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RIPE67 DB-WG Draft Agenda V1
by Wilfried Woeber 08 Sep '13

08 Sep '13

Dear DB-WG folks, Chairpersons, "Meeting"! This is the 1st draft of an agenda for the DB-WG Meeting at RIPE67 in Athens, scheduled for October 17, 2013. For time slot allocations please refer to the most up-to-date meeting plan at https://ripe67.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ The DB-WG Meeting is scheduled for *Thursday*, starting at 11:00 local time[1] in the morning. The length of our timeslot is 90 Minutes. The overall (draft) RIPE 67 meeting outline is already available at https://ripe67.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ Please feel free to propose additional topics to be discussed! I'd also suggest that you submit your points of view regarding the topics on the proposed agenda on the mailing list, preferably before the WG meeting's start :-) Best regards, hope to see you soon in Athens, Wilfried. [1] for remote participation, we'll come back later with the UTC information ________________________________________________________________________ A. Administrative Matters . Welcome . select scribe . finalise agenda . approval of minutes from previous WG meeting(s) . review of action list B. Data Base Operational Update (N.N., RIPE NCC) C. New DB-Software functionality - in beta - proposed D. Dicussion / Report regarding management of Software Releases - formal procedure for announcments and deployment - functionality / importance of TEST DB environment - report and/or discussion of Workshop/BoF-Results (t.b.c.) E. UTF-8 transparency in the Registry - functionality and/or restrictions by components - policy or business logic interactions, - coordination /input ith/from other WGs F. Status update on IETF WEIRDS activities (N.N. t.b.c.) Y. Input from other Working Groups and/or Task Forces - review of abuse contact stuff (N.N. t.b.c.)) Z. AOB ________________________________________________________________________ 08.09.2013 12:30 UTC

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Call for agenda items, DB-WG Meeting during RIPE67, Athens, GR
by Wilfried Woeber 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

Dear DB-WG folks, planning activities for the next RIPE Meeting - RIPE67 in Athens, GR, Oct. 14 - Oct. 18, 2013, have already started a while ago - thus this _call for agenda items_ for the meeting of the Database Working-Group. Please submit (to the WG list!) your item requests and|or suggest topics for discussion to be included in the draft agenda! Please note that the DataBase-WG meeting is *at the moment* scheduled for *Thursday* (starting at 11:00 local time). This is according to the *draft* meeting plan - which is pretty stable already but may still need to be changed as we get closer to the meeting date! The overall (draft) RIPE 66 meeting outline is already available at https://ripe67.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ Looking forward to a successful meeting and see you soon in Greece! Wilfried.

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New bug fix release scheduled for 29 August
by Johan Åhlén 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

Dear colleagues, We have moved documentation for the RIPE Database WHOIS REST API out of the database software. It can be accessed at: https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/whois/wiki/WHOIS-REST-API Given the benefits associated with generated documentation, we intend to look for another solution for this at a later stage. Since the last release there have been a number of issues reported regarding the REST API. As this is particularly important for users migrating from the old REST service to the new one, we have now addressed these issues in a bug fix release that we will put in production this week, ahead of the next major RIPE Database release. The issues addressed by this release are listed here: https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/whois/issues?milestone=1&state=closed For users migrating from the old REST API, we have also created a migration guide that can be found at: https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/whois/wiki/WHOIS-REST-API-Migration-Guide The bug fix release is now available in TEST Database and we intend to upgrade the production database on Thursday evening, 29 August. Kind regards, Johan Åhlén Assistant Manager Database RIPE NCC

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Update on today's bug fix release
by Johan Åhlén 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

Dear colleagues, Since announcing the next bug fix release for the RIPE Database, we have received some important feedback from the community. Based on some discussions off-list on how to proceed we have decided to move forward and put the release into production today. The current production version of the REST API was not working as intended, and while investigating issues with the broken documentation, other issues were identified, that if not fixed, would lead to unintended use of the REST API. We believe that since this is now affecting certain RIPE Database users, we should not delay deployment any more than necessary. We realise this may not be the most satisfactory deployment and we assure you that the matter will be further considered and discussed at RIPE 67. If you can't be there and have some views on this matter we would very much appreciate hearing from you on the mailing list. Kind regards, Johan Åhlén Assistant Manager Database RIPE NCC

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[training] RIPE NCC Webinars - new dates
by Training Mailbox 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of new dates for our Webinars for LIRs. The RIPE NCC Webinars are live, one hour online training courses that allow participants to interact with our trainers without leaving their desks. We focus on the topics and issues most important for LIRs. Register now at https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/e-learning/webinars Participation is limited to 20 people, so don't hesitate if you want to take part! If you have questions, please email<e-learning(a)ripe.net>. We look forward to seeing you online. Kind regards, RIPE NCC Training Services

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Review of RIPE Database as an IRR
by Denis Walker 22 Aug '13

22 Aug '13

Dear colleagues, I have posted a comment to the Routing Working Group mailing list about the use of the RIPE Database as an open, global Internet routing registry: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/routing-wg/2013-August/002445.html This discussion may be of interest to this list also. Regards Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Team

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[training] RIPE NCC Training Courses October-December 2013
by Training Team 22 Aug '13

22 Aug '13

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, Our training team travels the RIPE NCC service region to deliver training courses to our members without any additional cost. Over the next few months, we'll be in Kiev, Belgrade, Tallinn, Hamburg, Oslo, Paris, Dublin, Vienna, Barcelona, Muscat, Manchester, Amsterdam. Visit the following page to register and to check which training courses we are giving in your area: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses The RIPE NCC delivers the following training courses: - LIR Training Course - Database Training Course (new) - IPv6 for LIRs Training Course - Routing Security Training Course For more information visit: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/courses With kind regards, Rumy Spratley-Kanis Training Services Manager

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Urgent release of RIPE Database software
by Johan Åhlén 21 Aug '13

21 Aug '13

Dear colleagues, We were recently made aware of some issues with the documentation related to the REST API. To fix these issues requires a new release of the Database software as some parts of the documentation are generated from the active code. The documentation is vital for anyone wanting to use the service. We therefore believe it is necessary to make a new release containing this fix only and deploy it directly to production later today. In this particular case we don’t believe it is necessary to put the release in test beforehand. The only fix is for the documentation and this is preventing users form using the service, so it's quite urgent. This fix should have no impact on any other part of the RIPE Database service. If you have any questions then please let us know. Kind regards, Johan Åhlén Assistant Manager Database RIPE NCC

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[training] RIPE NCC Webinars - new dates
by Training Team 19 Aug '13

19 Aug '13

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of new dates for our Webinars. The RIPE NCC Webinars are live and take only one hour. You can interact with our trainers without leaving your desk. We focus on the topics and issues most important for LIRs. Register now at https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/e-learning/webinars Participation is limited to 20 people, so don't hesitate if you want to take part! If you have questions, please email <training(a)ripe.net>. We look forward to seeing you online. Kind regards, RIPE NCC Training Services

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More REST API Issues - /create not working
by Tim Garrison 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

Greetings again. I almost feel like I'm a pioneer when it comes to using the new REST API at rest.db.ripe.net, as I keep discovering things that don't seem to align with the documentation. That aside, my most recent experience is in regards to the /create method. When using the same payload structure as outlined at https://rest.db.ripe.net/api-doc/path__create.html I receive an HTTP 400 response with the error message as follows: Unrecognized field "whois-resources" (Class net.ripe.db.whois.api.whois.domain.WhoisResources), not marked as ignorable at [Source: org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpInput@17d9461b; line: 1, column: 21] (through reference chain: net.ripe.db.whois.api.whois.domain.WhoisResources["whois-resources"]) Has the structure of the payloads changed from what is listed in the example JSON request object or is this legitimately a bug? -- Tim Garrison Software Engineer III *SoftLayer, an IBM Company* 315 Capitol Street Suite 205, Houston, TX 77002 281.714.4213 direct | 713.540.4325 mobile | 281.714.4657 fax | tgarrison(a)softlayer.com

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