perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Jason Zurawski <>]

Hi Andrew;

To allow the use of an internal address, you will need to edit this file:

/opt/perfsonar_ps/toolkit/etc/discover_external_address.conf 

And then uncomment this line:

#allow_internal_addresses    1

After making that change, you should reboot.  The testing should work without 
having an external address once you make that change.  

Thanks;

-jason

On Dec 9, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Andrew Niteesh 
<>
 wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Thank you and I donno to configure the external IP address.
> Also is that mandatory to have public IP addresses for monitoring?
> 
> And I have attached the screenshot, with this for your reference.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrew Niteesh F
> 
> 
> On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Andrew Niteesh 
> <>
>  wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have installed the perfSONAR toolkit, and I have added a user(as admin) 
> and I was able to access using "https://x.x.x.x/toolkit/";, from another PC 
> which are in the same LAN.
> Since I am new to this,
> I have some doubts, Could you please clarify,
>     1. I have a network like below, and I need to connect to this 
> network(with a series of routers as below), to ping and traceroute (all are 
> in the same LAN, using private IP address) and I need to check the packets 
> transmitted and the delay.
> 
> Please do help me.
> 
> 
> 
> <image.png>
> 
> Thanks, 
> Andrew Niteesh
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Andrew Niteesh 
> <>
>  wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks a lot, I will start with CentOS, and let you know if I have any 
> problems.
> 
> Regards,
> Andrew Niteesh F
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Andrew Lake 
> <>
>  wrote:
> 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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