perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

["Remsik,Robert" <>]

That did the trick; thank you very much for the help!  :)

Robert,

On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 09:11 -0400, Andrew Lake wrote:
> > On May 19, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Remsik,Robert 
> > <>
> >  wrote:
> > 
> > https://perfsonar1.research-lan.colostate.edu/maddash-webui/index.cgi?dashboard=FRGP%20Mesh
> > 
> > That would be great!  
> > 
> > Currently I'm trying to troubleshoot 3 things.
> > 
> > 1) Why perfsonar1.research-lan.colostate.edu and perfsonar uwyo.edu
> > gives the error of unable to contact MA.
> 
> Looks like the read_url in your meashconfig for uwyo.edu is wrong. It’s 
> "http://perfsonar.uwyo.edu8085/perfSONAR_PS/services/pSB” currently but 
> should be http://perfsonar.uwyo.edu/esmond/perfsonar/archive/
> 
> 
> > 
> > 2) Why the tests are split across both halves of the dashboard; for
> > example perfsonar1.research-lan.colostate.edu and the two frgp.net boxes
> > have a green top, and then the frgp boxes to perfsonar have a green
> > bottom.  Does that reflect who setup the test and for them to be both
> > green boxes we'd both need to be testing to each other?
> 
> In general, yes the top of the box is the test with row sending to column 
> as initiated by the row host. This can vary slightly depending on your 
> configuration (for example, if only one side is capable of initiating 
> tests) but that doesn’t seem to apply here. Let’s get #3 fixed and come 
> back to his if it’s still an issue.
> 
> 
> > 
> > 3) I thought I had this setup to generate .jsons and then consume
> > the .jsons but when I try to add/remove people I have to do it by hand;
> > as the files don't seem to get updated when I run the generating
> > commands don't seem to update the files I'm expecting.  I followed the
> > FAQ's search/replace for the MA issue in the .conf files; could that be
> > what's causing the .json  and .yaml's to not be generated/consumed
> > properly? 
> > 
> 
> You need to run 
> /opt/perfsonar_ps/mesh_config/bin/generate_gui_configuration (as opposed to 
> generate_configuration) to get the MaDDash YAML. If you don’t have that 
> script run “yum install perl-perfSONAR_PS-MeshConfig-GUIAgent”. Changing 
> that should hopefully fix things. 
> 
> > Script I use to update the files by hand
> > #!/bin/bash
> > 
> > echo "Generating .json configs"
> > /opt/perfsonar_ps/mesh_config/bin/build_json -o /var/www/html/frgp.json
> > frgp.conf
> > /opt/perfsonar_ps/mesh_config/bin/build_json
> > -o /var/www/html/research.json research.conf
> > 
> > echo "Generating .yaml config"
> > /opt/perfsonar_ps/mesh_config/bin/generate_configuration
> > 
> > echo "Restarting Services"
> > service maddash-server restart
> > 
> > 
> > Thank you very much in advance,
> > Robert
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2015-05-19 at 07:43 -0400, Andrew Lake wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> 
> >> If you need help with the MA issue feel free to send me the link to
> >> your dashboard and I can take a look.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> Andy
> >> 
> >> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Remsik,Robert
> >> <>
> >>  wrote:
> >>        Thank you!  Turns out I needed to restart the maddash-server
> >>        service to
> >>        import the json.  Now that I've got the dashboards I just need
> >>        to
> >>        decrypt the 'Unable to contact MA' error message.
> >> 
> >>        One bug down, another one to go.  :)
> >> 
> >>        Robert,
> >> 
> >> 
> >>        On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 09:27 -0400, Andrew Lake wrote:
> >>>> On May 15, 2015, at 7:12 PM, Remsik,Robert
> >>        
> >> <>
> >>  wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> Hello!
> >>>> 
> >>>> I'm trying to setup maddash instance to have 2 dashboards,
> >>        one for our
> >>>> sister research universities(manual setup) and one for our
> >>        local ISP
> >>>> organizations(mesh configuration).  Each dashboard will
> >>        have a grid for
> >>>> OWAMP and BWCTL.  The idea being able to tell if any any
> >>        site is having
> >>>> issues at a glance.  I want to use the mesh for our local
> >>        ISP group so
> >>>> we hand .json URL out and people can be auto-configured
> >>        for all of our
> >>>> local ISP collaborators with minimal effort.  Before I
> >>        delve down this
> >>>> road too far; I wanted to ask if this would this be
> >>        considered good
> >>>> practice or is there a better way to go about what I'm
> >>        trying to do?
> >>> 
> >>> That should be fine. You can combine manual and automated
> >>        meshes in the same file. When the generate_gui_configuration
> >>        script runs it maintains any manually defined meshes so it
> >>        should not be an issue.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> I got started on this road because the box I'm publishing
> >>        my .json from
> >>>> doesn't seem to want to subscribe to that same .json.  I
> >>        haven't figured
> >>>> out if it's a same-source conflict or if it's something in
> >>        the way I
> >>>> have the configs setup.
> >>> 
> >>> You should be able to use the JSON on the same machine where
> >>        it is published. If you need any help debugging please feel
> >>        free to send any error messages generated by the
> >>        generate_configuration and/or generate_gui_configuration
> >>        commands.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thank you in advance,
> >>>> 
> >>>> --
> >>>> Robert Remsik
> >>>> Academic Computing and Networking Services
> >>>> Colorado State University
> >>>> (970) 491 7120
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >> 
> >>        --
> >>        Robert Remsik
> >>        Academic Computing and Networking Services
> >>        Colorado State University
> >>        (970) 491 7120
> >>        
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Robert Remsik
> > Academic Computing and Networking Services
> > Colorado State University
> > (970) 491 7120
> > 
> 

-- 
Robert Remsik
Academic Computing and Networking Services
Colorado State University
(970) 491 7120