On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 08:58:29PM +0100 or thereabouts, Ben Waugh wrote:
> Hi there,
Hi Ben,
>
> I'm finally having another go at LCG installation, putting 2_4_0 on top of
> a clean SL304 distribution (note SL not SLC). I'm still in the process of
> trying this but, unsurprisingly, I already have a few questions, based on
> the "generic installation instructions".
>
> Apologies if some or all of this has been explained on LCG-ROLLOUT, but I
> can't find it if so. (The search facility doesn't seem to like underscores
> or punctuation, which doesn't help.)
>
> In site-info.def:
> Does BDII_HOST refer to the site or top BDII? I'll assume top for now.
Yes its the top one.
> Is WN_LIST needed if the Torque server is not on the CE?
It is not, we have the same setup and installed a CE rather
than a CE-torque. We then set up the torque clients by hand
http://goc.grid.sinica.edu.tw/gocwiki/How_to_run_CEs_with_the_PBS_manager_installed_on_a_different_host
is hopefully useful, I wrote it Fraser has used the notes so he may
have some comments. We can cover that later today.
> Why is GRID_TRUSTED_BROKERS listed as required for a CE? The description
> seems to apply only to a MyProxy server.
Correct, of you don't have a proxy server you can forget it.
> Why does BDII_REGIONS have such a misleading name?
Yes
> What is the format of GLOBUS_TCP_PORT_RANGE? Does it take the usual
> default value if not set? (It is not in the example site-info.def.)
It sets it to "20000 21000" I think.
>
> Will I get in trouble for using both YUM (which was configured by default
> when I installed Scientific Linux) and APT (which is used by all the YAIM
> scripts)? Will either get confused when some packages are updated by the
> other? Or can I just replace apt with yum in all the YAIM install scripts?
I would use yum throughout.
http://goc.grid.sinica.edu.tw/gocwiki/Using_yum_to_install_LCG
>
> What is the best way to get the site up and running so it can be tested
> but not attract production jobs?
As long as you in downtime you still get monitoring jobs.
>
> That's enough questions for one evening. See/hear you at the deployment
> meeting tomorrow.
Indeed.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
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