1. VL-e PoC Distribution Installation and use of the PoC Jan Just Keijser VL-e work shop, April 7 th, 2006

2. The One Thing You Need to Remember: Where do I get the VL-e PoC Distribution? http://poc.vl-e.nl/distribution

3. The VL-e PoC Distribution What is the VL-e PoC Distribution? The PoC distribution is meant to be installed on a RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 compatible system a stable base environment, with managed releases The PoC distribution contains components to enable service-oriented development enable application development provide access to computing, storage, and information systems http://poc.vl-e.nl/distribution

4. The VL-e PoC Distribution VL-e PoC Release 1.0 Contents: LCG 2.7.0-3 Sun Java2SDK 1.4.2_11 Plus JavaGAT-1.5MatlabMPI-1.2Mesa3D-6.4.1 R-2.2.0Rmpi-0.5SRB-client-3.4.0 SRB-devel-3.4.0fsl-bin-3.2fsl-devel-3.2 gat-adaptors-1.8.2gat-cpp-wrapper-1.8.2gat-engine-1.8.2 gat-python-wrapper-1.8.2globus-toolkit-4.0.1graphviz-2.8 ibis-1.2.1itk-2.4.1kepler-1.0.0alpha7 lam-devel-7.1.2lam-docs-7.1.2lam-extras-7.1.2 lam-runtime-7.1.2libRmath-2.2.0libRmath-devel-2.2.0 medline-1.0mpitb-2.1.72mricro-1.3.9-4 nimrod-3.0.1octave-2.1.72ogsadai-wsrf-2.1 paraview-2.4.2pl-5.6.4-200sesame-client-1.2.3 taverna-workbench-1.3.1triana-3.2vtk-4.4 (packages in red denote UI-only package) http://poc.vl-e.nl/distribution

5. The VL-e PoC Distribution Distribution formats:  Network-based installation o http access o http proxy access  DVD-based installation: the PoC DVD  Pre-installed VMware image (present on PoC DVD) o CentOS 3.6 with GNOME GUI o LCG 2.7 UI o VL-e Release 1.0 UI packages o Works with free VMware Player on both Linux and Windows http://poc.vl-e.nl/distribution

6. The VL-e PoC Distribution Prerequisites when installing the PoC:  RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 – compatible distro: o RHEL 3 o Centos 3.6 o Scientific Linux 3.05 o Other distributions might work but are supported on a best effort basis only by VLeIT  Sun Java2 SDK 1.4.2 RPM o VL-e packages depend on this RPM o Java SDK 1.5 might work, but again, is supported on a best effort basis only by VLeIT http://poc.vl-e.nl/distribution

7. The VL-e PoC Distribution Installing the VMware images:  PC running Windows or Linux with  512 MB RAM (vm is configured with 256 MB)  At least 5 GB hard disk space free  Screen resolution 1024x768  Download free VMware Player from http://www.vmware.com/download/player  Unpack the vle-poc-r1-part1.zip and vle-poc-r1- part2.zip files into an empty directory  Install update(s) from http://poc.vl-e.nl/distribution/vmware.html That’s all folks! http://poc.vl-e.nl/distribution

8. The VL-e PoC R1 VMware Images http://poc.vl-e.nl/distribution User=pocahontas/VL-eRulez! User=root/rhel3=centos3

9. Questions? The default answer to all questions is: http://poc.vl-e.nl/distribution