perfsonar development work

[Roman Lapacz <>]

Loukik Kudarimoti wrote:
> Nicolas previously mentioned that we should try to achieve a balance 
> in the emails that we send to perfsonar-user as the users won't have 
> enough time to read them. I agree. I think this thread is too 
> detailed. Hence I am moving it to perfsonar-dev.
>
>
> Jason Zurawski wrote:
> > > 1) ./perfSONAR pre-install
> > >
> > > This will ask if the user already has ant, tomcat, axis and exist.
> > > * If the user says 'yes' to any of them, it will ask the path where 
> > > it is located.
> > > * If the user says 'no' to any of them, it will ask if the user 
> > > wants to install them manually or download them automatically and 
> > > install it.
> > > ** If the user chooses 'Manually', the script will ask the user to 
> > > run the same script again after installing the dependency. It will 
> > > also suggest download sites where the user can find the software for 
> > > downloading
> > > ** If the user chooses  'Automatically' the script will  know a list 
> > > of sites where the software is available and it will download the 
> > > software and install it.
> > >
> > > The script will also prompt the user for the port number to run 
> > > tomcat on. eXist can run on tomcat itself and hence on the same port 
> > > as tomcat.
> >
> >
> > I am for the creation of some sort of repository (apt/yum) that we 
> > maintain and contains our pre-installation software (preferably 
> > packaged by someone else such as the individual linux vendors or the 
> > original authors).
> I would prefer to use URLs for applications such as exist and tomcat. 
> But I do not have a strong inclination towards it. Is there a reason 
> why you would want to keep a copy of these applications on ps servers?
>
> >   I don't however think that having the pS installer itself install 
> > the software is in our best interest.  The installer then requires 
> > administrator priv. to access system folders to install items like 
> > java or tomcat (as well as configure iptables or other firewall 
> > software) where now it can be installed by an end user albeit needing 
> > one or two manual system level tweaks.
>
> I am not suggesting to install java manually. The list says tomcat, 
> axis, ant and exist. About tomcat, why is access to system folders 
> required?
> If the user wants us to install it automatically, we install it in the 
> user's folder.

JRE could be installed this way as well


Roman