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 The  workshop on  "Campus Wifi and Eduroam"  focused on setting up Eduroam-enabled Wifi infrastructure in educational institutions to gain knowledge of wireless networking, security, Eduroam governance, monitoring, and campus identity management using tools like LDAP and EduID. Eduroam allows secure, seamless internet access across global member institutions using home credentials. As an instructor, I was enable to deliver the sessions on Eduroam Tools, eduroam Governance, Admin portal - Eduroam, eduroam monitoring and support on implementing radius servers and backend support on enabling the roaming among universities. Details and the materials can be found with the following link: https://ws.learn.ac.lk/wiki/campuswifiandeduroam2023Agenda

The workshop on Network security organised by LEARN with the collaboration of APNIC. 

APAN57, Bangkok, Thailand was held from 29th January 2024 to 2nd February 2024 and I was privileged to be a fellow in APAN57.  The sessions are listed which I attended in APAN57 as a fellow. APAN Introduction & Fellowship Meeting – Liana Jacinta Introduction to APAN, activities, and the purpose of Fellowship was discussed by Liana Jacinta, General Manager, APAN on 29th January 2024, and also the importance of having NREN in a country while in the introduction. An introduction; a self-introduction was given by fellows to the audience. Also, the General Manager described how we should grow in the community and rebuild the cultures/ events that faded away while in the pandemic. Review, refreshing and enhancing your national eduroam deployments – Terry Smith Date : 29th January 2024 Time : 11.00 am – 5.00 pm Throughout three sessions on 29th January 2024, the introduction and the status of eduroam in continents were described by Brook Schofield and Terry Smith. Also, the statu...

Workshop was held on containerisation, focusing on Docker and Kubernetes. The core concepts of container technology, explore Docker's components, and utilise Kubernetes for orchestration was explained through real-world scenarios and hands-on labs with practical experience in designing, deploying, and managing container-based networks, preparing them for the future of networking. I was privileged to provide hand on support to the laps in the workshop and present the TAC report in the NOC meeting. The details and the materials can be found with the following link: https://ws.learn.ac.lk/wiki/containerization2023Agenda

I witnessed to APAN56, was held in August 2023 in Sri Lanka, which was hosted by LEARN - Lanka Education And Research Network. https://arteculate.asia/learn-hosts-apan56-sri-lanka/

This workshop focusd on setting up and managing an on-premises video conferencing platform using virtualization. It begined with Linux fundamentals and an introduction to virtualization, exploring its benefits and types.   As an instructor in the workshop, I was enable to deliver the sessions on Overview of Proxmox web console, Proxmox Networking and Clustering and the lab sessions on the topics covered. Details and the materials can be found with following link: https://ws.learn.ac.lk/wiki/Belisac2023/Agenda

The  workshop on  "Identity Access Management Campus Essential"  focused on strengthening campus IT infrastructure by implementing and upgrading identity access management systems targeting institutional system administrators, the program ensures effective, up-to-date identity access management across campuses. As an instructor, My sessions were on Institutional Identity Providers Service (Shibboleth),  Manual installation procedure of Shibboleth, Shibboleth implementation as an Identity Provider,  LEARN Zoom integration,IDP installation automated ansible method,  Migrating existing Identity database to the new implementation, Updating institutional LIAF registration The materials can be found with the following link: https://ws.learn.ac.lk/wiki/Iam2023/Agenda  

The focus of the workshop "Campus Systems Linux Essentials"  was to train Network/Systems engineers/operators of data networking (one who deals with the campus network) from LEARN member institutions to improve the use of Linux and its open-source tools for campus IT infrastructure. Linux, being free and open-source, is essential for running key applications like web servers, mail, identity management, and library systems. As an instructor in the workshop, I had sessions on package management and Scripting and GitHub administration The workshop was help in physically in ITC, University of Peradeniya under 10 sessions for 5 days, for free of charge. Course materials can be found with the following link: https://ws.learn.ac.lk/wiki/Csle2022/Agenda

 I was able to attend the workshop as a supporting instructor since I was in a technical internship position in LEARN. Link to the course materials :  https://ws.learn.ac.lk/wiki/netmon2017agenda

The main focus of the workshop was on optimising campus network performance by regularly measuring key metrics such as latency, packet loss, jitter, bandwidth, and throughput. It focuses on the importance of detecting network bottlenecks, device overloading, and unusual behaviours and also the importance of maintaining a digital inventory of network devices, documenting cable infrastructure.  The workshop was organised for LEARN member institutes, online via Zoom for 4 days which was free of charge. The targeted group was  Network/Systems engineers/operators and Teachers of data networking (one who deals with the campus network). As an instructor, I had a session on installation of Request Tracker and usage of the tool. The materials and recorded videos can be found with the following link: https://ws.learn.ac.lk/wiki/Nmm2022/Agenda

The workshop was organised by LEARN which was targeting institutional network administrators is to examine the today's essentials of a campus network to build up the knowledge needed for IPv6 capability, building none blocking paths linking cloud services, monitoring and performance tuning of a campus network. The workshop was organised online via Zoom for free of charge with 8 sessions for 4 days. As an instructor, Network troubleshooting session was done and the workshop report was submitted. The materials, recorded videos and the agenda can be found with the following link: https://ws.learn.ac.lk/wiki/Cnbp2022/Agenda