perfsonar development work

[Nicolas Simar <>]

Roland Karch wrote:
> Hi Nicolas,
>
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 09:55:52AM +0100, Nicolas Simar wrote:
>
> > Hmmm, we MUST have a way of triggering BWCTL on-demand tests for the NOC 
> > and PERT for the MDM Pilot.
>
>
> The plugin as I wrote it back then does provide such a way. As already
> described in other correspondence, it currently has open security issues
> which can only be taken care of properly with AA services installed and
> AA support in PerfsonarUI.
>
> The other outstanding issue with the plugin itself is that the GUI is
> not as good yet as I'd like it to be. So, it does not provide a
> graphical visualization of the results, but only a text based output.
> Some reorganization of the GUI would also be nice to have, in order to
> integrate the look and feel of the plugin into how other PerfsonarUI
> plugins work. None of these issues however do mean that functionality
> for starting tests itself is missing.

Yes I remember that. (Too many things happening at the same time :-( ) I 
do apologise for my previous email.

Nothing holds us apart from answering your previous email "BWCTL 
security in the MDM pilot".

Nicolas

> > Otherwise, what is the point in deploying the BWCTL MPs for the Pilot if 
> > the NOC and PERT cannot use it. The Pilot is the most important thing 
> > that is happening to perfSONAR. It is the first step towards deploying 
> > the service in operation and trying to get a larger audience using it on 
> > a regular basis. So it si priority #1 for JRA1 to get everything sorted 
> > out for it to be a success. (I understand you are working on a SA3 issue).
>
>
> My current work subject is indeed SA3. It was already delayed once in
> favour of getting the first version of the plugin ready.
>
>
> > Backup solution might be to have the former page back on line.
>
>
> I don't see what benefit that would bring compared to the current state
> of the PerfsonarUI plugin. But yes, it would be a possibility if some
> major bug is found there that can't be fixed easily.
>
> Greetings,
> Roland

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Nicolas
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