UAL Geoportal Migration Project

This repo documents processes taken to migrate UAL spatial data collection to
new server (CEREUS) a CyVerse managed server housed at UITS.

background

This project was initiated to move spatial data off UAL servers (sequoia, geo,
imagery) that have reached EOL. Migrating data is the first step in
decommissioning these servers and sunsetting the Spatial Data Explorer
(opengeoportal) web application. CEREUS was purchased through a TRIF-WEES grant
in collaboration between T. Swetnam, D. LeBauer, K. Carini and others to
house spatial data for campus in a location that makes these data readily
available for cloud-based, intensive analysis.

Data migration was conducted through server to server transfer using iRODS
icommands.

initial setup

1. Dependencies
2. Setup
3. Migration
4. QA/QC
5. Miscellaneous debris

tmux

Terminal multiplexing (tmux) ensures that if the connection to server is
lost, the local terminal window does not die.

common commands

tmux opens a tmux window`

tmux ls lists open windows

tmux attach -t 0 attaches to the window 0

To detach from a tmux window, hold Ctrl + B buttons together, release Ctrl then
alone press D

IRODS setup on sequoia

Steps

• log into sequoia
• change to the irods user: sudo su irods
• check icommands: ils
• if icommands is not authenticated to your user profile, run iinit
• run ils again to make sure it worked

iCommands transfers to CyVerse

After authenticating through iRODS, search for a folder path to move

When possible, use absolute, not relative, paths, e.g.

iput -KPbvrf /sequioa/UAL_Vault/GeoArchive/public/<directory-to-be-copied/ /iplant/home/shared/ual/

iput moves the file from local to CyVerse

iget downloads a file from CyVerse to local

iput flags

• -K is for Checksum of the file to make sure it transfered with no errors
• -P is for progressive download information used with verbose
• -b is for bulk transfer
• -r is for recursive folder creation
• -v is for verbose
• -f is to force the overwrite

The CyVerse user space ual is in the Community Released Folders, its full
path is /iplant/home/shared/ual

Sync

To check that everything transferred properly run irsync
(read more) which
"synchronizes recursively the data from the local directory foo1 to the iRODS
collection foo2 and the command"

Example:

irsync -rKv -R cereusRes /PAGimagery/PAG/ i:/iplant/home/shared/ual/public/PAG/files/

This will fix any files that incorrectly transferred and transfer any files
that did not transfer for whatever reason.