March, 30th - April, 5th

The automations that were developed for the capturing of PCAP files, their upload to HDFS and subsequent handover to the Load Balancer have passed the tests successfully. The automations met the expectations that were set for the test set that was done. To make the automations periodic and independent, we used the schedule library in conjunction with threads. So, tasks are scheduled periodically and are executed in separate threads. It is important to note that the schedule function is responsible for launching the threads with the tasks to be executed.

During this week, the automations for the eventual use of a Machine Learning algorithm have been developed as well. The Machine Learning algortihm, which will be used to help predict completion times, will only be implemented if time allows. Since we were already dealing with automations, we decided to go ahead and prepare these as well, but they will not be used for now. These automations were also tested and met our expectations with success.

NEXT OBJECTIVES: Meet with the Professor to discuss the next steps. A meeting was not possible during this week due to the fact that it's Easter and the Professor was not available.