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| * __**Interim Report Deadline**__: //07 july 2025// | * __**Interim Report Deadline**__: //07 july 2025// | ||
| * __**Final Report Deadline**__: //07 february 2025// | * __**Final Report Deadline**__: //07 february 2025// | ||
| - | * __**Target Beneficiary**__: //This project targets beneficiaries who are organisations (including: ISPs, Hosting Providers, Universities/cmREN, eGov, Regulator, Banks, Enterprises, etc.) which hold at least one ASN (Autonomous System Number) to autonomously carry its network operations in Cameroon. The expected **attendance** is constituted of **28 individuals**, **designated by 28 of the 32 resource members** of AFRINIC, **operating in Cameroon**.// | + | * __**Target Beneficiary**__: //This project targets beneficiaries who are organisations (including: ISPs, Hosting Providers, Universities/cmREN, eGov, Regulator, Banks, Enterprises, etc.) which hold at least one ASN (Autonomous System Number) to autonomously carry their network operations in Cameroon. It's expected that at least seventy five percent **(75 %) of the target, already present at the facility, join the IXP** and that **75 % of them start to collect, at that PoP (Point of Presence), all local traffic originated from there (facility) and destined to their Network or Autonomous System (AS)**.// |
| * __**Number of IXP Associated**__: //One (01); which is Douala-IX (with 01 PoP, 01 active) operated by the cmNOG and ST DIGITAL and it's still open to the whole community.// | * __**Number of IXP Associated**__: //One (01); which is Douala-IX (with 01 PoP, 01 active) operated by the cmNOG and ST DIGITAL and it's still open to the whole community.// | ||
| * __**Focus on community**__: //Douala-IX is the first IXP built within the local NOG community; through basic discussions among all active volunteers present on the cmNOG's Telegram public room. ST Digital provided the infrastructure and needed equipment; where the cmNOG provided the technical knowledge needed to achieve an IXP alternative with the following characteristics: (i) Bottom-up Community-based management (administrative & technical); (ii) BCOPs (Best Current Operational Practices); (iii) FLOSS (Free/Libre OpenSource Software) tools; (iv) Openness (welcome to any ASN holder) & Neutrality; (v) support for Critical Infrastructures & Locally valuable services; and (vi) local traffic should not go out of the domestic boundaries.// //One other evidence of the high community consideration, with regards to the DIXIUP Project, is that of the __**Ca**meroon **Pee**ring **Ro**ad **S**how__ (**CaPeeRoS**), organized from the 23th to 26th of July 2024, we confirmed the __**lack (or non-existence)**__ of an __**active community**__ for the local Peering Ecosystem. Chapter) were __**tasked to develop and submit a project**__ which could help in __**Building a sustainable Local Peering & Interconnections Community**__.// | * __**Focus on community**__: //Douala-IX is the first IXP built within the local NOG community; through basic discussions among all active volunteers present on the cmNOG's Telegram public room. ST Digital provided the infrastructure and needed equipment; where the cmNOG provided the technical knowledge needed to achieve an IXP alternative with the following characteristics: (i) Bottom-up Community-based management (administrative & technical); (ii) BCOPs (Best Current Operational Practices); (iii) FLOSS (Free/Libre OpenSource Software) tools; (iv) Openness (welcome to any ASN holder) & Neutrality; (v) support for Critical Infrastructures & Locally valuable services; and (vi) local traffic should not go out of the domestic boundaries.// //One other evidence of the high community consideration, with regards to the DIXIUP Project, is that of the __**Ca**meroon **Pee**ring **Ro**ad **S**how__ (**CaPeeRoS**), organized from the 23th to 26th of July 2024, we confirmed the __**lack (or non-existence)**__ of an __**active community**__ for the local Peering Ecosystem. Chapter) were __**tasked to develop and submit a project**__ which could help in __**Building a sustainable Local Peering & Interconnections Community**__.// | ||
| - | * __**Focus on multi-stakeholder engagements**__: //This project, titled ""**D**ouala-**IX** **I**nfrastructure **U**pgrade **P**roject (DIXIUP)", is a great __**bottom-up initiative**__ which aims to cross another milestone along the path to an __**effective**__ Peering and Interconnections community within Cameroon. This project, which has obtained the **SPI (Sustainable Peering Infrastructure)** Programme grant from ISOC Foundation (**SPI Grant ID: __G-202307-12438__**), shall be managed transparently by the two main organizations (cmNOG and ST DIGITAL) partenering on the project within and with the **C**a**M**eroon **DO**mestic **I**nterne**T** (**cmDoIt**) community.// | + | * __**Focus on multi-stakeholder engagements**__: //This project, titled "**D**ouala-**IX** **I**nfrastructure **U**pgrade **P**roject (DIXIUP)", is a great __**bottom-up initiative**__ which aims to cross another milestone along the path to an __**effective**__ Peering and Interconnections community within Cameroon. This project, which has obtained the **SPI (Sustainable Peering Infrastructure)** Programme grant from ISOC Foundation (**SPI Grant ID: __G-202307-12438__**), shall be managed transparently by the two main organizations (cmNOG and ST DIGITAL) partenering on the project within and with the **C**a**M**eroon **DO**mestic **I**nterne**T** (**cmDoIt**) community.// |
| * __**Project sustainability**__: //This project offers an opportunity to upgrade a critical infrastructure through a collaborative; in order to emulating a crowdfunding model of contribution to support future costs & challenges together with the involved domestic Internet Operations community participants and their respective Orgs. When the practicality of an active Local Peering Community (LPC) is no longer a concern; our expectation is that; organisations benefiting to the IXPs would become aware of the real value of Peering for the businesses they manage on a day-to-day basis; then, they may start to take informed decisions; such as supporting all **__Local Peering Initiatives__ (LPI)**, including __**funding the costs of IXP operations**__...// | * __**Project sustainability**__: //This project offers an opportunity to upgrade a critical infrastructure through a collaborative; in order to emulating a crowdfunding model of contribution to support future costs & challenges together with the involved domestic Internet Operations community participants and their respective Orgs. When the practicality of an active Local Peering Community (LPC) is no longer a concern; our expectation is that; organisations benefiting to the IXPs would become aware of the real value of Peering for the businesses they manage on a day-to-day basis; then, they may start to take informed decisions; such as supporting all **__Local Peering Initiatives__ (LPI)**, including __**funding the costs of IXP operations**__...// | ||
| * __**Project Objectives**__: | * __**Project Objectives**__: | ||
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| We founded the Douala-IX project under strong foundational building blocks (//principles//), such as: (i) Bottom-up Community-based management (//administrative & technical//); (ii) **BCOPs** (//Best Current Operational Practices//); (iii) **FLOSS** (//Free/Libre OpenSource Software//) tools; (iv) Openness (//welcome to any ASN holder//) & Neutrality; (v) support for Critical Infrastructures & Locally valuable services (//Public Interest Service -- PIS//); and (vi) local traffic should not go out. | We founded the Douala-IX project under strong foundational building blocks (//principles//), such as: (i) Bottom-up Community-based management (//administrative & technical//); (ii) **BCOPs** (//Best Current Operational Practices//); (iii) **FLOSS** (//Free/Libre OpenSource Software//) tools; (iv) Openness (//welcome to any ASN holder//) & Neutrality; (v) support for Critical Infrastructures & Locally valuable services (//Public Interest Service -- PIS//); and (vi) local traffic should not go out. | ||
| - | That said: it's simply a matter of consistency, for us to continue in trying to do, step by step, whatever is naturally contributing to carry us near and nearer to our foundational principles and guiding vision ("A local Internet exists here!"). | + | That said: it's simply a matter of consistency, for us to continue in trying to do, step by step, whatever is naturally contributing to carry us near and nearer to **our __foundational principles__** and **__guiding vision__** (//"**A local Internet exists here!**"//). |
| Through our planned activities, we would add new redundant equipment (//switches and servers//); in order to allow the deployment of new services {//add DNS D root & K root anycast instances, install a BGP route collector, Complete the email services by providing mailboxes hosted internally for our own usage (in the first place), etc.//} and the enhancement (//redundancy and/or resilience//) of existing ones {Authoritative DNS servers ((//Authoritative DNS name servers -- {ns1,ns2}.std.douala-ix.net//)), route-server ((//internal tool//)), smtp relay ((//SMTP server relay --// smtp.std.douala-ix.net)), ntp server ((//NTP server --// ntp.std.douala-ix.net in ntppool.org)), project management web application --((//Project management tool based on an instance of Redmine --// redmine.std.douala-ix.net)), RIPE ATLAS anchor 7050 ((https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/7050)) , public conferencing system using jitsi ((//Jitsi Meet Public Interest Service --// meet.std.douala-ix.net)), DNS64 + NAT64 instance, monitoring platform ((//monitoring platform --// monitoring.std.douala-ix.net/mrtg)), IXP manager ((//Previous instance of IXP manager --// https://ixpm.std.douala-ix.net/))((Actual instance of IXP manager -- https://portal.douala-ix.net/statistics/ixp)), libreSpeed instance ((//libreSpeed instance --// https://tools.std.douala-ix.net/speedtest/)), looking glass available (in IPv6 only for now)((//this Loking Glass instance is available in IPv6 only --// https://lg2.std.douala-ix.net/cgi-bin/bgplg))((//An active instance of Looking Glass --// https://tools.std.douala-ix.net/cgi-bin/bgplg/)), DNS F root ((//DNS F root --// f.root-servers.org)) anycast instance as peer in the IXP}. We expect to gain some encouraging outcomes/results (at least 1 Gb of local traffic exchanged, at least 8 ASNs connected) and concrete impacts (//more peering culture shared across the country//), a year after the start date of the project, say: 08 january 2024 to 07 january 2025. \\ | Through our planned activities, we would add new redundant equipment (//switches and servers//); in order to allow the deployment of new services {//add DNS D root & K root anycast instances, install a BGP route collector, Complete the email services by providing mailboxes hosted internally for our own usage (in the first place), etc.//} and the enhancement (//redundancy and/or resilience//) of existing ones {Authoritative DNS servers ((//Authoritative DNS name servers -- {ns1,ns2}.std.douala-ix.net//)), route-server ((//internal tool//)), smtp relay ((//SMTP server relay --// smtp.std.douala-ix.net)), ntp server ((//NTP server --// ntp.std.douala-ix.net in ntppool.org)), project management web application --((//Project management tool based on an instance of Redmine --// redmine.std.douala-ix.net)), RIPE ATLAS anchor 7050 ((https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/7050)) , public conferencing system using jitsi ((//Jitsi Meet Public Interest Service --// meet.std.douala-ix.net)), DNS64 + NAT64 instance, monitoring platform ((//monitoring platform --// monitoring.std.douala-ix.net/mrtg)), IXP manager ((//Previous instance of IXP manager --// https://ixpm.std.douala-ix.net/))((Actual instance of IXP manager -- https://portal.douala-ix.net/statistics/ixp)), libreSpeed instance ((//libreSpeed instance --// https://tools.std.douala-ix.net/speedtest/)), looking glass available (in IPv6 only for now)((//this Loking Glass instance is available in IPv6 only --// https://lg2.std.douala-ix.net/cgi-bin/bgplg))((//An active instance of Looking Glass --// https://tools.std.douala-ix.net/cgi-bin/bgplg/)), DNS F root ((//DNS F root --// f.root-servers.org)) anycast instance as peer in the IXP}. We expect to gain some encouraging outcomes/results (at least 1 Gb of local traffic exchanged, at least 8 ASNs connected) and concrete impacts (//more peering culture shared across the country//), a year after the start date of the project, say: 08 january 2024 to 07 january 2025. \\ | ||
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| //The list of activities, needed to complete the project, is the following:// | //The list of activities, needed to complete the project, is the following:// | ||
| - | * Activity 1: Virtual simulation of integration of new equipment into the existing infrastructure | + | * **Activity 1**: Virtual simulation of integration of new equipment into the existing infrastructure |
| - | * Activity 2: Confirmation of Equipment Orders | + | * **Activity 2**: Confirmation of Equipment Orders |
| - | * Activity 3: Final Drafting of Douala-IX's Governing Documents | + | * **Activity 3**: Final Drafting of Douala-IX's Governing Documents |
| - | * Activity 4: Public Review & Circulation of Douala-IX's Governing draft Documents | + | * **Activity 4**: Public Review & Circulation of Douala-IX's Governing draft Documents |
| - | * Activity 5: Acceptance of delivery of new equipment | + | * **Activity 5**: Acceptance of delivery of new equipment |
| - | * Activity 6: Integration of new equipment into existing infrastructure | + | * **Activity 6**: Integration of new equipment into existing infrastructure |
| - | * Activity 7: Installation of free software needed to provide some new or redundant services | + | * **Activity 7**: Installation of free software needed to provide some new or redundant services |
| - | * Activity 8: Removal of old equipment | + | * **Activity 8**: Removal of old equipment |
| - | * Activity 9: Open Governance Structure Implementation | + | * **Activity 9**: Open Governance Structure Implementation |
| - | * Activity 10: Raising awareness & acculturation to peering | + | * **Activity 10**: Raising awareness & acculturation to peering |
| - | * Activity 11: Adding new peers to the Internet Exchange Point | + | * **Activity 11**: Adding new peers to the Internet Exchange Point |
| - | * Activity 12: Monitoring the impact of changes & Publication of measurement graphs | + | * **Activity 12**: Monitoring the impact of changes & Publication of measurement graphs |
| - | * Activity 13: Drafting of the project (implementation) final report | + | * **Activity 13**: Drafting of the project (implementation) final report |
| - | * Activity 14: Project impact assessment | + | * **Activity 14**: Project impact assessment |
| - | * Activity 15: Conclusion - Transmission, publication and public presentation of the final project report. | + | * **Activity 15**: Conclusion - Transmission, publication and public presentation of the final project report. |
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