perfsonar development work

[Chris Welti <>]

Hi all,

after installing the latest RRDMA release from , perfsonar-bundle-2.2, I've 
some points to mention:

- Please, please, please, release an -extra version of the bundle that 
includes ALL the necessary software AND does not require so much 
configuration information. Also the installer only works for really fresh 
installations, else it will fail along the path, so what's the point of not 
offering a combined release? I want a SIMPLE installation with only very few 
parameters to insert.
Organisation name, username, password, basic location of the service (e.g. 
/usr/local/perfsonar). When downloading files for installation, please put 
them in a temp folder and for heaven sake, don't ask for source locations.
anyway, there really is a lot to improve in the installation of this packet!
It again took me days to get the RRDMA working properly.

- the URLs for the webservices are too long.

instead of 
http://127.0.0.1:8180/SWITCH_RRDMA/services/MeasurementArchiveService, i'd 
like to see URLs only like this for all services:

http://hostname:8180/servicename

everything else is just confusing and does not help at all. (I know this 
might require fiddeling with tomcat or another servlet container, but please 
investigate how this can be done!)


Anyway, when I'm at it, instead of using URLs that contain version numbers, 
please only use generic names.
e.g.
http://hostname:8180/rrdma
http://hostname:8180/ls
http://hostname:8180/lg

and so on. I don't see any reason why the version number should be part of 
the URL.
(also this makes upgrading a nightmare because you always have to circulate a 
new URL. I know this is maybe not an issue anymore using the LS, but if the 
LS URL changes, the same applies.)