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Create a script to create allocations in Coldfront #60
Description
Motivation
Depends on #52. During the Fall 2025 semester, a class using the NERC wanted a namespace created for each student because of the need to have privacy for each student's work. This required manually creating a allocation for each student on Coldfront. The class has around 20 students, which is manually doable. However, we expect demand for this namespace-per-student arrangement to increase in future semesters. The goal is that there is a script that can be used by Coldfront administrators to programmatically create allocations in Coldfront, given a set of students, and the quotas for each allocation.
@DanNiESh @knikolla @joachimweyl Let me know if this description is accurate, or requires further discussion
Completion Criteria
Script created that will auto-create multiple students at a time.
Description
- Decide what information is needed for generation of allocations
- student email?
- Course name?
- Proff name?
- etc?
- Generate script that pulls in this information in CSV form to genertate allocations
- Test Script
Completion dates
Desired - 2025-10-15
Required - 2025-11-05
Activity
joachimweyl commentedon Sep 10, 2025
sounds accurate.
knikolla commentedon Sep 11, 2025
I think you're already working on something similar as part of the API for editing Allocations?
QuanMPhm commentedon Sep 11, 2025
@knikolla I have a draft POC for an API to creating allocations in #52. Once an API is available, I will proceed with this issue. Do you have any concerns about how this script should be implemented or how it is used?
morantara commentedon Sep 22, 2025
@QuanMPhm did you get the draft you needed here? should this be pushed to the next sprint?
QuanMPhm commentedon Sep 24, 2025
@morantara Pushed, already?
morantara commentedon Nov 3, 2025
@QuanMPhm will this be reviewed and closed before Wednesday? should it be pushed to a future sprint?
QuanMPhm commentedon Nov 4, 2025
@morantara I'll push this out
joachimweyl commentedon Jul 15, 2026
This issue has been migrated to: CCI-MOC/MOC-issues#269