EMBRACE-EGEE Tutorial

Europe/Zurich
CLERMONT-FERRAND

CLERMONT-FERRAND

Florence Jacq
Description
This tutorial aims to train system administrators in order to give them skills to install, configure and manage a complete Grid node using gLite 3.x. This tutorial is first open for EMBRACE project's sys admin but is also open to other projects.
In order to better appreciate the arguments covered in this tutorial basic knowledge of Linux user environment (Shell, SSH) are requested by each trainee. Basic knowledge of grid elements, job submission and basic data management is not mandatory but appreciated.

To register or for any enquiries you could have, please send an email to Florence Jacq (fjacq@clermont.in2p3.fr)
    • 12:00 18:30
      Introduction and overview
      • 12:00
        Welcome & Light Lunch 1h
      • 13:00
        Introduction 15m
      • 13:15
        Overview of the gLite middleware 45m
        Speaker: La Rocca, G. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 14:00
        Authorization and Authentication in gLite 1h
        Speaker: La Rocca, G. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 15:00
        Coffee break 30m
    • 15:30 18:30
      UI Installation and Configuration / Hands on
      • 15:30
        UI installation, configuration and testing 1h 30m
        Setup the default VO and the default WMProxy Server.
        Speaker: La Rocca, G. (INFN - Catania)
        more information
        transparencies
      • 17:00
        Set up of a User Interface by each trainee 1h 30m
        Speaker: All (INFN - Catania)
    • 19:00 21:30
      Social Event : Lunch to Le Caveau
    • 08:30 14:00
      Automatic installation tools
      • 08:30
        Yam / Hands-on 2h
        Creation of a APT Repository.
        Speaker: Platania, G. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 10:30
        Coffee break 30m
      • 11:00
        Yaim / Hands-on 2h
        HowTo about to install and configure a grid node using the YAIM tool.
        Speaker: Platania, G. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 13:00
        Lunch 1h
    • 14:00 18:30
      Authorization and authentication
      • 14:00
        VOMS installation, configuration and testing 1h
        Speaker: La Rocca, G. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 15:00
        Set up of a VOMS Server by each trainee 1h
        Speaker: All (INFN - Catania)
      • 16:00
        Coffee break 30m
      • 16:30
        My Proxy Server installation, configuration and testing 1h
        Speaker: La Rocca, G. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 17:30
        Set up of a MyProxy Server by each trainee 1h
        Speaker: All (INFN - Catania)
    • 08:30 22:30
      Grid Elements
      • 08:30
        Computing Element installation, configuration and testing 1h 30m
        qsub, pbsnodes, globus-job-run, edg-job-submit
        Speaker: Platania, G. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 10:00
        Worker Node installation, configuration and testing 1h
        Speaker: Platania, G. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 11:00
        Coffee break 11h 30m
      • 11:30
        Set up of a Computing Element by each trainee 1h
        Speaker: All (INFN - Catania)
      • 12:00
        Set up of a Worker Node by each trainee 1h
        Speaker: All (INFN - Catania)
      • 13:00
        Lunch 1h
      • 14:00
        DPM installation, configuration and testing 2h
        File system generic tests, globus-url-copy, lcg-*
        Speaker: Ricciardi, G. M. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 15:00
        Set up of a DPM by each trainee 1h
        Speaker: All (INFN - Catania)
      • 16:00
        Coffee break 30m
      • 16:30
        LFC File catalog installation, configuration and testing 1h
        Test lfc-* and lcg-* commands
        Speaker: Ricciardi, G. M. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 17:30
        Set up of a LFC File Catalogt by each trainee 1h
    • 19:00 23:30
      Social Event : Lunch to Puy-de-dôme
    • 08:30 18:30
      Central Elements
      • 08:30
        Information System: installation, configuration and testing 1h
        Testing using ldapsearch, lcg-info and lcg-infosites commands
        Speaker: Platania, G. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 09:30
        Set up of a Information System by each trainee 1h
        Speaker: All (INFN - Catania)
      • 10:30
        Coffee break 30m
      • 11:00
        FTS (File Transfer System) Server + testing 1h
        Channel configuration and testing
        Speaker: Ricciardi, G. M. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 12:00
        Set up of a FTS Server by each trainee 1h
        Speaker: All (INFN - Catania)
      • 13:00
        Lunch 1h
      • 14:00
        MON Box installation + testing 30m
        Speaker: Ricciardi, G. M. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 14:30
        Set up of a MON Box by each trainee 30m
      • 15:30
        Coffee break 30m
      • 16:00
        WMS installation, configuration and testing 1h 30m
        edg-job-submit, log files, Sandbox dir, troubleshooting
        Speaker: La Rocca, G. (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 17:30
        Set up of a WMS by each trainee 1h
        Speaker: All (INFN - Catania)
    • 08:30 18:30
      Autonomous session
      • 08:30
        Final Exercise 2h
        Speaker: All (INFN - Catania)
        transparencies
      • 10:30
        Coffee Break 30m
      • 11:00
        Set up of a grid node with Yaim by each trainee 2h
        Speaker: All (INFN - Catania)
      • 13:00
        Lunch 1h
      • 14:00
        Further handson session about howto install and configure a grid-node 4h
        Speaker: All (INFN - Catania)
      • 16:00
        Coffee Break 30m