perfsonar development work

[Joe Metzger <>]

FYI,
These notes are not complete, because I still don't have a stable 
installation.  :-)


Recommendations for improving perfSONAR 1.0

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The existing configuration script (install.pl) should be turned into an
installation script.  The first question it asks should be where do you
want to install the application. It should create that directory and
and required sub-directories if neccessary and install all files into
that directory.

The user should be able to delete the temporary directory he unzip'd the
tarball in once the install is complete


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The FIRST test in the testing procedure should be to go to the
Happy-Axis page and verify axis is happy, and then click on
the services link and verify that the perfSONAR service is deployed.

It would be nice to also include some suggestions about what
to do if/when the service isn't there.

IE, if it says it is running JDK 1.4.2, figure out how
to uninstall the old Java, and reinstall with JDK 1.5.0...


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The install scripts need more info about eXist.

IE, at what point should you actually start eXist?
(The current doc's don't suggest starting it at all...)

How do I push my RRDMA configuration into the Exist DB?
Does it happen automagically? Or do I need to do it manually?

How can I verify that your RRDMA configuration is stored properly?

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The test process should include a simple wild-carded get-key
query that will fetch all of the keys for all the interfaces
in the RRDMA. This will allow people to verify that their
local configuration is getting stored properly.

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The use of date -dtoday '+%s' in scripts/ma-store-key.sh
is not portable. It doesn't work on Freebsd.

Perl is required so `perl -e print time` is a lot more
portable (or test the date command and then use the appropriate
arguments.).



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I will send more info if/when I figure out my remaining problems....


--Joe