McSHIB RAPID

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Who we are...

http://research.ncl.ac.uk/rapid

What is RAPID about?

RAPID

(RAPTOR Informing Decisions)

Newcastle University

• RAPTOR setup/integration
• Use-case analysis
• Implementation of use-cases
• Embedding within the University
• Engaging/informing community of our findings

• Chris Franks
• service lead for the Shibboleth authentication system at Newcastle University
• Richard James
• service lead for the Grouper group management toolkit at Newcastle University

Disengaged Students

“ability to be able to identify students who

have not engaged with the University’s IT services”

Identify problems? Is there a reason why a student hasn’t logged in? Is it a technical problem?

RAPTOR Overview

Setting up RAPTOR...

ICA sits on client

pushes out logs

MUA sits on reporting

server, eating up logs

• WIKI documentation
• RedHat Repository
• PKI setup
• Push not pull

E-journal Usage

Current E-journal Logs

WebD connects to MUA

to display info to users

writes off to database

• Substantial investment made in the

subscription to E-journals and resources

• 220 online databases, 28,554 e-journals

and 353,108 e-books

• Reporting on E-journal usage is available, new

tools such as JUSP

• Lack demographic and institutional context
• Student or Staff? Which course they are studying?

Which school they belong to?

• How they got access to the resources?

Ezproxy? Directly?

Starting to use RAPTOR...

Application Usage

• MySQL over PostgreSQL
• Fronted with Apache/SSL

• Edited RAPTOR users file
• Installed ICA on EZProxy server
• Watched the results come in...

• Many applications are deployed for students and staff
• Logs are gathered for the usage of these applications
• But no “information dashboards”

Using RAPTOR with our IDP(s)

• Split head system
• Kerberos SSO/LDAP authentication

Cluster Room Usage

• Lots of attributes released internally...

• Who is using the PCs in these rooms?

• Are they being used for the intended purpose?

e.g. Programme specific rooms

We run quite a few Shib SPs...

Use Case Areas

https://www.mas.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://wiki.mas.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://wordpress.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://blackboardtest.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://timetableservices.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://unixmon.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://sapmon.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://groups.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://wikis.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://printing.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://cms.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://dropbox.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://lists.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://my.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://internal.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://theses.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://research.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://researchtools.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://community.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://libproxy.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://m.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://lectopia.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://directory.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://www.myprojects.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

https://myimpact.ncl.ac.uk/shibboleth/metadata

• PC cluster room usage

• Application usage

• E-Journal usage

......providing the information to help

decision makers!

Now for the why!

Next steps...

• Custom log files/parsers
• Logs from databases?
• Shibbolize the UI
• Chopping users/SPs out of the logs?

"Extract the best management information from existing (sound) data”

“Improve access to the information held in core systems”

“Information dashboards so that decision makers have a clear and comprehensive view”

• Newcastle University ISS Strategic Plan 2011-2015

• Deliver the best possible student experience

• All to support use cases for the project...