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Generic Installation and Configuration Guide for gLite 3.2

This document is addressed to Site Administrators responsible for middleware installation and configuration. It is a generic guide to manual installation and configuration for any supported node types. This guide is for gLite release 3.2, if you configure gLite 3.1 services please check the previous version of this guide.

Support

Please open a GGUS ticket if you experience any Installation or Configuration problem.

Your contact point for technical support is your ROC http://egee-sa1.web.cern.ch/egee-sa1/roc.html but if you need to contact the release team, please send a mail to gd-release-team@cernNOSPAM.ch.

Introduction to Manual Installation and Configuration

This document is addressed to Site Administrators responsible for middleware installation and configuration. It is a generic guide to manual installation and configuration for any supported node types. It provides a fast method to install and configure the gLite middleware version 3.2.

The list of supported node types can be found in the gLite 3.2 web pages.

Note that glite-UI and glite-WN are installed in compatibility mode and they also include 32bit versions of the following packages:

  • WMS clients
  • LB clients
  • DPM client libraries and python bindings
  • LFC client libraries and python bindings
  • GFAL and lcg_utils, including python bindings
  • VOMS APIs
  • dCache client libraries

When installing a particular node type please also have a look at the specific release page of that node type (links are available on the main gLite 3.2 release page to get specific installation information.

The supported installation method for SL5 is the yum tool. Please note that YAIM IS NOT SUPPORTING INSTALLATION you have to configure yum repositories yourself and install the metapackages using your preferred way.

The configuration is performed by the YAIM tool. For a description of YAIM check YAIM guide

YAIM can be used by Site Administrators without any knowledge of specific middleware configuration details. They must define a set of variables in some configuration files, according to their site needs.

Installing the Operating System

Scientific Linux 5

The OS version of gLite Middleware version 3.2 is Scientific Linux 5 (SL). For more informationplease check: 

http://www.scientificlinux.org

All the information to install the operationg system can be found : https://www.scientificlinux.org/download </verbatim> Middleware testing has been also carried out on Scientific Linux SL5 installed on Virtual Machines.

Node synchronization, NTP installation and configuration

A general requirement for the gLite nodes is that they are synchronized. This requirement may be fulfilled in several ways. If your nodes run under AFS they are most likely already synchronized. Otherwise, you can use the NTP protocol with a time server.

Instructions and examples for a NTP client configuration are provided in this section. If you are not planning to use a time server on your machine you can just skip this section.

Use the latest ntp version available for your system. If you are using APT, an apt-get install ntp will do the work.

  • Configure the file /etc/ntp.conf by adding the lines dealing with your time server configuration such as, for instance: 
           restrict <time_server_IP_address> mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery
       server <time_server_name>
    Additional time servers can be added for better performance results. For each server, the hostname and IP address are required. Then, for each time-server you are using, add a couple of lines similar to the ones shown above into the file /etc/ntp.conf.

  • Edit the file /etc/ntp/step-tickers adding a list of your time server(s) hostname(s), as in the following example: 
          137.138.16.69
      137.138.17.69
  • If you are running a kernel firewall, you will have to allow inbound communication on the NTP port. If you are using iptables, you can add the following to /etc/sysconfig/iptables 
          -A INPUT -s NTP-serverIP-1 -p udp --dport 123 -j ACCEPT 
      -A INPUT -s NTP-serverIP-2 -p udp --dport 123 -j ACCEPT
    Remember that, in the provided examples, rules are parsed in order, so ensure that there are no matching REJECT lines preceding those that you add. You can then reload the firewall 
          # /etc/init.d/iptables restart
  • Activate the ntpd service with the following commands: 
          # ntpdate <your ntp server name>
      # service ntpd start
      # chkconfig ntpd on
  • You can check ntpd's status by running the following command 
          # ntpq -p

Cron and logrotate

Many middleware components rely on the presence of cron (including support for /etc/cron.* directories) and logrotate. You should make sure these utils are available on your system.

Host Certificates

All nodes except UI, WN and BDII require the host certificate/key files to be installed. Contact your national Certification Authority (CA) to understand how to obtain a host certificate if you do not have one already. Instructions to obtain a CA list can be found here:

Once you have obtained a valid certificate:

  • hostcert.pem - containing the machine public key
  • hostkey.pem - containing the machine private key

make sure to place the two files in the target node into the /etc/grid-security directory and check the access right for hostkey.pem is only readable by root and that the public key, hostcert.pem, is readable by everybody.

Installing the Middleware

Please before you proceed further make sure that Java is installed in your system.

As of SL5 the yum package manager is considered the to be the default installation tool. As the installation is not supported by YAIM, you have to install the metapackages on your own.

Repositories

For a successful installation, you will need to configure your package manager to reference a number of repositories (in addition to your OS);

  • the middleware repositories
  • the CA repository
  • DAG
  • SL

and to REMOVE (!!!) or DEACTIVATE (!!!)

  • EPEL repository

Why? Because it contains gLite/Globus/... packages that are not certified for the gLite distribution and that will cause problems when they replace packages provided by the gLite repositories.

The middleware repositories

gLite is distributed in multiple yum repositories. Each node type has its own independent repository. Inside each node type repository there are in fact three repositories called RPMS.release, RPMS.updates and RPMS.externals, each of them with its own repodata. These repositories contain only the relevant rpms for each node type. To save space, all the rpms are stored in a directory called glite-GENERIC (with no repodata) and there are symbolic links to the packages in glitge-GENERIC from the different repositories.

Due to this repository structure we recommend to use 

yum >= 3.2.19

since some installation problems have been reported with lower versions of yum.

In gLite 3.2, packages in RPMS.release and RPMS.updates are signed with our gpg key:

The public key can be downloaded from: http://glite.web.cern.ch/glite/glite_key_gd.asc

The fingerprint for the new key is: 

pub   1024D/836AAC2B 2010-03-26 [expires: 2011-03-26]
     Key fingerprint = 84B8 7FDA 0208 63A0 BA63  D596 F701 EE87 836A AC2B
uid                  Gd Integration <gd-release-team@cern.ch>
sub   2048g/5F397E3E 2010-03-26 [expires: 2011-03-26]

The fingerprint for the old key is: 

pub   1024D/D2734F10 2009-03-10 [expires: 2010-03-10]
      Key fingerprint = AC27 E294 BF80 6470 7229  C039 456B 965C D273 4F10
uid                  Gd Integration <gd-release-team@cern.ch>
sub   2048g/701792A5 2009-03-10 [expires: 2010-03-10]

The 3.2 repository can be found under: 

http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/EGEE/gLite/R3.2/

To use yum, wget the yum repository for the node type you want to install from the following web address and copy it in /etc/yum.repos.d:

Note that installation of several node types in the same physical host is not recommended. The repositories of each node type may not be synchronised for the same package and this can cause problems.

The Certification Authority repository

The most up-to-date version of the list of trusted Certification Authorities (CA) is needed on your node. As the list and structure of the Certification Authorities (CA) accepted by the LCG project can change independently of the middleware releases, the rpm list related to the CAs certificates and URLs has been decoupled from the standard gLite/LCG release procedure.

Please note that the lcg-CA metapackage and repository is no longer maintained. The lcg-CA repository should be now replaced by the EGI trustanchors repository. All the details on how to install the CAs can be found in EGI IGTF release pages.

jpackage and the JAVA repository

As of SL 5.3 java is included in the Scientific Linux 5 distribution so the jpackage repository is not needed anymore.

Some gLite 3.2 node types need java. They don't contain any dependencies to automatically install java, so they rely on java to be installed in the machine. The relevant node types are:

  • glite-APEL
  • glite-ARGUS
  • glite-CONDOR_utils
  • glite-LSF_utils
  • glite-SGE_utils
  • glite-TORQUE_utils
  • glite-UI (due to dCache clients + SAGA adpaters)
  • glite-VOBOX (due to dCache clients)
  • glite-WN (due to dCache clients + SAGA adpaters)
  • glite-FTS_oracle

If you are installing any of these node types, please make sure java (OpenJDK 1.6 or Sun JDK 1.6) is previously installed in the machine.

The DAG repository

DAG is a maintained repository which provides a number of packages not available through Scientific Linux. If you have installed the CERN version of Scientific Linux, you will find that the relevant file is already installed in /etc/yum.repos.d. Otherwise, please use the following 

[main]
[dag]
name=DAG (http://dag.wieers.com) additional RPMS repository
baseurl=http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/dag/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/dag
gpgkey=http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc5X/$basearch/RPM-GPG-KEYs/RPM-GPG-KEY-dag
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1

Installations

Here it is an example on how to install a node: 

cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://grid-deployment.web.cern.ch/grid-deployment/glite/repos/3.2/glite-TORQUE_client.repo
yum update
yum install glite-TORQUE_client

The table below lists the available meta-packages and the associated repo file name in http://grid-deployment.web.cern.ch/grid-deployment/glite/repos/3.2/.

Node TypeSorted ascending meta-package name repo file Comments
APEL glite-APEL glite-APEL.repo
ARGUS glite-ARGUS glite-ARGUS.repo
BDII glite-BDII glite-BDII.repo
CREAM glite-CREAM glite-CREAM.repo
DPM disk glite-SE_dpm_disk glite-SE_dpm_disk.repo
DPM mysql glite-SE_dpm_mysql glite-SE_dpm_mysql.repo
GLEXEC_wn glite-GLEXEC_wn glite-GLEXEC_wn.repo The GLEXEC_wn should always be installed together with a WN.
LB glite-LB glite-LB.repo
LFC mysql glite-LFC_mysql glite-LFC_mysql.repo
LFC oracle glite-LFC_oracle glite-LFC_oracle.repo
LSF_utils glite-LSF_utils glite-LSF_utils.repo
MPI_utils glite-MPI_utils glite-MPI_utils.repo
SCAS glite-SCAS glite-SCAS.repo
SGE_utils glite-SGE_utils glite-SGE_utils.repo
TORQUE client glite-TORQUE_client glite-TORQUE_client.repo  
TORQUE_server glite-TORQUE_server glite-TORQUE_server.repo
TORQUE_utils glite-TORQUE_utils glite-TORQUE_utils.repo
User Interface glite-UI glite-UI.repo Use "yum groupinstall glite-UI"
VOBOX glite-VOBOX glite-VOBOX.repo
VOMS_mysql glite-VOMS_mysql glite-VOMS_mysql.repo
VOMS_oracle glite-VOMS_oracle glite-VOMS_oracle.repo
Worker Node glite-WN glite-WN.repo Use "yum groupinstall glite-WN"

For the TAR WN and the TAR UI, please check the following wiki pages:

Note on the installation of the glite-APEL node

In order to install the glite-APEL node you need to install manually the MySQL server. Please, run the following command: 

yum install mysql-server

Updates

Normal updates

Updates to gLite 3.2 will be released regularly.

If an update has been released, a yum update should be all that is required to update the rpms. If you want to update the UI or the WN, you need to run yum groupupdate glite-UI or yum groupupdate glite-WN in order to properly get new dependecies as well.

NOTE that even if the recommendation is to use yum update, some sys admins are used to run yum update metapackage-name. This doesn't work in the last production releases due to a change in the way the dependencies are specified in the metapackage.

If reconfiguration of any kind is necessary, just run the following command (don't forget to list all node types installed in your host): 

/opt/glite/yaim/bin/yaim -c -s site-info.def -n <node_type> [ -n <node_type> ... ]

Important note on automatic updates

Several site use auto update mechanism. Sometimes middleware updates require non-trivial configuration changes or a reconfiguration of the service. This could involve database schema changes, service restarts, new configuration files, etc, which makes it difficult to ensure that automatic updates will not break a service. Thus

WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND NOT TO USE AUTOMATIC UPDATE PROCEDURE OF ANY KIND

on the gLite middleware repositories (you can keep it turned on for the OS). You should read the update docs and do the upgrade manually when an update has been released!

Upgrading from gLite 3.1

As gLite 3.2 is the first release of the middleware for SL5, there is no supported upgrade path from gLite 3.1 on SL4.

Configuring the Middleware

Using the YAIM configuration tool

For a detailed description on how to configure the middleware with YAIM, please check the YAIM guide.

The necessary YAIM modules needed to configure a certain node type are automatically installed with the middleware. However, if you want to install YAIM rpms separately, you can install the repository of the node type you are interested in, as explained in the section Middleware repositories and then run yum install glite-yaim-node-type. This will automatically install the YAIM module you are interested in together with yaim core, which contains the core functions and utilities used by all the YAIM modules.

Configuring multiple node types on the same physical host

Note that installation and configuration of several node types in the same physical host is not recommended. The repositories of each node type are now independent and may not be synchronised for the same package, which can cause problems.

Installing and Configuring a batch system

The Torque/PBS batch system 

cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://grid-deployment.web.cern.ch/grid-deployment/glite/repos/3.2/glite-TORQUE_client.repo
yum update
yum install the_necessary_metapackage_

The WN for Torque/PBS

After fetching the glite-WN repository (see above) use the following commands for the 64bit architecture: 

wget http://grid-deployment.web.cern.ch/grid-deployment/glite/repos/3.2/glite-WN.repo
yum groupinstall glite-WN
yum install glite-TORQUE_client

In order to configure a Torque WN, you have to specify all the configuration target in one line: 

yaim -c -s site-info.def -n glite-WN  -n TORQUE_client

The UI

After fetching the glite-UI repository (see above) use the following commands for the 64bit architecture: 

wget http://grid-deployment.web.cern.ch/grid-deployment/glite/repos/3.2/glite-UI.repo
wget http://grid-deployment.web.cern.ch/grid-deployment/glite/repos/3.2/dag.repo
yum groupinstall glite-UI

In order to configure a Torque UI, you have to specify all the configuration target in one line: 

yaim -c -s site-info.def -n glite-UI

The LSF batch system

You have to make sure that the necessary packages for submitting jobs to your LSF batch system are installed on your CE. By default, the packages come as tar balls. At CERN they are converted into rpms so that they can be automatically rolled out and installed in a clean way (in this case using Quattor).

Since LSF is a commercial software it is not distributed together with the gLite middleware. Visit the Platform's LSF home page for further information. You'll also need to buy an appropriate number of license keys before you can use the product.

The documentation for LSF is available on Platform Manuals web page. You have to register in order to be able to access it.

For questions related to LSF and LCG/gLite interaction, you can use the project-eu-egee-batchsystem-lsf@cernNOSPAMPLEASE.ch mailing list.

The WN for LSF

Apart from the LSF specific configurations settings there is nothing special to do on the worker nodes. Just use the plain WN configuration target. 

./yaim -c -s site-info.def -n glite-WN

The lcg-CE for LSF

There is some special configuration settings you need to apply when configuring your LSF batch system. The most important variables to set in YAIM's site-info.def file are: 

JOB_MANAGER="lcglsf"
TORQUE_SERVER="machine where the gLite LSF log file parser runs"
BATCH_LOG_DIR="/path/to/where/the/lsf/accounting/and/event/files/are"
BATCH_BIN_DIR="/path/to/where/the/lsf/executables/are"
BATCH_VERSION="LSF_6.1"  
CE_BATCH_SYS="lsf"

For gLite installations you may use the gLite LSF log file parser daemon to access LSF accounting data over the network. The daemon needs to access the LSF event log files which you can find on the master (or some common file system which you may use for fail over). By default, yaim assumes that the daemon runs on the CE in which case you have to make sure that the event log files are readable from the CE. But note that it is not a good idea to run the LSF master service on the CE.

Make sure that you are using lcg-info-dynamic-lsf-2.0.36 or newer.

To configure your lcg-CE use: 

./yaim -c -s site-info.def -n lcg-CE -n LSF_utils

Note on site-BDII for LSF

When you configure your site-BDII you have to populate the [vomap] section of the /opt/lcg/etc/lcg-info-dynamic-scheduler.conf file yourself. This is because LSF's internal group mapping is hard to figure out from yaim, and to be on the safe side the site admin has to crosscheck. Yaim configures the lcg-info-dynamic-scheduler in order to use the LSF info provider plugin which comes with meaningful default values. If you would like to change it edit the /opt/glite/etc/lcg-info-dynamic-lsf.conf file. After YAIM configuration you have to list the LSF group - VOMS FQAN - mappings in the [vomap] section of the /opt/lcg/etc/lcg-info-dynamic-scheduler.conf file.

As an example you see here an extract from CERN's config file: 

vomap :
   grid_ATLAS:atlas
   grid_ATLASSGM:/atlas/Role=lcgadmin
   grid_ATLASPRD:/atlas/Role=production
   grid_ALICE:alice
   grid_ALICESGM:/alice/Role=lcgadmin
   grid_ALICEPRD:/alice/Role=production
   grid_CMS:cms
   grid_CMSSGM:/cms/Role=lcgadmin
   grid_CMSPRD:/cms/Role=production
   grid_LHCB:lhcb
   grid_LHCBSGM:/lhcb/Role=lcgadmin
   grid_LHCBPRD:/lhcb/Role=production
   grid_GEAR:gear
   grid_GEARSGM:/gear/Role=lcgadmin
   grid_GEANT4:geant4
   grid_GEANT4SGM:/geant4/Role=lcgadmin
   grid_UNOSAT:unosat
   grid_UNOSAT:/unosat/Role=lcgadmin
   grid_SIXT:sixt
   grid_SIXTSGM:/sixt/Role=lcgadmin
   grid_EELA:eela
   grid_EELASGM:/eela/Role=lcgadmin
   grid_DTEAM:dteam
   grid_DTEAMSGM:/dteam/Role=lcgadmin
   grid_DTEAMPRD:/dteam/Role=production
   grid_OPS:ops
   grid_OPSSGM:/ops/Role=lcgadmin
module_search_path : ../lrms:../ett

For further details see the /opt/glite/share/doc/lcg-info-dynamic-lsf file.

The SGE batch system

DISCLAIMER: The SGE/gLite integration software was the result of the collaboration between 3 institutions: LIP, CESGA and LeSC. You use this software at your own risk. It may be not fully optimized or correct and therefore, should be considered as experimental. There is no guarantee that it is compatible with the way in which your site is configured.

For questions related to SGE and gLite interaction, you can use the project-eu-egee-batchsystem-sge@cernNOSPAMPLEASE.ch mailing list.

The CREAM-CE for SGE

Note: The CREAMCE must be installed in a separate node from the SGE QMASTER, and the same SGE software version should be used in both cases.

Configure CREAM-CE and SGE Qmaster in the same physical machine

Note 1: This option is not recommended, but in any case, it could be done if it is necessary.

Note 2: In this example we do assume that no SGE NFS instalation will be used.

  • Install SGE rpms (require openmotif and xorg-x11-xauth packages available in CERN SLC repositories). These rpms will install SGE files under /usr/local/sge/pro: 
       # yum localinstall sge-parallel-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-utils-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-docs-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-devel-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-daemons-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-qmon-V62u1-1.i386.rpm

  • Install the glite-CREAM* and glite-SGE_utils meta rpm packages.

Note 3: Due to a dependency problem within the Tomcat distribution in SL5, it should be installed first the xml-commons-apis package before installing the glite-CREAM meta package. 

   # yum install xml-commons-apis

   # yum install glite-CREAM glite-SGE_utils

  • Download and install the SGE server yaim interface from ETICS repository: 
       # wget http://eticssoft.web.cern.ch/eticssoft/repository/org.glite/org.glite.yaim.sge-server/4.1.1/noarch/glite-yaim-sge-server-4.1.1-1.noarch.rpm
   # yum localinstall glite-yaim-sge-server-4.1.1-1.noarch.rpm

  • Set the following variables relevant in the site-info.def file: Tip, idea (Be also sure that you include the VOs and QUEUES information which you want to setup) 
       BATCH_SERVER="SGE Qmaster FQN"
   BATCH_VERSION="SGE version"
   BATCH_BIN_DIR="Directory where the SGE binary client tools are installed in the CE"  Ex: /usr/local/sge/pro/bin/lx26-x86
   BATCH_LOG_DIR="Path for the SGE accounting file". Ex: /usr/local/sge/pro/default/common/accouting
   SGE_ROOT="The SGE instalation dir". Default: /usr/local/sge/pro
   SGE_CELL="SGE cell definition". Default: default
   SGE_QMASTER="SGE qmaster port". Default: 536
   SGE_EXECD="SGE execd port". Default: 537
   SGE_SPOOL_METH="SGE spooling method". (Only the classic method is supported in the distributed rpms)
   BLPARSER_WITH_UPDATER_NOTIFIER="true"
   JOB_MANAGER=sge
   CE_BATCH_SYS=sge

  • Configure the CREAMCE, SGE_server and SGE_utils services: (in siteinfo/site-info.def the BATCH_SERVER variable should point to the CREAMCE machine) 
       # /opt/glite/yaim/bin/yaim -c -s siteinfo/site-info.def -n creamCE -n SGE_server -n SGE_utils

Note 4: If you run the SGE_server and SGE_utils YAIM configuration more than once, only the first action is valid. This is done to prevent overwriting the local site administrator local configuration tuning. Is such cases, a warning is sent during the YAIM configuration procedure and a standard configuration template is stored in /tmp (which can be uploaded manually by the site administrator).

  • The transferring of files between WN and CE is handled by a script, called sge_filestaging, which must be available in all WNs under /opt/glite/bin, and which you may find in your CreamCE installation under /opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging. By default, this copy mechanism works with passwordless scp WN<->CreamCE but it is up to the site admin to set it up (YAIM will not take care of that task on your behalf). This script must be executed as prolog and epilog of your jobs. Therefore you should define /opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging --stagein and /opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging --stageout as prolog and epilog scripts, either in SGE global configuration "qconf -mconf" or in "each queue configuration "qconf -mq ". If you already have some prolog and epilog scripts defined, just add those definitions to your scripts. If your prolog and epilog scripts run as root, you will have to use su (for example, su -m -c "/opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging --stageout" $USER).

Configure CREAM-CE and SGE Qmaster in different machines

Note 1: In this example we do assume that no SGE NFS instalation will be used.

  • Install SGE rpms (require openmotif and xorg-x11-xauth packages available in CERN SLC repositories). These rpms will install SGE files under /usr/local/sge/pro: 

   # yum localinstall sge-parallel-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-utils-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-docs-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-devel-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-daemons-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-qmon-V62u1-1.i386.rpm

  • Install the glite-CREAM* and glite-SGE_utils meta rpm packages.

Note 2: Due to a dependency problem within the Tomcat distribution in SL5, it should be installed first the xml-commons-apis package before installing the glite-CREAM meta package. 

   # yum install xml-commons-apis

   # yum install glite-CREAM glite-SGE_utils

  • Set the following variables in the site-info.def file: Tip, idea (Be also sure that you include the VOs and QUEUES information which you want to setup) 
       BATCH_SERVER="SGE Qmaster FQN"
   BATCH_VERSION="SGE version"
   BATCH_BIN_DIR="Directory where the SGE binary client tools are installed in the CE"  Ex: /usr/local/sge/pro/bin/lx26-x86
   BATCH_LOG_DIR="Path for the SGE accounting file". Ex: /usr/local/sge/pro/default/common/accouting
   SGE_ROOT="The SGE instalation dir". Default: /usr/local/sge/pro
   SGE_CELL="SGE cell definition". Default: default
   SGE_QMASTER="SGE qmaster port". Default: 536
   SGE_EXECD="SGE execd port". Default: 537
   SGE_SPOOL_METH="SGE spooling method". (Only the classic method is supported in the distributed rpms)
   BLPARSER_WITH_UPDATER_NOTIFIER="true"
   JOB_MANAGER=sge
   CE_BATCH_SYS=sge

  • Configure the CREAMCE service (in siteinfo/site-info.def the BATCH_SERVER variable should point to the machine where your SGE Qmaster will run) 
       # /opt/glite/yaim/bin/yaim -c -s siteinfo/site-info.def -n creamCE -n SGE_utils

  • Install all SGE rpms in the machine where the SGE Qmaster is supposed to run (require openmotif and xorg-x11-xauth packages available in CERN SLC repositories). These rpms will install SGE files under /usr/local/sge/pro: 

   # yum localinstall sge-parallel-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-utils-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-docs-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-devel-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-daemons-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-qmon-V62u1-1.i386.rpm

  • Configure the SGE QMASTER service 
       # /opt/glite/yaim/bin/yaim -c -s siteinfo/site-info.def -n creamCE -n SGE_utils

  • In the SGE Qmaster, declare the CE as an allowed submission machine: 
       # qconf -as <CE.MY.DOMAIN>

  • If you have control of the SGE Qmaster, make sure that in the Qmaster configuration you have the following setting: execd_params INHERIT_ENV=false. This setting allows to propagate the environment of the submission machine (CE) into the execution machine (WN). It can be implemented in SGE QMASTER using: 
       # qconf -mconf

Note 3: If you run the SGE_server and SGE_utils YAIM configuration more than once, only the first action is valid. This is done to prevent overwriting the local site administrator local configuration tuning. Is such cases, a warning is sent during the YAIM configuration procedure and a standard configuration template is stored in /tmp (which can be uploaded manually by the site administrator).

  • The transferring of files between WN and CE is handled by a script, called sge_filestaging, which must be available in all WNs under /opt/glite/bin, and which you may find in your CreamCE installation under /opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging. By default, this copy mechanism works with passwordless scp WN<->CreamCE but it is up to the site admin to set it up (YAIM will not take care of that task on your behalf). This script must be executed as prolog and epilog of your jobs. Therefore you should define /opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging --stagein and /opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging --stageout as prolog and epilog scripts, either in SGE global configuration "qconf -mconf" or in "each queue configuration "qconf -mq ". If you already have some prolog and epilog scripts defined, just add those definitions to your scripts. If your prolog and epilog scripts run as root, you will have to use su (for example, su -m -c "/opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging --stageout" $USER).

Link the CREAM-CE with a running SGE Qmaster server

  • You should ensure that you are using the same SGE version for client and server tools, and that the SGE installation paths are the same in the CREAM-CE and in the SGE Qmaster server.

  • If you are using a SGE installation shared via NFS or equivalent, and you do not want to change it with YAIM, you must set up the following variable in your site-info.def file. Its default value for this variable is "no", which means that SGE software WILL BE configured by YAIM. 
       # SGE_SHARED_INSTALL=yes

  • If you are not using SGE installation shared via NFS or equivalent, install the SGE client tools in the CREAM-CE. For the SGE version described in this manual the following rpms should be deployed (require openmotif and xorg-x11-xauth, packages available in CERN SLC repositories). These rpms will install SGE files under /usr/local/sge/pro: 
       # yum localinstall sge-utils-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-V62u1-1.i386.rpm

  • Install the glite-CREAM* and glite-SGE_utils meta rpm packages.

Note 1: Due to a dependency problem within the Tomcat distribution in SL5, it should be installed first the xml-commons-apis package before installing the glite-CREAM meta package. 

   # yum install xml-commons-apis

   # yum install glite-CREAM glite-SGE_utils

  • Change the following variables in the site-info.def file: Tip, idea (Be also sure that you include the VOs and QUEUES information which you want to setup) 
       BATCH_SERVER="SGE Qmaster FQN"
   BATCH_VERSION="SGE version"
   BATCH_BIN_DIR="Directory where the SGE binary client tools are installed in the CE"  Ex: /usr/local/sge/pro/bin/lx26-x86
   BATCH_LOG_DIR="Path for the SGE accounting file". Ex: /usr/local/sge/pro/default/common/accouting
   SGE_ROOT="The SGE instalation dir". Default: /usr/local/sge/pro
   SGE_CELL="SGE cell definition". Default: default
   SGE_QMASTER="SGE qmaster port". Default: 536
   SGE_EXECD="SGE execd port". Default: 537
   SGE_SPOOL_METH="SGE spooling method". (Only the classic method is supported in the distributed rpms)
   BLPARSER_WITH_UPDATER_NOTIFIER="true"
   JOB_MANAGER=sge
   CE_BATCH_SYS=sge

  • Configure the CREAMCE service 
       # /opt/glite/yaim/bin/yaim -c -s siteinfo/site-info.def -n creamCE -n SGE_utils

Note 2: If you run the SGE_server and SGE_utils YAIM configuration more than once, only the first action is valid. This is done to prevent overwriting the local site administrator local configuration tuning. Is such cases, a warning is sent during the YAIM configuration procedure and a standard configuration template is stored in /tmp (which can be uploaded manually by the site administrator).

  • In the SGE Qmaster, declare the CE as an allowed submission machine: 
       qconf -as <CE.MY.DOMAIN>

  • If you have control of the SGE Qmaster, be sure that in the Qmaster configuration you have the following setting: execd_params INHERIT_ENV=false. This setting allows to propagate the environment of the submission machine (CE) into the execution machine (WN). It can be implemented in SGE QMASTER using: 
       # qconf -mconf

  • The transferring of files between WN and CE is handled by a script, called sge_filestaging, which must be available in all WNs under /opt/glite/bin, and which you may find in your CreamCE installation under /opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging. By default, this copy mechanism works with passwordless scp WN<->CreamCE but it is up to the site admin to set it up (YAIM will not take care of that task on your behalf). This script must be executed as prolog and epilog of your jobs. Therefore you should define /opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging --stagein and /opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging --stageout as prolog and epilog scripts, either in SGE global configuration "qconf -mconf" or in "each queue configuration "qconf -mq ". If you already have some prolog and epilog scripts defined, just add those definitions to your scripts. If your prolog and epilog scripts run as root, you will have to use su (for example, su -m -c "/opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging --stageout" $USER).

The WN for SGE

  • If you are using a SGE installation shared via NFS or equivalent, and you do not want to change it with YAIM, you must set up the following variable in your site-info.def file. Its default value for this variable is "no", which means that SGE software WILL BE configured by YAIM. 
       # SGE_SHARED_INSTALL=yes

  • If you are not using SGE installation shared via NFS or equivalent, install the following SGE rpms (require openmotif and xorg-x11-xauth packages available in CERN SLC repositories). These rpms will install SGE files under /usr/local/sge/pro: 
       # yum localinstall sge-parallel-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-utils-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-docs-V62u1-1.i386.rpm sge-daemons-V62u1-1.i386.rpm

  • Install the *glite-WN*
       # yum groupinstall glite-WN

  • Download the SGE client yaim interface from ETICS repository and install it in the machine where the SGE client is supposed to run: 
       # yum http://eticssoft.web.cern.ch/eticssoft/repository/org.glite/org.glite.yaim.sge-client/4.1.1/noarch/glite-yaim-sge-client-4.1.1-3.noarch.rpm

  • Configure the glite-WN and SGE client services: 
       # /opt/glite/yaim/bin/yaim -c -s siteinfo/site-info.def -n glite-WN -n SGE_client

  • The transferring of files between WN and CE is handled by a script, called sge_filestaging. If you are using glite-yaim-sge-client to configure your WNs the sge_filestaging will be present by default in your WNs, and its execution is triggered by invoking "/usr/local/sge/pro/default/queues_conf/prolog.sh" and "/opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging --stageout" as prolog and epilog. Both these files are constructed by YAIM and properly defined in the SGE QMASTER if you are also using the ETICS distributed solution for the SGE QMASTER instalation.

Note 1: The transferring of files between WN and CE is handled by a script, called sge_filestaging, which must be available in all WNs under /opt/glite/bin, and which you may find in your CreamCE installation under /opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging. By default, this copy mechanism works with passwordless scp WN<->CreamCE but it is up to the site admin to set it up (YAIM will not take care of that task on your behalf). This script must be executed as prolog and epilog of your jobs. If you are not using the SGE client yaim interface from ETICS repository, you should define "/opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging --stagein" and "/opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging --stageout" as prolog and epilog scripts, either in SGE global configuration "qconf -mconf" or in "each queue configuration "qconf -mq ". If you already have some prolog and epilog scripts defined, just add those definitions to your scripts. If your prolog and epilog scripts run as root, you will have to use su (for example, su -m -c "/opt/glite/bin/sge_filestaging --stageout" $USER).

Note on lcg-vomscerts package

lcg-vomscerts package is no longer installed in gLite 3.2. Instead, services rely on *.lsc files. These files are a description of the server certificate rather than the actual certificate. They contain DN/CA couples. The difference is that *.lsc files do not need to get updated if the server cert is renewed but keeps the same DN and is issued by the same CA. They are used to verify that the copy of the server certificate that all ACs contains respect that profile.

YAIM creates automatically the *.lsc files so sys admins do not need to worry about them.

Note on hostname syntax

The WLCG middleware assumes that hostnames are case sensitive. Site administrators MUST not choose mix case hostnames because of that. Actually all hostnames MUST be in lowercase since most of the WLCG middleware depends on Globus and in particular on the globus_hostname function that lowercases all hostnames. If hostnames are assigned using mix cases or uppercases, then any middleware that will compare hostnames as returned by the globus_hostname function and as provided by clients will fail.

Note on openldap

openldap is no longer installed as part of the middleware but it's taken from the operating system and it's installed with openldap-clients.

Firewalls

No automatic firewall configuration is provided by this version of the configuration scripts. If your nodes are behind a firewall, you will have to ask your network manager to open a few "holes" to allow external access to some service nodes. A complete map of which port has to be accessible for each service node is maintined in CVS; http://jra1mw.cvs.cern.ch:8180/cgi-bin/jra1mw.cgi/org.glite.site-info.ports/doc/?only_with_tag=HEAD , or you can have a look to it's html version.

Documentation

For further documentation you can visit:

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