project plan

Project Plan
Research phase

(20) creating a project plan
(5 hours) creating a presentation
(3) prepare for presentation
how is it done in the field
(8) research
(5) documenting my findings
Background resources that will provide some insight into the problem I am trying to solve
(5) find books
(5)articles and online resources
(5) define hardware requirements
(2) document harware requirements
investigate virtual machine deployment (Virtualbox) using the shell language
(13) get familiar with Virtualbox API
(8) write proof of concept shell deployment script
(3) research Virtual Machine caching for instant deployment of Virtual Machines
(3) read UFW firewall manual page
(3) research network/disk/CPU/temperature monitors
(3) Research on web frameworks for rapid development with strong API support (convention over configuration frameworks)
write proof of concept script that will setup login credentials automatically:
(3) generates SSH keys on the guest operating system
(3) connects to a remote machine and copies the SSH keys
(3) the remote machine connects to the guest machine with the SSH keys
(3) create a list of necessary API calls that have to be exposed on the website's end
(13) create poster

Development and testing phase

write shell scripts for installing popular linux distros on the virtual machine host
(13) write perl scripts that tests and verifies that the installed distributions are operational (you can ping them and remotely connect and execute commands on them)
(5) write up findings in the dissertation
Write shell scripts that install popular software (apache, mysql, text editors)
(10) write the actual script
(8) write tests that verify the integrity of the installed software on the machine using the Perl scripting language
(5) write up findings in the dissertation
write firewall management shell script using UFW

(5) actual script writing
(10) test firewall configuration
(5) write up findings in the dissertation
Write scripts for managing credential information

(3) create new key with a name and password
(3) obtain key by name
(3) delete(destroy key)
(13) test functionality
(5) document behaviour <!-- 6. test shell deployment script with multiple Linux distributions
(13) actual tests
(5) write up any findings in the dissertation -->
install performance monitor software to every created virtual machine instance during post-install
(8) installation
(10) create a manual test that verifies that the numbers are correct
(5) document findings
Create design for the website
(10) design work
(5) document design decisions
Create base of the website (user login, main page, etc.)
(5) Pick database technology, web technology, API
(10) implementing main features implementation and nessesary components
(10) write tests that verify integrity of the base
(5) document findings
Create API for the website that will allow it to interact with the deployment/monitoring and configuring shell scripts

(13) write api
(18) test API
(5) document findings
Implement main features in the website

virtual machine creation/listing/deleting and management
(13) creation interface
(5) listing interface
(5) deleting interface
test expected behaviour
(15) creation
(7) listing interface
(7) deleting interface
(7) document findings
on the management side, the website should allow
(5) manage access keys (using the script defined in point 5)
(5) install additional software
(5) monitor performance with graphs
(20) The above behaviour must be tested and marked down in the dissertation paper