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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2025-TUMG010
TitleSOLARIS synchrotron control system upgrade: addressing challenges and implementing solutions
Authors
  • M. Piekarski, I. Zadworny, M. Mleczko, M. Floras
    SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre
  • M. FaƂowski
    Jagiellonian University, SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre
AbstractThe National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS*, a 3rd Generation Synchrotron Light Source, stands as the most advanced research infrastructure in Poland. Since its commencement of operation in 2015, SOLARIS has undergone significant expansions. Initially, system upgrades were straightforward to implement. However, as the facility matured, new beamlines were created, and the number of equipment increased significantly. This led to a rise in the complexity of upgrades, prompting the SOLARIS team to focus on creating automation tools for deployments and maintaining up-to-date libraries and software. During this period, many versions of libraries, such as Python and PyQt, as well as the CentOS operating system, became obsolete, leading to increased maintenance costs. To address these challenges, a comprehensive strategy was developed. This strategy includes transitioning from CentOS 6 and 7 to AlmaLinux 9, upgrading older versions of Python to version 3.9, and updating automation tools such as Ansible and GitLab CI/CD. This paper presents the methodology employed for the control system upgrade, detailing the architecture of the new system, the upgrade process, and the challenges encountered.
Paperdownload: TUMG010.pdf
CiteBibTeX, LaTeX, Text/Word, RIS, EndNote
Conference20th Int. Conf. Accel. Large Exp. Phys. Control Syst. (ICALEPCS'25)
Series
LocationChicago, IL, USA
Date20-26 Sep 2025
PublisherJACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial BoardKent Wootton (ANL), Jeffery Biss (FNAL), Gustavo Bruno (ANL), Jeff Kirchman (ANL), Kelly Jaje (ANL), Denise Skiadopoulos (ANL), SuYin Grass Wang (ANL)
Online ISBN978-3-95450-255-4
Online ISSN2226-0358
Received06 September 2025
Revised29 October 2025
Accepted30 October 2025
Issued25 November 2025
DOI10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2025-TUMG010
Pages383-385