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Portal Update Plan
Ashok Adiga
[email protected]
(512) 471-8196
Outline
• Update group on on-going discussions with
implementation team on
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Grid Build Status tracking
Static vs Dynamic Information in the portal
Resource Information in the portal
Documentation organization
Build Status
• Grid Build status reports
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Spreadsheets e-mailed at beginning of month
Tracking status on resources and applications
Follow-ups via email and phone
Kate Barzee is helping us with tracking status
• Please send your status if you haven’t yet
done so
– Update spreadsheet OR simply email your status
Static vs Dynamic Information
• Dynamic Information in portal today
– Status, Load, Jobs on Resource page
– Everything else is static
– Will make Portal change to make this clear
• Status arrow summarizes availability of
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Globus/GRAM, gridftp, MDS grid services
Test scripts run remotely as “sgmonitor” user.
Will make arrow clickable for detailed information
Add test for environment variable test?
• Long term possibilities
– Query software stack on each resource
Portal Resource Information
• Current Resource page will be modified to add
information about
– Software Stack
• OS & version
• Globus version
– Local Scheduler (PBS, LSF, etc.)
– Contact Information
• Name, email, Phone, response-by information
• Remote access to resource information
– Portal uses GPIR repository
– See documentation at http://gridport.net/services/gpir/ for
details on web service access to resource information
Online Documentation
• Information available in various forms/locations
– SURAgrid web site
– SURAgrid portal
– Several documents
• Consolidate all information for easier access
– Meet user needs
– Easier to maintain/update
• Must support multiple types of content owners
– Portal admins, Web admins, Site resource admins, and
application owners
• Currently being designed by SURA
Use Cases
• Application Users
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What is SURAgrid?
How do I setup to use SURAgrid?
What resources are available?
What applications are available?
How do I move files between resources and submit a job?
What is the status of my job?
• Resource & application administrators
– How do I add a resource to suragrid?
– What is the status of suragrid resources?
– How do I enable a new application to run on my resource?
• Grid Administrators
– Resource Status
– Project status
Portal Information
• Writable by portal admin only:
– portal setup documentation
• creating a portal account
• registering proxy certificate w/myproxy server
– adding a resource to the portal
• minimum resource requirements
• steps to add new resource to suragrid
– resource information (status, description, etc)
– contacts for support issues, authorization setup,
etc.
SURA Web Information
• Writable by SURA web admin only:
– overall suragrid docs – mission, vision, usage policy
– Status reports (about resources, applications, etc.)
– documentation on common functions such as:
• environment variables
• how to setup and run new applications
– applications documentation (could be hosted by Application
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list of supported apps
list of resources running each application;
links to detailed application descriptions
application support contacts
– User Forum?
– Wiki?
Site Resource Information
• Writable by resource admin at each site
– maintain resource specific information
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hardware configuration
software stack
procedures for getting an account
example usage for submitting batch parallel job
contact information for support w/service level
expectation
• applications available (?)
Application Information
• Writable by application owner
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Status
pre-requisites
installation
usage
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