segregate functionality. |
| Modify Munin Graphs to On Demand | Tim | 5.1 | Change config to use cgi |
| Sugar Journal Visualization (XOvis) | Martin Dluhos | 5.1 | Add an Ansible role to include Couch visualization application XOvis |
| OpenVPN | George | 5.1 | Merge George's playbook into master |
| MySQL | George | 5.1 | Required for elgg |
| elgg | George | 5.1 or 6.0 | A social networkiing platform with many plugins |
| vnstat | George | 5.1 | Simple text mode network accumulators |
| SD Card Registration | TK Kang | 5.5 | Ongoing Development |
| 3G Support | Basanta Shrestha | 6.0 | Ongoing Development |
| Authorization Framework | George Hunt | 6.0 | Ongoing Development |
| Automatic Network Configuration | Jerry Vonau | 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 |
| Management Gui | Miguel González Álvarez | 6.0 | 50% done |
| 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 |
| Screen Sharing | George Hunt | 6.0 | Experiments |
| Startup Sound | ? | 6.0 | Not Clear |
| User Management Framework | Tony Anderson | 6.0 | Ongoing Development |
| User Portal Localization | Tim Moody, Tony Anderson | 6.0 | Server side framework done, needs additional translations and client side |
| Audience response system | Santi | 6.0 | Ongoing Development |
| Online editor | Santi | 6.0 | Ongoing Development |
| Add Ability to Turn Off Service in Ansible | NO ONE | 6.0 | Needs an Implementer |
| Sugarizer on Server | NO ONE | 6.0 | Needs an Implementer |
| RACHEL on Server | NO ONE | 6.0 | Needs an Implementer |
| Webmaker.org Toolkit on Server | NO ONE | 6.0 | Needs an Implementer |
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.