perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Paul Gray <>]

I'm attempting to set up a Debian-based perfsonar node from the 
perfsonar 3.3 Debian distribution image.  On this node, I'd like to install
  LS, # Intended to be the main lookup service for subsequent nodes
  SQL MA,
  RRD MA,
  BWCTL MP,
and
  E2EMon MP.

I'm following the admin guide here:

https://forge.geant.net/forge/display/perfsonar/perfSONAR+MDM+Administrator%27s+Guide

I get stuck at the configuration of SQL MA.  But before dumping the 
error message that I'm getting, I have two simple questions to make sure 
that I'm not starting off with wrong assumptions:

First question relates to documentation: In the SQL MA documentation 
under the "Installing on Linux" section, "To install using Debian 
packages:" paragraph, the instructions deviate from the RPM instructions 
just above it by directing the establishment of the "rrdmaservice" user. 
 Is it correct to assume this is a cut-and-paste error in the 
documentation, and that even Debian users should be setting up the 
"sqlmaservice" user too? (and an sqlmaconfig eXist collection?)

My second question relates to the fields in the SQL MA setup page (which 
is where I'm getting stuck with eXist permission errors): What is the 
appropriate URI for the exist database?  Some references in the 
administrator guide use the format "http://${HOST}:${PORT}/exist/";, but 
the default reference in the option field under the SQL MA 
administration setup page is of the format 
"xmldb:exist:${HOST}:${PORT}/exist/xmlrpc".  (This is on the first 
textbox of the SQL MA configuration page.)

ADVthanksANCE

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