perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Antoine Delvaux <>]

Andreas,

I just checked your file and it is missing a "description" entry at the same 
level as the "administrators", "organisations" and "tests" entries.  You 
should add it.

If you're using the provided 'build_json' script to transform the mesh XML 
file to JSON, you can add it to the original XML file as the top-level entry, 
like this:

description Gigaclear-mesh
<administrator>
…


And then re-generate your JSON file, publish it and try the 
generate_configuration script again.

Hope this helps,

Antoine.

> Le 3 août 2016 à 13:28, Andreas Demetriou 
> <>
>  a écrit :
> 
> Hi Antoine,
> 
> Attached is the Dashboard.json
> 
> Thanks,
> Andreas
> 
> 
> Andreas Demetriou| Placement Network Engineer
>  
> Gigaclear plc, Windrush Court, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1SY
> M: 07976649731 T: 01865591142 W: www.gigaclear.com
> Gigaclear plc is registered in England and Wales with company number 
> 07476617
> 
> 
> From: Andreas Demetriou
> Sent: 03 August 2016 14:26:03
> To: Antoine Delvaux
> Cc: 
> 
> Subject: Re: [perfsonar-user] Generate Configuration
>  
> Hi Antoine,
> 
> It looks like the reason regular testing was reverting back is because the 
> NUC was retrieving the regular testing from the central configuration file. 
> But its just giving that error when generating configuration. And i can't 
> see anything updating on the maddash.
> 
> If it's possible could you remote in to my computer using teamviewer?
> 
> But i will still send you my Dashboard.json.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andreas
> 
> 
> 
> Andreas Demetriou| Placement Network Engineer
>  
> Gigaclear plc, Windrush Court, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1SY
> M: 07976649731 T: 01865591142 W: www.gigaclear.com
> Gigaclear plc is registered in England and Wales with company number 
> 07476617
> 
> 
> From: Andreas Demetriou
> Sent: 03 August 2016 13:58:38
> To: Antoine Delvaux
> Cc: 
> 
> Subject: Re: [perfsonar-user] Generate Configuration
>  
> <pastedImage.png>
> <pastedImage.png>
> <pastedImage.png>
>  yes these nodes are scheduling measurements through the toolkit UI.
> Is it best to delete those and then try again?
> 
> Thanks,
> Andreas
> 
> Andreas Demetriou| Placement Network Engineer
>  
> Gigaclear plc, Windrush Court, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1SY
> M: 07976649731 T: 01865591142 W: www.gigaclear.com
> Gigaclear plc is registered in England and Wales with company number 
> 07476617
> 
> 
> From: Antoine Delvaux 
> <>
> Sent: 03 August 2016 12:25:13
> To: Andreas Demetriou
> Cc: 
> 
> Subject: Re: [perfsonar-user] Generate Configuration
>  
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> Can you share with us the full /etc/perfsonar/meshconfig-agent.conf file?
> 
> And, another question, on this node are you also scheduling measurements 
> through the toolkit UI?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Antoine.
> 
>> Le 3 août 2016 à 10:25, Andreas Demetriou 
>> <>
>>  a écrit :
>> 
>> Hi Antoine,
>> 
>> Could it be that these NUCs have been running regular testing between each 
>> other for a while and not to use the central configuration? Because when i 
>> change one of the regulartesting.conf and comment out configuration thats 
>> already in there and save and then after a few minutes go back in to that 
>> file it has reverted back to previous configuration.
>> 
>> Also when i run the validate configuration command it gives this message:
>> <pastedImage.png>
>> Although i have already specified this url in the mesh config file, unless 
>> it needs to specified elsewhere aswell?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Andreas
>> 
>> 
>> Andreas Demetriou| Placement Network Engineer
>>  
>> Gigaclear plc, Windrush Court, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1SY
>> M: 07976649731 T: 01865591142 W: www.gigaclear.com
>> Gigaclear plc is registered in England and Wales with company number 
>> 07476617
>> 
>> 
>> From: Andreas Demetriou
>> Sent: 02 August 2016 17:01:32
>> To: Antoine Delvaux
>> Cc: 
>> 
>> Subject: Re: [perfsonar-user] Generate Configuration
>>  
>> 
>> Hi Antoine,
>> 
>> I have added this config at the end of the mesh config file:
>> <pastedImage.png>
>> Do i need to add anything else to that file?
>> 
>> I'm afraid our  maddash is not public. 
>> 
>> Thanks, 
>> 
>> 
>> Andreas Demetriou| Placement Network Engineer
>>  
>> Gigaclear plc, Windrush Court, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1SY
>> M: 07976649731 T: 01865591142 W: www.gigaclear.com
>> Gigaclear plc is registered in England and Wales with company number 
>> 07476617
>> 
>> 
>> From: Antoine Delvaux 
>> <>
>> Sent: 02 August 2016 16:24:37
>> To: Andreas Demetriou
>> Cc: 
>> 
>> Subject: Re: [perfsonar-user] Generate Configuration
>>  
>> Hello Andreas,
>> 
>> Have you configured the /etc/perfsonar/meshconfig-agent.conf file?  How 
>> have you defined your mesh?
>> 
>> Is the mesh JSON file of the MaDDash you’re trying to participate to 
>> public?  If yes, maybe you can share with us the URL so that we can check 
>> it?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
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>> > Le 2 août 2016 à 12:55, Andreas Demetriou 
>> > <>
>> >  a écrit :
>> > 
>> > Hi,
>> > 
>> > I am trying to generate configuration on a toolkit node so it can 
>> > retrieve the central configuration file and be added to Maddash.
>> > I am getting this error when running sudo 
>> > /usr/lib/perfsonar/bin/generate_configuration:
>> > <pastedImage.png>
>> > Can you help?
>> > 
>> > Many thanks
>> > Andreas Demetriou| Placement Network Engineer
>> >  
>> > Gigaclear plc, Windrush Court, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1SY
>> > M: 07976649731 T: 01865591142 W: www.gigaclear.com
>> > Gigaclear plc is registered in England and Wales with company number 
>> > 07476617
> 
> <Dashboard(Json).txt>