Joining the CPS-VO by founding a new group was covered previously in the chapter titled Form & Manage Groups.  Here we discuss creating a new Virtual Organization from ground zero.    

The Computing Infrastructure The server powering the CPS-VO deployment is currently a Dell PowerEdge r515:

The VO collaboration platform is built on top of the open-source Drupal content management platform, which powers millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world (including a dedicated Drupal Security Team, which is 40 strong).  Presently, we use version 6 of the Drupal CMS.