Opencast updates with no downtime

[lkiesow]

It would be great to have a “read only” mode for the Stud.IP Opencast plugin in which the plugin keeps delivering media but does not allow users to upload media.

How this would work in Opencast:

• We create new set of Opencast servers (admin, presentation, worker)
• We turn off all old Opencast servers except presentation
  • You can still search for videos
  • The player is still available
  • Videos are still being delivered
  • You cannot upload or modify any data
• We install the new Opencast version on the new servers
• We update the DNS entries to point to the new servers
• The new system is up and running

For this to work well with Stud.IP, the plugin…

• needs a read-only mode
• may not fail if the /api/… endpoints are unavailable

This likely needs more details but would be incredibly handy to have.

[tibroc]

Maybe even propagate maintenance mode from opencast to the lms plugin.