perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Phil Reese <>]

I jumped on the Beta and have had good results.

The "install-perfsonar" script is pretty magical, great addition!

Below are a few comments on using the beta code:

1. After an install, using the script, 'pscheduler troubleshoot' for 
Testpoint and Toolkit installs can save you some troubleshooting time.  
Similarly, for Archive. run 'psarchive troubleshoot' and/or 'psarchive 
troubleshoot --skip-opensearch-data' to insure the backend systems are 
working.  (Rebooting Testpoint and Archive systems right after the 
install completes seems like a good idea too.)

2. The Testpoint and Archive installs, appropriately, don't install any 
firewall rules.  Testpoint has the option to install the additional 'dnf 
install perfsonar-toolkit-security' and 
'/usr/lib/perfsonar/scripts/configure_firewall install', you probably 
want to run both.  For Archive, open at least 'HTTPS' and maybe 'HTTP'

3. If you are setting up something like the diagram on this page: 
https://docs.perfsonar.net/release_candidates/5.1.0/cookbook_central_archive.html, 
if the Archive host has appropriate SSL Certs, things go smoother, 
though HTTP use can be made to work with appropriate mods to the 
generated 'psconfig publish' URL. (though results have varied)

Hope these help, if this is too much, let me know.

Phil