1. Grid Technology CERN IT Department CH-1211 Geneva 23 Switzerland www.cern.ch/i t DBCF GT Middleware Update GDB, 9 th February 2011 Slides by Maria Alandes Pradillo, CERN

2. CERN IT Department CH-1211 Geneva 23 Switzerland www.cern.ch/i t GT Contents Announcements –gLite web pages –Lcg-CA releases gLite 3.1 retirement status gLite releases –CREAM –lcg-CE –glite-CLUSTER –DPM/LFC –FTS/FTA/FTM –WMS/LB –BDII –UI/WN/VOBOX –VOMS –Batch Systems

3. Grid Technology Announcements: gLite web pages Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo New gLite web pages –Same URL: http://glite.cern.ch/ –Same layout as previous pages –Easier maintenance –Please send your feedback! gd-release-team@cern.ch Open a GGUS ticket –We have a SU called gLite Release Pages and Repositories. –Staged Rollout information is also available http://glite.cern.ch/staged_rollout Participate in the Staged Rollout!

4. Grid Technology Announcements: lcg-CA releases Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo No more lcg-CA releases. This is now done by EGI. There’s a new IGTF distribution 1.38, and this will be done only by EGI. gLite will update the Installation and Configuration guide to include the necessary details: –https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/GenericInstallGuide320#The_Certification_Authority_repohttps://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/GenericInstallGuide320#The_Certification_Authority_repo –https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/GenericInstallGuide310#The_Certification_Authority_repohttps://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/GenericInstallGuide310#The_Certification_Authority_repo We are still discussing what to do with the old lcg-CA repository.

5. Grid Technology gLite 3.1 retirementstatus The 3.1 retirement calendar is available in: –http://glite.cern.ch/support_calendar/ The following services were phased out since the last GDB: –glite-BDII –glite-GLEXEC_wn –glite-LB –glite-SCAS –glite-TORQUE_server –glite-TORQUE_client  Note the difference between torque-client package and the glite-TORQUE_client metapackage, as clarified in LCG-ROLLOUT. 3.1 CREAM retirement calendar was re-scheduled. –Security updates until the end of February. See slide about lcg-CE later on… Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo

6. Grid Technology gLite Releases - General gLite releases can be tracked in: –http://bit.ly/22we3ihttp://bit.ly/22we3i –The Should be finished on field defines the deadline for the release to be certified. –We haven’t included the date to Production because we don’t know how long the Staged Rollout lasts. gLite releases are presented in the Tier 1 SC meeting: –https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EGEE/LCGprioritiesgLitehttps://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EGEE/LCGprioritiesgLite –Give us feedback so that we can reassess priorities! –At the meeting or to gd-release-team@cern.ch Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo

7. Grid Technology gLite Releases - CREAM glite-CREAM –3.2 glite-CREAM 1.6.4: http://glite.cern.ch/R3.2/sl5_x86_64/updates/22 http://glite.cern.ch/R3.2/sl5_x86_64/updates/22 In Production since today Feedback collected from last GDB triggered this release. We agreed that it should be ready some weeks before the new LHC run. Thanks to CREAM PT, IT-PES, IT-GT and EGI the release is now in Staged Rollout as planned (no problems encountered so far). It contains bug fixes related to operational issues that will allow for a more stable and reliable CREAM CE. –3.1 glite-CREAM 1.6.3: http://glite.cern.ch/R3.1/sl4_i386/glite-CREAM/3.1.27-2 http://glite.cern.ch/R3.1/sl4_i386/glite-CREAM/3.1.27-2 In Production since 01.02.2011. Last release in gLite 3.1. –3.2 glite-CREAM 1.7: https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/?4051 https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/?4051 In Progress. Scheduled for End of March. Same contents as EMI-1 release (Argus integration + Bug fixes). Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo

8. Grid Technology gLite Releases – lcg-CE Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo lcg-CE –3.1 lcg-CE 3.1.46 : https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/?4605 https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/?4605 In Staged Rollout. Bug fixes and possibility to be installed with glite-CLUSTER. –Retirement of lcg-CE already discussed with EGI after the last GDB The following agenda has been proposed: –New CREAM 1.6.4 solves operational issues. Service is now in good shape to be deployed. –Availability calculations in SAM/Nagios are expected to be fixed by the end of March so that CREAM is considered for availabilities. –At the end of March we could evaluate the status of CREAM. –We can then be in a good position to define a realistic retirement calendar for lcg-CE.

9. Grid Technology gLite Releases – glite-CLUSTER Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo glite-CLUSTER –New node type that allows the configuration information related to the batch system environment to be separated from the configuration related to the job submission interface. See Technical Note with all details in: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/pub/EGEE/YAIMInfosys/Cluster_node_1_1.doc –3.1 glite-CLUSTER 3.1.4: https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?4528 https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?4528 In Staged Rollout It can be deployed together with lcg-CE or in a different host. –3.2 glite-CLUSTER 3.2.2: https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?4327 https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?4327 In Staged Rollout. Integration with CREAM NOT available. Manual steps described in the release notes so that it can be integrated with CREAM.

10. Grid Technology gLite Releases – DPM/LFC Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo LFC –3.2 LFC_mysql/oracle 1.8.0-1 In Production since today. http://glite.cern.ch/R3.2/sl5_x86_64/updates/22 DPM –3.2 DPM_disk/DPM_mysql 1.8.0-1 In production since 18.01.2011 http://glite.cern.ch/R3.2/sl5_x86_64/updates/21/ 3.1 Releases of DPM/LFC 1.8.0-1 –In Staged Rollout since November 2010. –No sites available for SR. –Proposal to EGI -> Move this to Production in any case to be able to complete the 3.1 retirement calendar. Next release 1.8.1 only planned for EMI-1 for the time being. –Small increment wrt to 1.8.0 –Not yet decided whether it will be released in gLite 3.2.

11. Grid Technology gLite Releases – FTS/FTA/FTM Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo FTS/FTA/FTM –Release 2.2.5: Several Patches. Removal of VOMS server certificates dependency gLite 3.2 patches: In Certification. gLite 3.1 patches: In Certification. –Last 3.1 Release. –3.2 Release 2.2.6: https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/?4503 In preparation. Same contents as EMI-1 release.

12. Grid Technology gLite Releases – WMS/LB Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo LB –3.2. glite-LB 2.1.18 and 2.1.19 In Production since today. http://glite.cern.ch/R3.2/sl5_x86_64/updates/22 Minor fixes and bug fixes needed by WMS 3.3. WMS –3.2 glite-WMS 3.3: https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?2876 https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?2876 In Progress. No blocking issues after problems with gpt, gridsite and others. Scheduled by the end of February.

13. Grid Technology gLite Releases – BDII Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo Top level BDII –3.2 glite-BDII_top 3.2.10-3: https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/?4548 https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/?4548 In Production since 18.01.2011. Support for OpenLDAP 2.4 Fixes for degradation problems seen in production. –3.2 glite-BDII_top 3.2.11: No patch yet In Progress Fix for hardcoded egi_goc_url Glue 2.0 fixes Site BDII –3.2 glite-BDII_site 3.2.11: No patch yet Glue 2.0 fixes. Resource BDII –An update will be also prepared to fix Glue 2.0 issues.

14. Grid Technology gLite Releases – UI/WN/VOBOX Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo glite-UI 3.2.9: https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?4200 https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?4200 –In Progress (Adding CREAM clients just certified today) glite-WN 3.2.10 : https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?4198https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?4198 –Ready for Certification glite-VOBOX 3.2.10 : https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?4614https://savannah.cern.ch/patch/index.php?4614 –In Progress (Adding CREAM clients just certified today) New versions of clients for: –DPM/LFC 1.8.0-1 -> Including python 2.5 bindings –GFAL/lcg_utils 1.11.16 -> Including python 2.5/2.6 bindings –WMS/LB -> Including as well SL5/32bits packages –lcg-infosites and lcg-ManageVOTag A new release of UI/WN/VOBOX will be triggered by the new version of GFAL/lcg_utils 1.11.17

15. Grid Technology gLite Releases – VOMS Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo VOMS –3.2 Updates fixing vulnerability issues + VOMS Admin 2.5.5 release In Production since today http://glite.cern.ch/R3.2/sl5_x86_64/updates/22 –VOMS 2.0 only scheduled in EMI-1.

16. Grid Technology gLite Releases – Batch System Middleware Update - M. Alandes Pradillo TORQUE_utils, TORQUE_client, TORQUE_server –New torque 2.3.13 to be integrated in gLite. –Best effort by Nikhef. –Release under preparation. Torque packages are now built. Missing configuration changes in YAIM. Metapackages need to be created as well. –Deadline now met but not ready. –Don’t have more news... CONDOR_utils –Release to have CONDOR_utils in SL5. –Best effort by PIC. –No real progress on this. –Developers contacted and answered they will work on this. (?) –But patch created in 21.12.2009.