perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Aaron Brown <>]

On Dec 3, 2009, at 8:51 AM, wrote:

Hi PerfSonar experts,

I've installed using rpm the following services in a local machine:
   * SNMP Measurement Archive
   * perfSONAR-BUOY
   * Lookup Service
   * Status Measurement Archive
   * PingER Services
   * LS Registration Daemon
but I have some doubts:
0)Is there any service that is missing to be installed?

It depends on what you're looking to do, but the above list is a good set.

1)How can I test if I am sending the monitoring information to the right place?

If all your services are registering with the local Lookup Service, that information should all be going to the right place. You'll need to make sure that the "ls_instance" in the configuration files all point to your local lookup service. If it's specified there, you can check the logs for the lookup service (/var/log/perfsonar/hLS.log) to verify that your services are all registering there.

2)Is there any graphical tool ( I know that there is a web interface in the liveCD) that I can retrieve measurements, statistics, etc collected by my perfSonar interface or register in a community?
Thanks in advance,

If all your services are registering with your lookup service, the lookup service will register that information into the "lookup service cloud" (note: this may take a few hours from when you first setup your services). Once the cloud knows about them, you can find your services by going to http://www.perfsonar.net/activeServices/ . This includes links to verify the data on the services. You can also install perl-perfSONAR_PS-perfAdmin to get a local copy of the software above.

To add your bwctl/owamp/ndt/npad tools to a community, you can edit the ls registration daemon configuration file (/opt/perfsonar_ps/ls_registration_daemon/etc/ls_registration_daemon.conf), and add "site_project       PROJECT_NAME" lines. e.g.

site_project         Internet2

site_project         LHC

and restart the ls registration daemon when you're done.

Cheers,

Aaron

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