FDOT Implementation of Bid Express

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FDOT Implementation of Bid Express
Leila T. GriffinOctober 14, 2004
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Topics

• FDOT Structure
• Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server
• Expedite 5.3a Installation
• BERC 3.2.6 Installation
• Citrix Application Console
• Customizations
• Bid Express
• Surety2000

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FDOT Structure

• 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.

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Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server

• 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.

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Citrix Metaframe Farm

• File Server Cluste

• Ten additional servers

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Citrix Farm Servers

• 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.

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Expedite 5.3a Installation

• 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.

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Expedite 5.3a Installation (Contd)

• .BAT files created for each Expedite program
• 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.

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Expedite 5.3a File Server Components

• 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

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Expedite 5.3a exe and cfg files

• BID, GEN and LOAD folders (\\server_name\APPS\expe
  dite)
• 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

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Expedite 5.3a (Citrix Server Components)

• Registry entry and .BAT files associated with
  CITRIX desktop application icons
  \\server_name\AppSupport\Expedite\Batch
• bondcheck.bat
• eblib.bat
• entry.bat
• gen.bat
• load.bat
• patch.bat
• others.

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BERC 3.2.6 Installation

• 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.

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BERC 3.2.6 Installation (contd)

• Production URL
• \\dotvcofp001\apps\berc_prod\BERC\bin\BERCsvc.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//127.0.0.132653

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BERC 3.2.6 Installation (contd)

• 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.

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BERC 3.2.6 Installation (contd)

• 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.

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BERC File Server Components

• BERC output directories mapped to Expedite
  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

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BERC ini File

• Contain settings for each district
• UserID
• Name
• Description
• PrintOnDownLoad
• PrinterName
• UpLoadApparentBids
• LoadOutputDir
• Home

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BERC Application Directory Files

• BIN
• ETC
• VAR
• WWW

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Citrix Application Console
User Login to Citrix applications
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Citrix Application Console (contd)
Desktop application icons are displayed when the
user logs on to Citrix.
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Citrix Application Console (contd)
Expedite and BERC applications. The icons lunch
the Expedite .BAT files
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Citrix Application Console (contd)
Citrix farm server connection widow displays the
server the user is connect to and the
applications that are being used by the user.
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Bid Express Customizations

• 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

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Bid Express Customizations (contd)

• 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

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Surety 2000

• 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.

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Contact Information
Leila T. Griffin Systems Analyst Contracts
Administration Office [phone] leila.griffi
n_at_dot.state.fl.us