[cfarm-users] New website to manage the GCC compile farm

[Simon Marchi]

On 2017-07-01 01:43 AM, Baptiste Jonglez via cfarm-users wrote:
> Dear compile farm users,
> 
> We are happy to announce the availability of a new website to manage
> access to the farm!
> 
> It currently has three end-users functions:
> 
> 1) the ability to add and remove SSH keys yourself;
> 
> 2) new users can now request an account directly from the website:
>    https://cfarm.tetaneutral.net/users/new/
> 
> 3) the description of farm machines is generated and updated
>    automatically: https://cfarm.tetaneutral.net/machines/list/
> 
> This should resolve the growing backlog of unhandled requests.  In the
> near future, a ticket tracker will be added for requests that are not
> related to accounts or SSH keys.
> 
> The site, still in beta status, is available at https://cfarm.tetaneutral.net/
> 
> All existing accounts have been imported: to start using the website if
> you already had access to the farm, please perform the following steps:
> 
> 1) Enter your email address at https://cfarm.tetaneutral.net/password_reset/
>    You will receive a link, allowing you to choose a password to connect    
>    to the website.  If you don't receive an email after a while, you may
>    be using a different email address than the one registered in
>    the system.  In that case, send an email to cfarm-admins AT lists.tetaneutral.net
>    and provide your Unix login.
> 
> 2) Once connected, you can add or remove SSH keys at https://cfarm.tetaneutral.net/sshkey/list/
>    The new keys may take from a few minutes to several hours to get updated
>    on all farm machines.
> 
> Existing SSH keys have been imported in the new website, with the
> exception of old-style plain RSA keys (starting with e.g. "1024 35 ...").
> This old key format is not supported anymore: as soon as you change your
> SSH keys on the website, these old keys will be overwritten on all farm
> machines.
> 
> Regards,
> Baptiste, for the compile farm admin team

Thanks for your work, it's very much appreciated!

Simon