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EVS transition to virtual machines

STATUS:

  • Prod2 server up and running - completed tested
  • DATAQA started


  • Tomcat 8.5 reached EoL - needing new stacks for all tiers
    • Oracles OES8, Tomcat 10, Java 17 
      • Java 17 implemented
      • Others to follow once 17 on Pro
    • Options
      • Tomcat 9 and Java 17 installed on Dev
      • evs-jenkins working for NCItBrowser and lexevscts2
      • OES8 could come later
    • NCItermform installed on Dev - needs testing
  • Tomcat 9 installed on Dev.  
    • Recoding needed for NCIm
      • Similar to work done on browser
    • NCI Term Form Jenkins requested
    • NCIm track created
  • Should get started on QA for browser
    • No deployment track noted yet
    • Terms browser ready to move





LEXEVS UPDATES

Monthly Planning and Focus

Completed Sprint - Sprint 219 (Mar 5 - May 10) -

Current Sprint  - Sprint 220 (May 13 - May 31) - 

For the month of May 2024

Report Exporter
  • Working on templating starting
    • Doing phase 1 - moved to Stage
      • Stage EVS Rest API having issues
      • Cloud team addressing the issue
    • In progress: implement file-based template storage
      • Code completed
      • Tomcat 9 testing - resolved on Dev
        • Systems working on QA
    • Moving Dev and QA to run from 7AM-10PM


Security

Tomcat 8.5 is EOL - risk if new vulnerability discovered

  • Oracle Java 8 - still being used on DataQA
    • Still present on other servers, in $PATH
    • Java 17 being added next week
    • Current proposal is to not push to DataQA, let it retire
  • Need to check on Processing Server
  • FTP1 has .bash_history file
    • Concerns about directory listing

Statistics Dashboard

OBJECTIVE 
Complete Migration of Statistics Dashboard from SumoLogic to DataDog by June 1 2024.  

STATUS

  • New Dashboards being made - can be shared
  • All May logs loaded from Sumo - being tested
    • Testing rehydration of converted Sumo Logic logs
Comparison/Mapping Tool
  •  Tracy to request shut down of instance to save resources
AWS Cloud to be in Separate Account

Waiting on AWS team

Team Absences


Mayo Team - Andrew June 17-23,  Scott off July 1-8

MSC - Jason, June 17th → 21st

Leidos - 

QA - 

Gov - 



EVS SERVICE AND ARCHITECTURE GROUP UPDATES
EVS Service and Architecture Group

Discussion about Java 17 migration and remediation remediation

There is an issue in Term Browser where several of the mappings show a null for the release. There is a choice: do a separate release to fix this or if we want to make it as part of the Java 17 release.

DECIDED: Keep it as part of the Java 17 release (even if it means waiting longer)

LexEVS Retirement

We have a meeting scheduled for Fri 10am, checklist, gap analysis 


DATA UPDATES
Data

Reviewing next data release, 24.05d, which is ready reviewing at the data QA now. Next week will do Monthly vocabularies.


BROWSER UPDATES

Browser
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QA UPDATES

QA 

completed a regression execution for the May 2024 data deployment release on EVS APIs (completed on production environment).

There is a release candidate for EVS report exporter, Andrew is working on a set of issues (e.g. dependency).


TERMINOLOGIES LIFECYCLE REPORT

Terminology Updates and Schedule 

Mark Benson TPM Update

Funding for LexEVS dramatically reduced in CY25.  Preparing for sunsetting of components

Working on checklists for what should be done

  • Gap analysis for EVS Explore
  • Longtime needs examination
  • Handoff documentation for operations applications
Please complete information security refresher ASAP.  Call for people to complete their required trainings.


Vocabularies Slated for Production

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