perfsonar development work

[Nicolas Simar <>]

Roman Lapacz wrote:
> Gina Kramer wrote:
>> Anyone willing and able to help, please?
>>
>>
>> Gijs Molenaar wrote:
>>> Sorry, but I don't have the time anymore now to answer these
>>> questions. There should be someone else in the project who has this
>>> knowledge and
>>> time, please post these questions to the mailinglist.
>>>
>>>
>>> Gina Kramer schreef:
>>>  
>>>> Hi Gijs,
>>>>
>>>> I've had a look at the Packaging page you've created but not being a
>>>> developer it's unfortunately mostly Greek to me.
>>>>
>>>> So what does a user have to do to install 3.1 or upgrade to 3.1?
>>>>
>>>> Are the same platforms still supported? (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x
>>>> or 5.x, Fedora 8, CentOS 5.1, Debian 4.0)
>>>>       
> 
> I can only say that RedHat5 (Dante test machine mdm-4.par.fr.geant2.net)
> and Ubuntu 8.04 (and previous versions) are fine to run pS services
> 
>>>> Are the following tables still accurate?
>>>>
>>>> _Installing pre-requisite software using packages_
>>>>
>>>> The perfSONAR MDM services require some software to be present on
>>>> their host machine, before they can be installed:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _Installing pre-requisite software using tar files_
>>>>
>>>> The perfSONAR MDM services require some software to be present on
>>>> their host machine, before they can be installed:
>>>>
> 
> Some time ego we decided to use eXist version 1.2.3 in the release 3.1.
> Also default Tomcat version for 3.1 is 5.5.
> 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What do you mean by "perfSONAR repositories" on
>>>> http://wiki.perfsonar.net/jra1-wiki/index.php/Packaging/Repositories?
>>>> Are these installer files that the user needs to download?
>>>>       
> 
> Repositories are remote locations where we can store our installation
> packages. Using yum (in case of rpms) or apt-get (in case of debs) we
> can install pS services without the need to keep installation files
> locally. These tools automatically can download packages from repositories.
> 
> http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/
> 
> 
> 
>>>> What's the deal with the perfSONAR installation CD? Can 3.1 only be
>>>> installed from CD? The http://perfsonar.pythonic.nl/cd link points to
>>>> so ISO files - what should the user do with those?
>>>>       
> 
> Installation CD is a simple Debian distro with  pS stuff. This can
> install the system together with pS services.
> http://wiki.perfsonar.net/jra1-wiki/index.php/Packaging/Installation_CD

Note that the installation CD was a test. According to Domenico, it
doesn't work appropriatedly.

> 
> Roman
> 
> 
>>>> Sorry, these are probably dumb questions but I need to know :-)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, Gina
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nicolas Simar wrote:
>>>>    
>>>>> Hi Gina,
>>>>>
>>>>> for the installation guide, the procedure has changed. See below the
>>>>> information sent by Gijs. The documentation need updating.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nicolas
>>>>>
>>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>>> Subject: Re: New packaging system
>>>>> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:45:57 +0200
>>>>> From: Gijs Molenaar 
>>>>> <>
>>>>> To: Nicolas Simar 
>>>>> <>
>>>>> CC: Roman Lapacz 
>>>>> <>,
>>>>>   Stephan Kraft
>>>>> <>
>>>>> References: 
>>>>> <>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nicolas Simar wrote:
>>>>>        
>>>>>> Hi Gijs,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> quick question about the new packaging system, does it change the way
>>>>>> the installation is done?
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Yes, completely.
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>> Do we need to update the installation
>>>>>> documentation we are distributing to the users (installation steps or
>>>>>> configuration steps modified)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://anonsvn.internet2.edu/svn/perfsonar/trunk/perfsonar-doc/manuals/perfsonar-mdm/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> http://wiki.perfsonar.net/jra1-wiki/index.php/Packaging.
>>>>>
>>>>> Everything is documented on these wiki pages:
>>>>>
>>>>> * Java Installation, I created a new java installation procedure
>>>>> * People need to add the repository to their system
>>>>> * Tomcat/exist installation is not necessary, this is done
>>>>> automatically
>>>>> trough package dependencies.
>>>>> * package installation is as simple as running apt-get install
>>>>> ps-mdm-<package> or yum install ps-mdm-<package>
>>>>> * package configuration is package dependend
>>>>>
>>>>> For example; take a look at the ps-mdm-flowsa-ma installation
>>>>> procedure:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://wiki.perfsonar.net/jra1-wiki/index.php/Flow_Selection_and_Aggregation_MA/Installation
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that the STABLE and 3.1 package repository still needs to be
>>>>> build,
>>>>> see packaging pages for info.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>
>>>
>>>   
> 

-- 
Nicolas
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