Australian BADG Testbed

Installation Guide

Installation Guide

NOTE: The old installation guide can be found at this link.

Step 0 - Know your node!?

If you already have a Globus installation on your node it's a good idea to back this up before you begin...

1. Shutdown any running Grid services
2. Rename the Globus directory. If the globus directory is already called something other than 'globus' or 'globus2.4' then don't worry.

       mv /pathto/globus /pathto/globus.OLD

3. Rename the grid-security directory.

       mv /etc/grid-security /etc/grid-security.OLD

Information you need to know about your node...

1. Your full hostname and domain. It must be registered in the DNS and the first name in /etc/hosts.
2. The installation parent directory, such as /opt .
3. Locations of the any backed up host/MDS keys and certificates, possibly in your old Globus directories. The host key/cert are called hostkey.pem/hostcert.pem . Older MDS key/cert are called server.key/server.cert . Newer MDS key/cert are called ldapkey.pem/ldapcert.pem . If you've never installed Globus on this machine before you will need to specify that you want to create new keys and certificates, when prompted.
4. Whether you want new certificates approved by Globus or the Belle CA. When prompted choose Globus if your host will be used by people outside the Belle testbed.
5. A range of firewall ports opened for Globus on your network. Usually ports 40000 through 45000 are setup. Talk with your network administrator.

Step 1 - Installation

Download the following self installer for Unix:

• badg_install_2.4.2.sh

Then run the self installer answering the questions carefully:

    sh badg_install_2.4.2.sh

Once you've answered the questions installation will begin and you can leave it unattended. At the end you will be prompted for the Root password a few times for final setup. Installation could take a couple of hours!

Step 1.1 - Problems

Look at the install.log file if there were any problems. Once you fix a problem you can rerun badg_install_2.4.2.sh to continue the installation.

Step 2 - Post-Installation

Follow the instructions provided at the end of installation. These can also be found at the end of the install.log file.

Further Configuration

If you wish to change your firewall settings you should run the BADG provided firewall setup script:

    $GLOBUS_LOCATION/sbin/setup-firewall-ports

Each time you install a new host certificate you must reconfigure the Globus job manager settings. If you have an existing Globus installation and have removed the fork jobmanager or set another default jobmanager, this will reinstall fork as the default jobmanager.

    $GLOBUS_LOCATION/setup/globus/setup-globus-gram-job-manager