Transcript FDOT Implementation of Internet Bidding

FDOT Implementation of
Bid Express
Leila T. Griffin
October 14, 2004
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FDOT Structure
Citrix “Metaframe Presentation Server”
Expedite 5.3a Installation
BERC 3.2.6 Installation
Citrix Application Console
Customizations
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Bid Express
Surety2000
FDOT Structure
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Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has 9
Contract Administration Offices; Central Office, 7
District Offices and one Turnpike Enterprise.
Each district has a domain and maintains their own
policies, proxy servers, and internet access
monitoring.
Each district has access to the trnsport modules
through the Citrix “Metaframe Presentation Server”.
Citrix “Metaframe Presentation Server”
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Citrix Product
Applications are centrally consolidated and
accessible via the Citrix Application Console.
Simplifies deployment, management, monitoring and
measurement.
Citrix is secure, provides easy and instant access to
trnsport applications from anywhere, at anytime, and
over any connection.
Ensures that the users have access to the right
resources to protect the security of enterprise
information assets.
Citrix “Metaframe” Farm
•File Server Cluste
•Ten additional servers
Citrix Farm Servers
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The servers are in a resource domain accessible to
all domains in our organization through trusts.
Each domain maintains their own policies, proxy
servers, and internet access monitoring.
Expedite programs and BERC are installed from the
Citrix farm servers to a sharepoint on the file server.
A non-authentication proxy server is used in the
BERC.INI file. This address is not made public,
and is not accessible to the users through standard
browser controls, or the BERC management pages.
Expedite 5.3a Installation
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Installed on each Citrix farm server.
Utilizes common file server (cluster) for:
– Program exe and cfg files
– Program input/output files
Multiple gen.cfg files
Each district has its own digital id public/private key
pair
User access is based on district domain groups that
are recognized by the Citrix farm servers.
Expedite 5.3a Installation (Cont’d)
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.BAT files created for each Expedite program
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Allows to start programs from a CITRIX desktop icon
Allows for appropriate district file directory mapping based
on Expedite district domain groups
Each district has a separate Expedite/CITRIX
domain group on LAN for user access
File directory “permissions” managed thru cluster
management utility, permissions grated to Expedite
district file directories based on the district domain
group.
Expedite 5.3a File Server Components
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Expedite input/output directories
\\server_name\CO_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D1_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D2_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D3_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D4_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D5_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D6_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D7_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D8_EXPEDITE
Expedite 5.3a exe and cfg files
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BID, GEN and LOAD folders (\\server_name\APPS\expedite)
The GEN folder contains multiple gen.cfg files
– Gen_CO.cfg
– Gen_D1.cfg
– Gen_D2.cfg
– Gen_D3.cfg
– Gen_D4.cfg
– Gen_D5.cfg
– Gen_D6.cfg
– Gen_D7.cfg
– Gen_D8.cfg
Expedite 5.3a (Citrix Server
Components)
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Registry entry and .BAT files associated with CITRIX
desktop application icons
\\server_name\AppSupport\Expedite\Batch
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bondcheck.bat
eblib.bat
entry.bat
gen.bat
load.bat
patch.bat
others….
BERC 3.2.6 Installation
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BERC was installed as a service and service
executable was installed to a sharepoint on the file
server cluster.
The executable is accessible to each server in the
Citrix farm.
A domain account was created to launch the service.
Rights were granted to the sharepoint where the
executable was installed.
Users were granted access to the sharepoint for the
BERC data and configuration files.
Share permissions were established.
BERC 3.2.6 Installation (cont’d)
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Production URL:
– \\dotvcofp001\apps\berc_prod\BERC\bin\BERCsv
c.exe
The application points to the Internet Explorer
browser executable, which is then followed by the
localhost IP address and the BERC service port
number.
– "C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" http://127.0.0.1:32653
BERC 3.2.6 Installation (cont’d)
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Keys are imported into the application configuration,
by executing the import commands from any server
in the Citrix farm.
Once the import is performed from one server, the
keys are then accessible to all servers pointing to
that installation location, further leveraging the single
point of installation.
BERC 3.2.6 Installation (cont’d)
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Load output directories mapped to the Expedite
district input/output directories instead of the default
BERC output directories
File permissions are granted to the common domain
user account
BERC login page allows user to choose appropriate
district
BERC load.cfg file are kept in sync with Expedite
load.cfg file
The FDOT public key for each district was created
using the Expedite Bid program and imported into
BERC.
BERC File Server Components
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BERC output directories mapped to Expedite
directories
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\\server_name\CO_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D1_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D2_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D3_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D4_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D5_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D6_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D7_EXPEDITE
\\server_name\D8_EXPEDITE
BERC ini File
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Contain settings for each district
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UserID=
Name=
Description=
PrintOnDownLoad=
PrinterName=
UpLoadApparentBids=
LoadOutputDir=
Home=
BERC Application Directory Files
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BIN
ETC
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WWW
Citrix Application Console
User Login to Citrix applications
Citrix Application Console (cont’d)
Desktop application icons are displayed when
the user logs on to Citrix.
Citrix Application Console (cont’d)
Expedite and BERC applications. The icons lunch the Expedite
.BAT files
Citrix Application Console (cont’d)
Citrix farm server connection widow displays the server the user
is connect to and the applications that are being used by the user.
Bid Express Customizations
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Installed as a windows service
The database was customized to work with a multi
district environment
Customizations to BIDX.COM web pages for FDOT
multi-district lettings
Enable digital id authentication for each district
digital id
Multiple admin accounts for each of the districts that
only allow update to appropriate district information
Bid Express Customizations (cont’d)
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Enable digital id authentication for each
district digital id
Multiple admin accounts for each of the
districts that only allow update to appropriate
district information
Surety 2000
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Changes were made to the Expedite
BONDCHECK digital id authentication to
handle each district digital id.
BONDCHECK required digital ids to be
created by Expedite BID, not BERC.
Contact Information
Leila T. Griffin
Systems Analyst
Contracts Administration Office
(850) 414-4007
[email protected]