[wplug] We need something like this in PGH (Fw: February Meeting - SysAdmin Games)

[Chris Teodorski]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Tom Rhodes <trhodes at freebsd.org> wrote:

>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:15:17 -0500
> From: Mike Erdely
> To:
> Subject: February Meeting - SysAdmin Games
>
>
> This month, we'll be meeting on Tuesday, February 26 at Raba in
> Columbia, MD: http://corporate.raba.com/location/locationMD.htm
>
> Jason Dixon will be serving as BOFH for our first SysAdmin Games.
>
> Please read below for more information.  Sorry for the late notice and
> we look forward to seeing you there.
>
> -ME
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Jason Dixon <jason at dixongroup.net> -----
>
> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:24:35 -0400
> From: Jason Dixon
> Subject: Reminder: October Meeting - SysAdmin Games
> To:
>
> Our next meeting is scheduled for this Tuesday, October 30 at Raba
> Technologies in Columbia, MD.  This month we will be hosting our first
> ever
> "SysAdmin Games" workshop.  As usual, the meeting will wind up at
> Nottingham's afterwards for beers and food.
>
> The main focus of this meeting is to have fun learning more about what we
> already enjoy... BSD administration.  But since this might be a recurring
> event, our official theme this month will be "Secure Webservers".  We will
> be utilizing a VMware Server running virtual machines for each of the team
> images.  Each virtual system will have local network access only, with a
> dedicated sandbox system for external access (see "life-line" information
> below) and testing purposes.
>
> We will need an additional laptop for each team, for managing each
> respective virtual machine (via VMware web client or SSH).  I think we
> will
> have this covered easily, but if you have a laptop you want to bring in
> for
> your team, please do.  Here are the details, let me know if you have any
> questions.
>
> P.S.  Yes, I will be serving as the BOFH.  :)
>
>
> bofh$ cat sysadmin_games.txt
>
> ###############
> # Theme
> ###############
>
> * Secure Webservers
>
>
> ###############
> # Goals
> ###############
>
> * Install a BSD operating system and dependencies as needed
> * Configure networking
> * Configure the host firewall
> * Configure a webserver with a self-signed certificate
> * Configure start-up services
>
>
> ###############
> # Rules
> ###############
>
> * Each team will have a "mentor".  This individual will act as a team
> leader and "life-line" resource for the competition.
>
> * Each team will have a series of 3 "life-lines".  The life-line period is
> a maximum of 10 minutes.
>        1) Mentor = A team may request the assistance of the mentor from
> another
> team.  If the question is satisfied
>        (to be determined by the BOFH), the mentor's team receives a
> 10-point
> bonus.  If the question is *not* satisfied,
>        the mentor's team receives a 10-point debit.  An assisting mentor
> may
> *not* utilize their own life-lines for the
>        purpose of assisting another team.
>        2) Google = A team may utilize any internet resource for research
> on their
> project.
>        3) Phone = A team member may call one individual for assistance.
> Competition participants are excluded from
>        being an assisting party.
>
> * Each team will use a different BSD operating system selection.  This
> will
> be determined by a series of trivial questions at the beginning of the
> competition.  The team to correctly answer a question gets to select the
> BSD used by *their choice* of one of the other remaining teams.  This will
> continue until all teams have been assigned an operating system.
>        Example: Team A wins the first question.  They choose DragonflyBSD
> for
> Team C.  Team B wins the second question.
>        They choose NetBSD for Team A.  Team C wins the final question.
>  They
> choose MirBSD for Team A (poor bastards).
>
> * Each team will have a maximum of one hour to complete the allotted
> tasks.
>
> * Each team will have 10 minutes to present their final results to the
> BOFH
> for points redemption.
>
>
> ###############
> # Awards
> ###############
>
> * The winning team gets a free round of beer at Nottingham's.
>
> # EOF
>
>
> ---
> Jason Dixon
> DixonGroup Consulting
>
>
> --
> Tom Rhodes
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That actually sounds really cool.
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