The EPIKH Project (Exchange Programme to advance e-Infrastructure Know-How) The Egyptian Grid Infrastructure Maha Metawei Salma Saber Electronic Research Institute EPIKH Workshop Cairo,

The EPIKH Project (Exchange Programme to advance e-Infrastructure Know-How) Current EUMEDGRID-infrastructure status Deployed services Monitoring Tools How to join as a new user How to join as a new site New Added sites info New Added VO EG_ERI and how to join Conclusion

Infrastructure and Middleware deployment The reference release is gLite 3.2 –All sites have x86_64 bit servers available The current stand is an hybrid infrastructure –Deploying some services at gLite 3.1 Monitoring pages now available via the Real Time Monitor (RTM) and GSTAT2 Service Challenges periodic reports available Many sites have own local gLite repository for the m/w available now

gLite provided Grid services AuthN/AuthZ: PKI X.509, VOMS Computing Power: lcg-CE, CREAM CE Data Storage: DPM-SE, Classic(Disk)-SE, StoRM Data Management: lcg-utils, FTS, gridFTP Information System: BDII, InfoProviders File Catalogs: LCG, AMGA

Collective Common services EUMEDGRID-Support Top BDII is up and running in Catania (COMETA) on bdii.eumedgrid.eu To query all project resources: ldapsearch –x –P2 –h bdii.eumedgrid.eu –p 2170 –b “mds-vo- name=local,o-grid” WMS/LB, LFC, AMGA at various sites The EUMEDGRID-Support VOMS Authentication service is available at

Monitoring Service Challenge periodic reports now in place –Very useful tool to verify availability of sites and monitor them New EUMEDGRID-Support GSTAT pages available at gstat.grid.arn.dz –also reachable through gstat.eumedgrid.eu & gstat1.africa- roc.org New portal for ROC -

Request a personal certificate the user meets face-to-face the competent RA; the RA verifies that the user has a valid identity document; the RA fills a form with the user information: name, surname and address; the RA gives to the user the ID code produced by the on-line authorization process; the user, using his/her own browser, download the INFN CA certificate; once the ID code has been received by the user (and within 48 hours after that), he/she requests the certificate giving the same information provided to the RA; if everything is all right, the user will receive, within 2 working days, the instructions needed to download his/her personal certificate (to download the certificate, you must use the same browser employed in the request phase);

How to join as a new site How to Join EUMEDGRID-Support Grid Infrastructure – Cairo, EPIKH Workshop,

EUMEDGRID-Support infrastructure

EUMEDGRID-Support Grid Services

The EPIKH Project (Exchange Programme to advance e-Infrastructure Know-How) New Added Sites Cairo, EPIKH Workshop,

Current Infrastructure Summary in Egypt 5 Sites are added: –EG-01-ERI: LFC, VOMS server, TOP BDII –EG-02-EUN: site is upgarded to gLite 3.2 (CE, UI, Site BDII, WN) –EG-03-IRI: UI,CE,WN,site BDII –EG-04-NARSS: UI,CE,WN,site BDII –EG-05-HPC-FCI-CU: still under construction (CE, Site BDII, UI, WN)

Egyptian Grid Sites on GStat Yesterday

EG-01-ERI

How to join the EUMED Infrastructure RTM Tool

New Added VO EG_ERI and how to join Cairo, EPIKH Workshop,

Conclusion Exchange Program was fruitfull. We are ready to spread the Know-how of Grid Site installation to others. Middleware installation and troubleshooting is now easier: many documentations, wiki, monitoring tools,..etc Hard work of 3 weeks have created 5 sites. Cairo, EPIKH Workshop,

Useful Links How to Join as a new user (EUMED Virtual Organisation) – grid.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1171&Itemid =492http://roc.africa- grid.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1171&Itemid =492 How to Join EUMEDGRID-Support Grid Infrastructure – EUMEDGRID-Support Grid Services – grid.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1162&Itemid =485http://roc.africa- grid.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1162&Itemid =485 Gstat Monitoring Tool: – RTM Monitoring Tool: – grid.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1153&Itemid =483http://roc.africa- grid.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1153&Itemid =483

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