perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Hervey Allen <>]

On 3/19/19 7:45 AM, Andrew Lake wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Hmmm so you are correct there is a newer one, but it shouldn’t actually
> matter since they both point at the same place. I just tried installing
> the 0.8 version of perfSONAR-repo and got the 4.1.6 packages. I also
> went through the mirrors and didn’t see any that appeared out of date.
> My initial instinct was that maybe you were somehow pointing at the EL6
> repo since that doesn’t have 4.1.X packages, but your packages have .el7
> in the names, so I doubt that is it. This one has me scratching my head.
> Any chance you are running yum priorities and/or pointing at another
> repo somewhere that has a copy of the old packages? 
> 
> Thanks,
> Andy
> 

Hi Andy - Yes, I believe that is how we ended up with the 4.0.x packages
using the 0.8-1 rpm vs. 0.9-1. We were pointing at an older copy of the
repo to start. I don't have the equipment available any more as it was
part of a workshop we taught this past weekend.

For the workshop we changed our default repository from our local copy
to the internet2.edu repo and we used the 0.8-1 rpm when installing the
perfsonar-centralmanagement and we got the 4.1 components.

Thanks for looking in to this and sorry to add head-scratching to your day.

Cheers,
        - Hervey

> 
> On March 15, 2019 at 1:07:28 AM, Hervey Allen (
> <>) wrote:
> 
>> Howdy all - For our upcoming workshop this weekend before the CENIC
>> meeting:
>>
>> http://ucsd-prp.gitlab.io/lajolla2019/
>>
>> We are using CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 and installing the
>> perfsonar-testpoint bundle. Following the published instructions for
>> this bundle install here:
>>
>> http://docs.perfsonar.net/install_centos.html
>>
>> We end up installing:
>>
>> http://software.internet2.edu/rpms/el7/x86_64/main/RPMS/perfSONAR-repo-0.8-1.noarch.rpm
>>
>>
>> And, this results in the following package versions being installed:
>>
>> ''Installed Packages
>> perfsonar-common.noarch 4.0.2.3-1.el7.centos @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-lsregistrationdaemon.noarch 4.0.2.2-1.el7 @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-meshconfig-agent.noarch 4.0.2.1-1.el7.centos @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-meshconfig-shared.noarch 4.0.2.1-1.el7.centos @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-oppd-bwctl.noarch 4.0-1.el7.centos @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-oppd-owamp.noarch 4.0-1.el7.centos @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-oppd-server.noarch 4.0-1.el7.centos @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-oppd-shared.noarch 4.0-1.el7.centos @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-testpoint.noarch 4.0.2.3-1.el7.centos @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-toolkit-install.noarch 4.0.2.5-1.el7 @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-toolkit-library.noarch 4.0.2.5-1.el7 @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-toolkit-ntp.noarch 4.0.2.5-1.el7 @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-toolkit-security.noarch 4.0.2.5-1.el7 @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-toolkit-servicewatcher.noarch 4.0.2.5-1.el7 @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-toolkit-sysctl.noarch 4.0.2.5-1.el7 @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-toolkit-systemenv-testpoint.noarch 4.0.2.5-1.el7 @perfsonar
>> perfsonar-tools.noarch 4.0.2.3-1.el7.centos @perfsonar
>>
>> However, going to:
>>
>> http://software.internet2.edu/rpms/el7/x86_64/main/RPMS/
>>
>> we can see that there is a perfSONAR-repo-0.9-1.noarch.rpm RPM. If we
>> choose to install this, then our installed package versions are:
>>
>> '''Installed Packages
>> perfSONAR-repo.noarch 0.9-1 installed
>> perfsonar-common.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>> perfsonar-lsregistrationdaemon.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>> perfsonar-psconfig-pscheduler.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>> perfsonar-psconfig-pscheduler-devel.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>> perfsonar-psconfig-utils.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>> perfsonar-testpoint.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>> perfsonar-toolkit-install.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>> perfsonar-toolkit-library.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>> perfsonar-toolkit-ntp.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>> perfsonar-toolkit-security.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>> perfsonar-toolkit-servicewatcher.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>> perfsonar-toolkit-sysctl.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>> perfsonar-toolkit-systemenv-testpoint.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>> perfsonar-tools.noarch 4.1.6-1.el7 @perfSONAR
>>
>> Unless there is some reason not to use the newer
>> perfSONAR-repo-0.9-1.noarch.rpm package, this is what we are planning on
>> using.
>>
>> Does the page http://docs.perfsonar.net/install_centos.html need to be
>> updated, or should we be sticking with the:
>>
>> perfSONAR-repo-0.8-1.noarch.rpm
>>
>> for some reason?
>>
>> Thanks for any feedback or tips anyone can offer.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> - Hervey Allen
>>
>>
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