perfsonar development work

[Loukik Kudarimoti <>]

Hi,

Verena, can you please create a product in bugzilla (something like 
BWCTL MP - $version - $releaseCandidateNumber )
Stijn, once this product is created, can you please use bugzilla to 
enter bug reports?

Thanks,
Loukik.

Stijn Melis wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I got the BWCTL MP running in Fedora (in VMWare) now, and I can 
> contact it in my Windows machine using Firefox and port 8090 as you 
> described.
>
> I tried to send a request XML (the first example in the Interface 
> Specification for BWCTL MP document, with source and destination IP 
> changed of course) using a class that Stijn V. also used to test his 
> Telnet/SSH MP (it's just using SOAP to send an XML message to a 
> specific endpoint, and from what I've seen it doesn't do anything 
> specific related to Telnet/SSH). According to the output I get in 
> Eclipse the message reaches the MP and then gives an error (see 
> attachment). From what I believe the MP should return an XML message 
> either stating there was a fault in the request XML, or an answer to 
> the request, is this correct? Since I know nothing about PERL I also 
> haven't checked what the error is about.
>
> As for that Debian installation, I noticed I forgot to mention 
> something in that txt file I sent you earlier. Sorry about that. It's 
> more complicated then just changing some priorities, hence I'm not 
> sure it will work on Debian, but I will try to look into that as well. 
> I also attached that (changed) file.
>
> Regards,
>
> Stijn
>
>
> Verena Venus wrote:
> > Hi Stijn,
> >
> > Am Friday 05 January 2007 15:47 schrieb Stijn Melis:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > First of all I'd probably better introduce myself. To keep it short, I
> > > am the person who will take over the implementation from Stijn
> > > Verstichel from now on. At the moment Stijn is still guiding me through
> > > the whole perfsonar project though.
> >
> > Welcome to the Community!
> >
> > > I am trying to do some functional tests on the perl-perfsonar-0.2 you
> > > sent to Loukik earlier.
> > > First of all I tried to install it on a Debian Linux machine, but that
> > > didn't work so well (see also the text file I attached). Since we have
> > > no Fedora terminals here at the moment, I made one in VMWare from
> > > scratch which I will use to perform the tests (until I have a Fedora
> > > terminal at my disposal). Everything worked great until I tried the
> > > ./test --path=/opt/perfsonar command. There was a slight problem with
> > > permissions (see also the text file I attached).
> > > I got the test command to work though, so I guess my installation could
> > > be considered successful.
> >
> > Hmm, looking at the fixes you've done, it should work on debian also. 
> > I would be very interested in testing results also from debian. 
> > Ideally, it should not matter which linux installation the service is 
> > running on. However, we cannot support any other platform (like 
> > windows for example) at the moment.
> >
> > > So, for the functional testing itself. I read your documents about the
> > > interfaces, the installation and the functional specifications for 
> > > BWCTL
> > > MP, and I understand the schemas etc. I downloaded the soapUI on my
> > > Windows desktop machine, which I would use as a client to send the
> > > xml-Requests. I need a wsdl for soapUI though, and I can't seem to find
> > > one that corresponds to the BWCTL MP.
> >
> > Yes, the WSDL is a problem. Jochen considered this in his email 
> > informing about soapUI:
> > "[...]
> > There are some problems with soapUI that are more or less 
> > perfSONAR/NMWG specific. NMWG's request/response cannot be described 
> > using WSDL, like it should normally be done when using web services. 
> > Please note: My knowledge about SOAP and WSDL is far from being 
> > perfect! If you know how to describe a perfSONAR/NMWG service using 
> > WSDL or if you already have a WSDL file, please inform me about it! 
> > Having one will make functional testing for the described service 
> > possible in a few hours!
> >
> > On the other hand it's no great problem to work around the WSDL 
> > problem. WSDL cannot (yet) use RNC/RNG for schema description, but 
> > both can be converted to XML Schema (XSD) using e.g. trang. Since XML 
> > Schema is not as powerful as Relax-NG I have some problems at the 
> > moment. [...]"
> >
> > > As for the perl-perfsonar running in Fedora (VMWare), how do I know
> > > where to contact it?
> >
> > By default, the service is running on port 8090. (You can change this 
> > in the configuration file [see configuration file manual of the 
> > documentation] or by starting the service with --port=<portnumber>).
> > You should also provide /services/MP/BWCTL as URI in your request.
> > I think, I should add a section about using the service in the 
> > installation documentation.
> >
> > > If you could guide me a little bit in how to start a functional test,
> > > I'd be most grateful.
> >
> > First of all, you should ensure that the service is working correctly 
> > when receiving the example request files (see interface specification 
> > document). If this is the case, try to get errors :)
> >
> > Probably Michalis can explain funcitonal testing in general to you. 
> > If you have specific questions about BWCTL feel free to ask me. For 
> > questions on soapUI Jochen knows it best.
> >
> > mail addresses:
> > - Michael Michalis 
> > <>
> > - Jochen Reinwand 
> > <>
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Verena
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Delivering Requests via SOAPClient...
> End point: http://192.168.217.129:8090/services/MP/BWCTL
> Request file: D:\test/RequestFile0.xml
> Response file: D:\testoutput/Response_RequestFile0.xml
> SOAPClient.makeRequest: General exception encountered by client
> AxisFault
>  faultCode: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server
>  faultSubcode: 
>  faultString: Can't call method &quot;documentElement&quot; on an undefined value at /opt/perfsonar/bin/../lib/NMWG/Message.pm line 67.
>
>  faultActor: http://localhost.localdomain:8090/
>  faultNode: 
>  faultDetail: 
> 	{http://xml.apache.org/axis/}stackTrace:Can't call method &quot;documentElement&quot; on an undefined value at /opt/perfsonar/bin/../lib/NMWG/Message.pm line 67.
>
>         at 
> org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.createFault(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:222)
>         at 
> org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.endElement(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:129)
>         at 
> org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.endElement(DeserializationContext.java:1087)
>         at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown 
> Source)
>         at 
> org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source)
>         at 
> org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown
>  Source)
>         at 
> org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown 
> Source)
>         at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
>         at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
>         at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
>         at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
>         at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
>         at 
> org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.parse(DeserializationContext.java:227)
>         at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:696)
>         at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPEnvelope(Message.java:435)
>         at 
> org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.MustUnderstandChecker.invoke(MustUnderstandChecker.java:62)
>         at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:206)
>         at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)
>         at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)
>         at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1792)
>         at 
> org.perfsonar.service.measurementPoint.lookingGlassType.tests.SOAPClient.makeRequest(SOAPClient.java:98)
>         at 
> org.perfsonar.service.measurementPoint.lookingGlassType.tests.RequestDeliverer.sendRequests(RequestDeliverer.java:69)
>         at 
> org.perfsonar.service.measurementPoint.lookingGlassType.tests.RequestDeliverer.main(RequestDeliverer.java:81)
>
>         {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}hostname:wilde
>
> Can't call method "documentElement" on an undefined value at 
> /opt/perfsonar/bin/../lib/NMWG/Message.pm line 67.
>
>         at 
> org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.createFault(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:222)
>         at 
> org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.endElement(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:129)
>         at 
> org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.endElement(DeserializationContext.java:1087)
>         at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown 
> Source)
>         at 
> org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source)
>         at 
> org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown
>  Source)
>         at 
> org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown 
> Source)
>         at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
>         at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
>         at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
>         at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
>         at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
>         at 
> org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.parse(DeserializationContext.java:227)
>         at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:696)
>         at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPEnvelope(Message.java:435)
>         at 
> org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.MustUnderstandChecker.invoke(MustUnderstandChecker.java:62)
>         at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:206)
>         at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)
>         at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)
>         at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1792)
>         at 
> org.perfsonar.service.measurementPoint.lookingGlassType.tests.SOAPClient.makeRequest(SOAPClient.java:98)
>         at 
> org.perfsonar.service.measurementPoint.lookingGlassType.tests.RequestDeliverer.sendRequests(RequestDeliverer.java:69)
>         at 
> org.perfsonar.service.measurementPoint.lookingGlassType.tests.RequestDeliverer.main(RequestDeliverer.java:81)
> Client exiting
> Requests were delivered and Responses are stored in selected directory.
>   
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Debian Linux Distribution
> -------------------------
>
> ./pre-install
>
>         -> libxml2-dev also needed, causes errors to happen (I installed 
> libxml2-dev using apt-get
>            and that fixed the problem)
>
> ./configure
>
>         -> ok
>
> ./deploy
>
>         -> error: /usr/sbin/groupadd: invalid option -- r
>                   usage: groupadd [-g gid [-o]] group
>                   /usr/sbin/useradd: invalid option -- r
>                   usage: useradd  [-u uid [-o]] [-g group] [-G group,...]
>                                   [-d home] [-s shell] [-c comment] [-m [-k 
> template]]
>                                   [-f inactive] [-e expire ] [-p passwd] name
>                          useradd  -D [-g group] [-b base] [-s shell]
>                                   [-f inactive] [-e expire ]
>         
>                 Fix: remove -r option from both commands
>
> ./test
>         if user is 'root' and perfsonar user is the standard 
> perfsonar/perfsonar group/user
>         -> error: Can't exec "/etc/init.d/perfsonar": Permission denied at 
> ./test line 18.
>                   Can't exec "/etc/init.d/perfsonar": Permission denied at 
> ./test line 19.
>         
>                 Fix: use chmod on /etc/init.d/perfsonar to make it executable
>
>         -> error: /etc/init.d/perfsonar: line 10: /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions: 
> No such file or directory
>                   /etc/init.d/perfsonar: line 13: /etc/sysconfig/network: No 
> such file or directory
>                   Starting perfsonar.pl: /etc/init.d/perfsonar: line 43: 
> daemon: command not found
>
>                   /etc/init.d/perfsonar: line 10: /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions: 
> No such file or directory
>                   /etc/init.d/perfsonar: line 13: /etc/sysconfig/network: No 
> such file or directory
>                   Shutting down perfsonar.pl: /etc/init.d/perfsonar: line 50: 
> killproc: command not found
>
>                 There is no /etc/rc.d/init.d directory in Debian
>                 There is no /etc/sysconfig directory in Debian
>                 There is also no deamon and killproc process in Debian
>
>                 Fix: at the moment I don't now, and I honestly haven't 
> checked yet.
>
>
> Clean Fedora Linux Distribution in VMWare
> -----------------------------------------
>
> ./pre-install   -> OK
> ./configure     -> OK
> ./deploy        -> OK
> ./test          -> Test Perfsonar Deamon
>                    Can't exec "/etc/init.d/perfsonar": Permission denied at 
> ./test line 17.
>                    Can't exec "/etc/init.d/perfsonar": Permission denied at 
> ./test line 18.
>                         ==> FIX: chmod 755 /etc/init.d/perfsonar
>                    If you try ./test again, you get this:
>                         Test perfsonar demaon....
>                         Starting perfsonar.pl: -bash: 
> /opt/perfsonar/bin/perfsonar.pl: Permission denied
>                                                                               
>      [FAILED]
>                         Shutting down perfsonar.pl:                           
>      [FAILED]
>                         ==> FIX: chmod 755 /opt/perfsonar/bin/perfsonar.pl
>