Create a script to create allocations in Coldfront

[QuanMPhm]

Motivation

Depends on #52. During the Fall 2025 semester, a class using the NERC wanted a namespace created for each student because of the need to have privacy for each student's work. This required manually creating a allocation for each student on Coldfront. The class has around 20 students, which is manually doable. However, we expect demand for this namespace-per-student arrangement to increase in future semesters. The goal is that there is a script that can be used by Coldfront administrators to programmatically create allocations in Coldfront, given a set of students, and the quotas for each allocation.

@DanNiESh @knikolla @joachimweyl Let me know if this description is accurate, or requires further discussion

Completion Criteria

Script created that will auto-create multiple students at a time.

Description

• Decide what information is needed for generation of allocations
  • student email?
  • Course name?
  • Proff name?
  • etc?
• Generate script that pulls in this information in CSV form to genertate allocations
• Test Script

Completion dates

Desired - 2025-10-15
Required - 2025-11-05

[joachimweyl]

sounds accurate.

[knikolla]

I think you're already working on something similar as part of the API for editing Allocations?

[QuanMPhm]

@knikolla I have a draft POC for an API to creating allocations in #52. Once an API is available, I will proceed with this issue. Do you have any concerns about how this script should be implemented or how it is used?

[morantara]

@QuanMPhm did you get the draft you needed here? should this be pushed to the next sprint?

[QuanMPhm]

@morantara Pushed, already?

[morantara]

@QuanMPhm will this be reviewed and closed before Wednesday? should it be pushed to a future sprint?

[QuanMPhm]

@morantara I'll push this out