perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Aaron Brown <>]

Hey Alex,

I don’t see anything specific in the logs. Is it possible to get the logs on 
the far side (i.e. 204.121.65.121)? If not, could you try running to 
desk146.internet2.edu?

Cheers,
Aaron

On Aug 20, 2014, at 11:27 AM, Alex Montaño 
<>
 wrote:

> Hi Aaron -
> 
> Attach is the /var/log/messages.
> 
> And here is the output with -v flag.
> 
> turq-perfs2 net]# bwctl -c 204.121.65.121 -v  -t 20  -f g
> Messages being sent to syslog(user,err)
> bwctl: Using 204.121.65.117 as the address for local sender
> bwctl: Using 204.121.65.121 as the address for remote receiver
> bwctl: Available in-common: iperf nuttcp
> bwctl: Using tool: iperf
> bwctl: Server '204.121.65.121' accepted test request at time 
> 1408547741.431900
> bwctl: Client 'localhost' accepted test request at time 1408547741.431900
> bwctl: BWLStartSessions: Failed
> turq-perfs2 net]#
> 
> Thanks for the help,
> Alex
> 
> On 8/19/14 8:19 AM, Aaron Brown wrote:
>> Hey Alex,
>> 
>> On Aug 18, 2014, at 6:01 PM, Alex Montaño 
>> <>
>>  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Aaron -
>>> 
>>> That seemed to work... Creating the 'bwctl' user and group. However, when 
>>> I try to run the bwctl test to the 'CD' perfsonar node. I get the 
>>> following message:
>>> 
>>> [root@turq-perfs2
>>>  bwctld]# bwctl -c 204.121.65.121  -t 20  -f g
>>> bwctl: Using tool: iperf
>>> bwctl: BWLStartSessions: Failed
>> Strange. Could you send /var/log/messages from the node? Also, could you 
>> send try running the above with the “-v” argument as well and send that to 
>> us?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Aaron
>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Alex
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 8/18/14 11:25 AM, Aaron Brown wrote:
>>>> Hey Alex,
>>>> 
>>>> The bwctl RPM creates a ‘bwctl’ user, and group. The RPMs then expect to 
>>>> start up as those users. I’m not sure why they weren’t created when the 
>>>> RPM was installed, but if you run the following as root, it should 
>>>> create the bwctl user:
>>>> 
>>>> /usr/sbin/useradd -r -s /bin/nologin -d /tmp bwctl
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Aaron
>>>> 
>>>> On Aug 18, 2014, at 1:19 PM, Alex Montaño 
>>>> <>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi -
>>>>> 
>>>>> I currently have a system running perfsonar off a CD. Which is working 
>>>>> fine. However, due to internal policies and configuration management 
>>>>> procedures, I need to build (kickstart) a new system with the necessary 
>>>>> images.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So, I have just installed the the bwctl rpm on a system with RHEL6. All 
>>>>>  libraries and dependecies were installed. All looks good. However, 
>>>>> when I try to start the bwctl processes (which i copied from the CD 
>>>>> system) I get the following messages.
>>>>> 
>>>>> [hpcnet@turq-perfs2
>>>>>  ~]# /usr/bin/bwctld -c /etc/bwctld -R /var/run
>>>>> bwctld[46656]: FILE=tools.c, LINE=453, Compiled-in tools: iperf nuttcp 
>>>>> iperf3 ping traceroute tracepath owamp
>>>>> bwctld[46656]: FILE=owamp.c, LINE=74, OwampAvailable(): owamp_cmd 
>>>>> unset, using "owping"
>>>>> bwctld[46656]: FILE=owamp.c, LINE=84, OwampAvailable(): 
>>>>> owamp_server_cmd unset, using "owampd"
>>>>> bwctld[46656]: FILE=tracepath.c, LINE=72, TracepathAvailable(): 
>>>>> tracepath_cmd unset, using "tracepath"
>>>>> bwctld[46656]: FILE=tracepath.c, LINE=82, TracepathAvailable(): 
>>>>> tracepath6_cmd unset, using "tracepath6"
>>>>> bwctld[46656]: FILE=traceroute.c, LINE=72, TracerouteAvailable(): 
>>>>> traceroute_cmd unset, using "traceroute"
>>>>> bwctld[46656]: FILE=traceroute.c, LINE=82, TracerouteAvailable(): 
>>>>> traceroute6_cmd unset, using "traceroute6"
>>>>> bwctld[46656]: FILE=ping.c, LINE=72, PingAvailable(): ping_cmd unset, 
>>>>> using "ping"
>>>>> bwctld[46656]: FILE=ping.c, LINE=82, PingAvailable(): ping6_cmd unset, 
>>>>> using "ping6"
>>>>> bwctld[46656]: FILE=iperf.c, LINE=67, IperfAvailable(): iperf_cmd 
>>>>> unset, using "iperf"
>>>>> bwctld[46656]: FILE=nuttcp.c, LINE=77, NuttcpAvailable(): nuttcp_cmd 
>>>>> unset, using "nuttcp"
>>>>> bwctld[46656]: FILE=tools.c, LINE=484, Available tools: iperf nuttcp 
>>>>> iperf3 ping traceroute tracepath owamp
>>>>> bwctld[46656]: FILE=bwctld.c, LINE=2404, Invalid user/-U option: bwctl
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>> Alex
>>>>> 
> 
> <perfs2-log-messages.txt>