perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Andrew Lake <>]

Hi Andrew,

CentOS (http://www.centos.org) is a Linux operating system based on RedHat. The perfSONAR Toolkit is build on CentOS and scripts we write such as the deploy script are primarily run and tested on that system. Since we have limited development resources, we limit most of our testing to CentOS and don't generally support other systems.

Perhaps we should back-up a moment though, do you have a reason for using the LiveUSB over one of our other distributions? In generally we recommend people run a NetInstall version. That will install everything to a hard disk and will allow you to get updates quicker in general. The steps for getting that install are to download the i386 or x86_64 iso at http://software.internet2.edu/pS-Performance_Toolkit/, burn the image to a CD, put the CD in the target machine, and follow the instructions on screen. It will install an entire operating system on the host in addition to the perfSONAR tools. You may have reasons for preferring the LiveUSB route, but just wanted to point this out in case it wasn't clear from our documentation how the NetInstall works.

Thanks!

Andy

On Dec 5, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Andrew Niteesh <> wrote:

Hi,

Sorry I donno about CentOs, Is it a virtual machine.?

And am using "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS".

Also is that mandatory to run it on a virtual machine?

Thanks,

Andrew F

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Andrew Lake <> wrote:

Hi Andrew,

You need pidof command installed. I believe it comes standard on CentOS. Are you using a CentOS machine to run the script? Depending on your build system, it may be in a different location or have a different name. 

Thanks,

Andy

On Dec 5, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Andrew Niteesh <> wrote:

Hi,

Also even if I specify the image, am getting error,

andrew@andrew-OptiPlex-780:~/Downloads$ sudo bash deploy_liveusb.sh /dev/sdb pS-Performance_Toolkit-3.3.1-LiveUSB-i386.iso
Warning this option will erase all data and partitions on the selected drive: /dev/sdb.
Are you sure you want to continue (y/n)?: y
Unmounting drive /dev/sdb.
Creating new partition table on /dev/sdb.
deploy_liveusb.sh: line 101: /sbin/pidof: No such file or directory
Formatting partition /dev/sdb1.
Couldn't format /dev/sdb1.
Erasing partition table.
Creating new partition table on /dev/sdb.
deploy_liveusb.sh: line 101: /sbin/pidof: No such file or directory
Formatting partition /dev/sdb1.
Couldn't format /dev/sdb1.
Couldn't format and partition drive.

Thanks,

Andrew NIteesh

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Andrew Niteesh <> wrote:

Hi,

Thanks you,

But even if I give "sudo" am getting an error like this,

andrew@andrew-OptiPlex-780:~/Downloads$ sudo bash deploy_liveusb.sh /dev/sdb
[sudo] password for andrew:

Creating new disk image: pS-Performance_Toolkit-3.3rc2-LiveUSB-i386.iso.

******************************

Usage: bash deploy_liveusb.sh [--arch <arch>] <device> [diskimage]
E.g.: bash deploy_liveusb.sh /dev/sdb1 (to use flash drive partition)
  or: bash deploy_liveusb.sh /dev/sdb (to wipe flash drive and create new partition)
  or: bash deploy_liveusb.sh /dev/sdb1 image.iso (to specify ISO disk image)
******************************

Couldn't create new image: pS-Performance_Toolkit-3.3rc2-LiveUSB-i386.iso.

Thanks,

Andrew Niteesh F

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Andrew Lake <> wrote:

Hi,

As Roderick and the script output said, you need to use 'sudo' or the mounting will fail. Looks like that's what led to the error you saw.

Thanks,
Andy

On Dec 5, 2013, at 2:40 AM, Roderick Mooi <> wrote:

> Hi Andrew
>
> I'm not really a developer or maintainer of perfSONAR - I just use it - like you want to... I've CC'ed this to the list so someone more experienced can help you.
>
> I haven't used the USB live deployment. What stands out to me though is the repeated phrase:
> "> Warning: SuperUser privileges required to use this script."
>
> Are you running the script as sudo?
>
> Regards,
>
> Roderick
>
>>>> On 2013-12-05 at 03:58, Andrew Niteesh <> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I was using this method  "Live USB" for installing perfSONAR.
>> 1. downloaded the ISO image
>> 2. I have created a file named "deploy_liveusb.sh" and edited it with the
>> script provided.(for mounting the image to the USB)
>> 3. After creating the file I did the following:
>>
>>
>> andrew@andrew-OptiPlex-780:~/Downloads$ ls
>> deploy_liveusb.sh  pS-Performance_Toolkit-3.3.1-LiveUSB-i386.iso
>> pS-Performance_Toolkit-3.3.1-LiveUSB-i386.iso.md5
>>
>> andrew@andrew-OptiPlex-780:~/Downloads$ bash deploy_liveusb.sh /dev/sdd1
>> Warning: SuperUser privileges required to use this script.
>> Press [Enter] key to continue...
>> Creating new disk image: pS-Performance_Toolkit-3.3rc2-LiveUSB-i386.iso.
>>
>> ******************************
>> bash: build_liveusb.sh: No such file or directory
>> ******************************
>>
>>
>> andrew@andrew-OptiPlex-780:~/Downloads$ bash deploy_liveusb.sh
>> /dev/sdb pS-Performance_Toolkit-3.3.1-LiveUSB-i386.iso
>> Warning: SuperUser privileges required to use this script.
>> Press [Enter] key to continue...
>> Warning this option will erase all data and partitions on the selected
>> drive: /dev/sdb.
>> Are you sure you want to continue (y/n)?: y
>> Unmounting drive /dev/sdb.
>> Couldn't unmount /dev/sdb.
>>
>> andrew@andrew-OptiPlex-780:~/Downloads$ bash deploy_liveusb.sh
>> /dev/sdb1 pS-Performance_Toolkit-3.3.1-LiveUSB-i386.iso
>> Warning: SuperUser privileges required to use this script.
>> Press [Enter] key to continue...
>> Warning this option will erase all data in the selected partition:
>> /dev/sdb1.
>> Are you sure you want to continue (y/n)?: y
>> Unmounting partition /dev/sdb1.
>> Formatting partition /dev/sdb1.
>> Couldn't format /dev/sdb1.
>>
>>
>> Could you please clarify..
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrew Niteesh F
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Andrew Niteesh <>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Andrew Niteesh F
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Roderick Mooi <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Andrew,
>>>>
>>>> Here are the instructions for the latest version of the perfSONAR PS
>>>> toolkit in case that's what you are looking for:
>>>> http://code.google.com/p/perfsonar-ps/wiki/pSPerformanceToolkit33
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Roderick
>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2013-12-04 at 14:58, Jason Zurawski <> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Andrew;
>>>>>
>>>>> As stated in the prior email - this is unsupported software.  We do not
>>>> have
>>>>> updated documentation, and won't be able to assist with getting the old
>>>>> version working.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks;
>>>>>
>>>>> -jason
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 3, 2013, at 10:38 PM, Andrew Niteesh <>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also could you please let me know if there is any updated document for
>>>>> installation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Andrew F
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Andrew Niteesh <>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you Fernando & Jason.
>>>>>> After executing this command "sudo make install" .
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am not able to see "install_dependencies.sh" inside scripts. (Am
>>>> doing
>>>>> this in Ubuntu 12.04)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Andrew F
>>>>>
>>>>>
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