Table 1.
List of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) used in the workflow. Composition of the open source collaboration focused workflow. A list and description of all the open source software that can be self hosted in a Network Attached Storage system (NAS) is presented and described below. We note, however, that Zotero is not being self-hosted for this solution but could self-hosted if needed. We also note that the panorama of functionality and FOSS access changes quickly in accordance to the development of some of these resources.
Fig 1.
Diagram of the selfhosted LabOps workflow Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in relation to hardware.
Summary of the selected tools and resources used to deploy an integrated system for communication within the lab. We provide additional details in Table 1. We list (1) Nextcloud and ownCloud under Data sharing and storage, (2) Collabora and Onlyoffice under Collaborative document editor, (3) Nextcloud calendar and radicale under Calendar sharing, (4) Zotero for Reference manager, and (5) Mattermost, Element, Rocket.Chat, and Nextcloud chat for Team communication. In the figure, descriptions are particular to community editions. Central to the LabOps is the hardware configuration (could be a server, NAS, or less specialized hardware such a laptop, mini pc or similar).