On 08/04/2019 10:48, Stephen Jones wrote:
> Hi Winnie,
>
> On 08/04/2019 09:18, Winnie Lacesso wrote:
>> Would anyone be able to point me to where this is stated officially?
>> I searched for glexec in TB-SUPPORT archives, LCG-ROLLOUT
>> archives, & GridPP wiki site & could find nothing like it.
>
> https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/GlexecDeploymentTracking
>
> See the conclusion. Basically, glExec is being wound down. I guess you
> can put it on if you want. But I don't. And no-one has complained.
>
> Systems engineers are cowardly. They'd rarely say "don't install it"
> ... but neither did they say "install it". And they said it is for
> exiting users, not new ones.
>
> So I believe it's dead now, since that's also what Alessandra told me
> .... but I suppose it could pop back into life? They are looking for
> something better. CGROUPS, Singularity, etc.
glexec died at the WLCG workshop in Lisbon in 2016. For isolation it
will be replaced by singularity. Traceability will be done in
cooperation with the experiments. The draft policy for traceability and
isolation is here
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BmLutIcZZbX0ZqYVWIPDJOUVPNZrssM0SgQF7R3A1B4/edit
cheers
alessandra
>
>
>> So just to confirm, does this also mean WN no longer need
>> site-specific /etc/glexec.conf &/or /etc/lcmaps/lcmaps-glexec.db ?
>
> Both those files come from the glexec rpm. If you don't install the
> rpm, you don't need the files. That's my guess...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ste
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