We invented the Web. 20 years later we got Drupal. CERN’s perspective on adopting Drupal as a platform. DrupalCon, London 2011 Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas.

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We invented the Web. 20 years later we got Drupal. CERN’s perspective on adopting Drupal as a platform. DrupalCon, London 2011 Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis

Today we’ll look at…. What is CERN? Challenges of the web at CERN Why Drupal Where are we now? Where are we going? Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis

WHAT IS CERN? Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis

European Organisation for Nuclear Research Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis Largest particle physics laboratory in the world Based in Geneva, Switzerland on the French-Swiss border Founded in 1954, run by 20 member states

Large Hadron Collider Simulated hadronic decay of a Higgs boson

CERN IS MORE THAN PHYSICS… Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis

Engineering Coldest place in the Universe: -271’C Vacuum systems: 10 times emptier than moon’s atmosphere Design, build and test…

Computing Industry collaboration with HP, Intel, Oracle, Siemens Early access to technologies years from the general computing market Pushing new technologies to their limits and testing ground for high performance computing

CERN Computer Centre Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis

Community collaboration on an international scale

Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis Home of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at CERN, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automatic information sharing between scientists working in different universities and institutes all over the world.

CHALLENGES OF THE WEB AT CERN Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis

Challenges of the web at CERN -1 All the things that CERN is… also create some of its biggest challenges Over the last decade the CERN website has broken the news of some of the most globally significant scientific breakthroughs of the modern era. – In that time our websites has grown and evolved as new departments, discoveries and experiments have taken form. Lot of incredible content created but – Inconsistencies – Duplication or out-of-date

Challenge – home of the web Web invented to pull information out of lots of different machines at CERN but we never really exploited it beyond that… – A lot of crucial and heavily-used CERN websites still living in 1990’s – Functional… not always user-friendly or beautiful 20 year legacy to housekeep!

Challenge - International collaboration CERN is a complicated place. – Multi-cultural, multi-lingual – People who work here but are employed by another institution. – Huge, multinational collaborations that are entities in their own right that operate at CERN. ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, LHCb, openlab, UNOSAT At CERN, associated with CERN, use CERN services, but not of CERN – Distinct departments, services, applications that have their own 'brand’ Eg. AIS, their bespoke applications

Challenge – academic freedom Anyone based at CERN can create their own website(s) without any central control from CERN Undesirable and almost impossible to police content or branding within the cern.ch domain Security risks! Host ~10,500 websites under cern.ch

WHY DRUPAL? Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis

Why Drupal? CERN always offered two solutions: – SIMPLE: out-of the box offering for people with little/no programming desire/experience -> Sharepoint Collaboration – COMPLEX: for programming ninjas ->.NET, java, C# But no middle ground for people with some technical competence but who don’t want to get involved in a programming environment. Wanted: – A programmable, customizable infrastructure – Doesn’t require expertise – Known, tried and tested With Drupal… – Provides acceptable middle-ground tool that can be supported as a service by CERN – Minimises our exposure to web-induced risk – We get a standardised technology with a massive community support Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis

WHERE ARE WE NOW? Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis

Where are we now? Drupal 7 early Adopter Consolidated official support for SharePoint and Drupal – SharePoint for Collaboration – Providing Drupal as a Platform As A Service (PAAS) Real services provided by IT for internal users – Reduction exposure to security risks – No Administrative task to end-Users – Base theme provided (CERN_default), ready for subtheming Drupal Module Management – Internal Central Repository – Authoring our own modules Shibboleth id, modules to interface with our bespoke applications

…Where are we now? On the ground… – ~100 sites built using Drupal – Expect around 200 by end of the year, growing more and more popular Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis

…Where are we now? Working with commercial partners: – Initial consultation with ZIVTECH to help us set up Drupal environment – MARK BOULTON DESIGN working on re-design of CERN website – Staff Drupal training in conjunction with LINALIS – Through LINALIS, CERN has access to ACQUIA’s high-level consultation and support Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis

WHERE ARE WE GOING? Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis

Where are we going? Official CERN website will be moving to Drupal Training program established for interested people at CERN Confirming our active presence in the Drupal community – Contributing to module development and fixes – Large-scale bespoke measures could be released to the community in the future Drupal Support team is well-established and well-experienced now in managing the Drupal service – Almost 2 years involvement in background set-up and testing for CERN Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis

Thank you for listening! CERN Cath Noble Linalis Nicolas Bocquet Any Questions? Cath Noble, CERN | Nicolas Bocquet, Linalis