[gin-ops] start Savannah run

Thu Nov 30 09:46:56 CST 2006

Colin,

You should be set to go on the UC/ANL TeraGrid cluster.

GT4 Pre-WS GRAM: tg-grid1.uc.teragrid.org:2119
GT4 WS GRAM:     tg-grid1.uc.teragrid.org:8443 (FORK, PBS)
GT4 GridFTP:     tg-gridftp.uc.teragrid.org:2811

Regards,

JP

On Nov 30, 2006, at 2:43 AM, Colin Enticott wrote:

> Thankyou everyone.
>
> I am now registered on the GIN VO (well, I appear here:
> http://kuiken.nikhef.nl/gin.ggf.org/grid-mapfile).
>
> What is my next step?
>
> Thanks,
> Colin
>
> ---
> Colin Enticott, Research Scientist, Ph: +61 03 9903 2215
> Room H7.26, Level 7, Building H, Monash University Caulfield 3145,  
> Australia
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Cindy Zheng [mailto:zhengc at sdsc.edu]
>> Sent: Thursday, 30 November 2006 11:59 AM
>> To: 'Terrence Martin'
>> Cc: 'JP Navarro'; gin-ops at ggf.org; 'Oscar Koeroo'; 'Colin  
>> Enticott'; gin-
>> auth at ggf.org
>> Subject: RE: FW: start Savannah run
>>
>> Thank you, Terrence!
>> We'll wait to hear from Colin when Colin finishes
>> registering to gin vo.
>> Cindy
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Terrence Martin [mailto:tmartin at physics.ucsd.edu]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:36 AM
>>> To: Oscar Koeroo
>>> Cc: zhengc at sdsc.edu; 'JP Navarro'; gin-ops at ggf.org; 'Colin
>>> Enticott'; gin-auth at ggf.org
>>> Subject: Re: FW: start Savannah run
>>>
>>>
>>> Oscar Koeroo wrote:
>>>> Hi Terrence and Cindy,
>>>>
>>>> Getting new users up for registration on the GIN VO is easy. To be
>>>> able to access the secured website and for authentication reasons
>>>> during the registration process new users must have their
>>> certificate
>>>> loaded and ready in their webbrowser. The VOMS server is
>>> loaded with
>>>> all IGTF accredited CAs including the Fermilab kCA.
>>>>
>>>> Go to the website:
>>> https://kuiken.nikhef.nl:8443/voms/gin.ggf.org/ and
>>>> apply for a "New user registration".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The usual VOMS configuration info is also available. I
>>> don't know what
>>>> you'll need to populate a GUMS server. This VOMS server is as any
>>>> other so I guess you can use your regular setup.
>>>> In addition to the secured interface I've also made available a
>>>> non-secured way of grabbing a grid-mapfile.
>>>> http://kuiken.nikhef.nl/gin.ggf.org/grid-mapfile
>>>> There is also an RSS-feed pointing to the grid-mapfile and
>>> the secured
>>>> interface at
>>> http://kuiken.nikhef.nl/gin.ggf.org/feed-gin.ggf.org.xml
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately I'm not aware of a clear guide. I do know a guide for
>>>> creating the packed certificate files that go into your
>>> browser if you
>>>> start from a two PEM formated files (certificate file + private key
>>>> file) that's at http://certificate.nikhef.nl/info/browser
>>>> Once a user has passed that stage, the registration for the
>>> VO is as
>>>> trivial as any web-forum account registration.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I am assuming this user already has a grid cert since they
>>> list a DN so
>>> only VOMS registration is required. Once that is done either I  
>>> run my
>>> update of GUMS manually or in 720/2 minutes on average the
>>> user will be
>>> automatically downloaded into my GUMS database. I actually do
>>> not have
>>> to do anything, but I can speed things up ever so slightly if I  
>>> am in
>>> the office and someone asks me to try refreshing gums.
>>>
>>> Terrence
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Oscar
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Zheng wrote:
>>>>> Sounds right, Terrence. Let me ask Oscar who has helped me
>>> with GIN
>>>>> VO before.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Oscar,
>>>>> Could you advise Colin what need to be done to be
>>>>> added in GIN VO?
>>>>> I'm also cc'ing to gin-auth list.
>>>>> If there is a guide for potential GIN users, please
>>>>> let me know the url and I can link it to our GINOPS
>>>>> page.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Cindy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Terrence Martin [mailto:tmartin at physics.ucsd.edu] Sent:
>>>>>> Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:24 PM
>>>>>> To: zhengc at sdsc.edu
>>>>>> Cc: 'JP Navarro'; gin-ops at ggf.org; 'Colin Enticott'
>>>>>> Subject: Re: FW: start Savannah run
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The quickest and easiest way for me is to have him added to a VO.
>>>>>> How easy is it to add him to the GIN VO? One in there I
>>> can hit my
>>>>>> gums reload and he will be able to access UCSD as a GIN user. Any
>>>>>> other approach requires me hacking his DN into my local
>>> VO which I
>>>>>> prefer to avoid and does not help him with any other site.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Terrence
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cindy Zheng wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks, Terrence, for the quick reply!
>>>>>>> Colin has not been a GIN user.
>>>>>>> What do you think it's the best way to get colin access?
>>>>>>> Cindy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: Terrence Martin [mailto:tmartin at physics.ucsd.edu] Sent:
>>>>>>>> Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:53 PM
>>>>>>>> To: zhengc at sdsc.edu
>>>>>>>> Cc: 'JP Navarro'; gin-ops at ggf.org
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: FW: start Savannah run
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We only have a production cluster, but I should still
>>> be
>>>>>> able to help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I do not seem to have Colin in my GUMS database though
>>> for
>>>>>> GIN or any
>>>>>>>> other VO. Should he be downloaded with GIN's users?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Terrence
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cindy Zheng wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi, JP and Terrence,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Could you help Colin to get ready to run Savannah
>>>>>>>>> application on your GIN testbed clusters?
>>>>>>>>> You can find Colin's user info at
>>>>>>>>> http://wiki.pragma-grid.net/index.php?title=ColinDetails
>>>>>>>>> If you need more info or action from Colin, or have
>>> any questions
>>>>>>>>> for Colin or me, please let us know.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you very much!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cindy
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>> From: Cindy Zheng [mailto:zhengc at sdsc.edu] Sent: Tuesday,
>>>>>>>>> November 28, 2006 2:31 PM
>>>>>>>>> To: 'gin-ops at ggf.org'
>>>>>>>>> Subject: start Savannah run
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for all the people involved to help make
>>>>>>>>> TDDFT application run and GIN testbed monitoring
>>>>>>>>> very fruitful experiments! We have learned a lot and have
>>>>>>>>> presented our learnings at OGF and SC06.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Let's continue our collaborative effort with our plan
>>> - start our
>>>>>>>>> next experiment with Savannah
>>>>>>>>> fire simulation - a data-intensive application, to
>>> explore data
>>>>>>>>> related interoperation issues.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Colin Enticott at Monash University of Australia
>>>>>>>>> is the lead driver. Colin has documented the
>>>>>>>>> introduction and requirements of this application at
>>>>>>>>> http://wiki.pragma-grid.net/index.php?title=Savannah
>>>>>>>>> or go to
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://forge.gridforum.org/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.gin/wi
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ki/GinOps
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> click "Savannah" under "Applications",
>>>>>>>> where "first Savannah experiment" is refering to
>>>>>>>> a previous experiment in PRAGMA testbed. The
>>>>>>>> "second Savannah experiment" is the one for GIN testbed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We like to run this application on all Grids in GIN
>>> testbed, but
>>>>>>>> in 2 steps. First, we will run it on
>>> PRAGMA/TeraGrid/OSG - since
>>>>>>>> these should be relatively easier to do. We like to get
>>> this done
>>>>>>>> before the year end.
>>>>>>>> The next step, Colin will work with EGEE and Nordugrid
>>>>>>>> to develop possible solutions, to enable interoperation
>>>>>>>> and to include all 5 Grids in the run.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance for your continued help with this!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cindy
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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