In one of my previous message I said that CVMFS_REPOSITORIES was not needed with v2.1.X, except for some 'special' cases (monitoring, stricter user access). What's in
https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/w/index.php?title=UK_CVMFS_Deployment#Install_cvmfs_configuration_files
needs probably updated, definitely CVMFS_REPOSITORIES cannot be only "atlas,atlas-condb,lhcb"
Catalin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stephen Jones
> Sent: 27 July 2015 10:15
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: please re-define CVMFS_REPOSITORIES variable (if used)
>
> Hi Catalin,
>
> should we discuss this at the ops meeting?
>
> One one hand, we have Steve Traylen saying use of CVMFS_REPOSITORIES is
> deprecated, and on the other we are told to use it in this set up procedure for
> CVMFS,
>
> https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/w/index.php?title=UK_CVMFS_Deployment#Install_c
> vmfs_configuration_files
>
> The question is: which should prevail?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On 07/16/2015 02:37 PM, Catalin Condurache wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The decommissioning process of the 'gridpp.ac.uk' CVMFS space is about
> halfway, and it came to my attention the fact that sites are defining the
> CVMFS_REPOSITORIES variable at WN level. Whilst this variable was
> mandatory with cvmfs v2.0.X, this is not case with v2.1.Y.
> >
> > One current use for the variable is to monitor the repositories, so if
> > still defined, the variable has to contain existing repositories,
> > otherwise access errors are logged at Stratum-1 level. Therefore I
> > would ask site admins to remove the 'gridpp.ac.uk' repository names
> > from there, except the regional UK VO repositories (londongrid,
> > scotgrid, southgrid, northgrid)
> >
> > Please let me know if you need more details.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Catalin Condurache
> > RAL Tier1 CVMFS Service Manager
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Catalin Condurache
> > Sent: 16 June 2015 16:21
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: please re-define VO_<voname>_SW_DIR variables
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Many of you are probably aware that currently identical CVMFS repositories
> are maintained within both 'gridpp.ac.uk' and 'egi.eu' domain spaces.
> >
> > As the plan is to continue only with the 'egi.eu', I am planing to stop
> publishing most of the *.gridpp.ac.uk CVMFS repositories (notable exceptions
> are the {northgrid,southgrid,scotgrid,londongrid}.gridpp.ac.uk repositories), and
> therefore I would like to ask site admins to re-define (where is the case) the
> values for the VO_<voname>_SW_DIR environment variables so they will point
> to the 'egi.eu' CVMFS space (and not 'gridpp.ac.uk').
> >
> > i.e. from old definition VO_MICE_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/mice.gridpp.ac.uk
> >
> > to the new definiton VO_MICE_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/mice.egi.eu
> >
> > or from
> VO_CERNATSCHOOL_ORG_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/cernatschool.gridpp.ac.uk to
> > VO_CERNATSCHOOL_ORG_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/cernatschool.egi.eu
> >
> > Obviously, your CVMFS configurations need support for the 'egi.eu' domain. If
> this is not the case (less likely), please install cvmfs-keys-1.5-1 or better
> upgrade to cvmfs-2.1.20.
> >
> > There is no need to define new variables, but to change accordingly the
> existing ones (i.e. for the VOs each site is supporting) and definitely *do*not*
> change the existing definitions for VO_VO_NORTHGRID_AC_UK_SW_DIR,
> VO_VO_SOUTHGRID_AC_UK_SW_DIR, VO_VO_SCOTGRID_AC_UK_SW_DIR and
> VO_VO_LONDONGRID_AC_UK_SW_DIR (if any).
> >
> > Also because of the UK regional VO repositories (agreed to continue as part
> of .gridpp.ac.uk), please do not remove any settings related to this domain
> from your /etc/cvmfs/* configurations.
> >
> > Just to mention that I carried similar campaigns at other non-UK sites, and at
> that time I had been in contact with SGMs from the involved VOs, and they all
> agreed and were happy with the redefinition of VO_SW_DIR variables
> concerning their VOs.
> >
> > A tentative date to stop the publishing of the old domain is 30 June 2015, so
> could you make sure you'll have all in place by then? I will give a reminder
> during next Tuesday Ops meeting.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Catalin Condurache
>
>
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