perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Jason Zurawski <>]

Chris;
> As I understand, there needs to be plenty of installation works (Java, 
> Apache, Tomcat/Axis, eXist) even before the perfSONAR java installation.
> Is there a installation guide for this stuff?
> On the www.perfsonar.net I can only find a guide for perfSONAR package
> itself, but not the the pre-Install requirements :)
>   

The README that comes in the package outlines the pre-install tasks, you 
can also see it here:

http://anonsvn.internet2.edu/svn/perfsonar/branches/release/perfsonar/releng/perfSONAR-1.0/Readme.txt

> Keep in mind, I'm only a Network Engineer, not a Developer or Sys Admin :)
> So until there is a real easy way to install it, or I get enough time on my 
> hands to figure it out myself, the SWITCH RRD and ping MA will remain based 
> on the python version.
>
>   

I would be curious on your feedback if you do choose to install it, we 
want to make the process as painless and easy to understand as possible.

-jason