perfsonar development work

[Andreas Hanemann <>]

Chris Welti schrieb:
> 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.)
I would like to support this view and add that in the past the 
visualisation developers have already said that we are not in favor of 
version-dependent URLs.

Andreas
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