EGI-InSPIRE RI EGI-InSPIRE EGI-InSPIRE RI EGI Overview for ENVRI Gergely Sipos, Malgorzata Krakowian EGI.eu 30/05/2012

EGI-InSPIRE RI EGI European –Over 35 countries Grid –Secure sharing Infrastructure –Computers –Data –Instruments –…. and beyond!! 30/05/2012

EGI-InSPIRE RI EGI Resource Infrastructure Providers: National Grid Initiatives 30/05/2012 (Snapshot: April 2012)

EGI-InSPIRE RI Guiding Principles Be a neutral resource provider –Any application, any domain, any technology –A platform for domain specific innovation & use –Integration of any compliant resource End-user needs and technologies change –Allow communities to deploy their own services –Give communities the power to meet their own needs 30/05/2012

EGI-InSPIRE RI EGI platforms Community Platform EGI resources (cores & storage) VM EGI Core Infrastructure Platform EGI Cloud Infrastructure Platform Virtual Research Communities EGI Collaboration platform Community Platform (gLite Grid) Grid services

EGI-InSPIRE RI User communities of the Core infrastructure platform User VO Virtual Research Community Members Virtual Organisations Research communities Largest user communities: High Energy Physics Astronomy & Astrophysics Life Sciences Earth Sciences Computational Chemistry Fusion … ~ users in ~200 Registered VOs

EGI-InSPIRE RI Core infrastructure platform use case 1: workload management Computing service Storage Service Site X of YOUR VO Information System Submit job query Retrieve output Create job definition Submit job (batch executable + small inputs) Broker service User environment publish state VO Management Service (VOMS) create Proxy (~login) process Retrieve status & (small) output files Logging and bookkeeping service Job status Logging Read/write files 7 Core infrastructure platform

EGI-InSPIRE RI Core infrastructure platform Core infrastructure platform use case 2: data management Computing service Storage service Site X of YOUR VO Information System Query Command line or Portal publish state VO Management Service (VOMS) create proxy Upload file Download file File Catalog and/or Metadata catalog Register file Lookup file File content File references 8

EGI-InSPIRE RI Core infrastructure platform services 1/07/ Service registry (GOCDB) –Repository to maintain topology and other type of basic information about distributed services 2.Accounting infrastructure –To gatger, process and visualise usage of distributed services 3.Service Availability Monitor (SAM) –To gatger, process and visualise availability and reliability information about distributed services 4.Service discovery capability (GLUE and LDAP) –To store detailed and dynamic information about services. To discover services by features. 5.Helpdesk (GGUS, xGUS) –To troubleshoot problems or provide guidance about products and services.

EGI-InSPIRE RI Cloud infrastructure platform Hardware OS Grid middleware Scientific portal Hypervisor Community specific, grid enabled services OS Scientific portal Hardware OS Grid middleware Scientific portals (SaaS environments) Community specific, grid enabled services OS Custom services OS

EGI-InSPIRE RI Sept 2011 – March 2013: Federated Cloud Task Force –Identify open source technologies (OpenStack, OpenNebula,...) and open standard (OCCI, CDMI, GLUE2,...) –Deploy a testbed –Write blueprint for resource centres –Identify issues from non-technical areas (policy, dissemination) August 2012 – March 2013: Pilot use cases –Support early adopters –Collect and feedback requirements –Establish user-facing services EGI cloud roadmap

EGI-InSPIRE RI Structural biology – We-NMR project: Gromacs training environments Ecology – BioVel project: Remote hosting of OpenModeller service Linguistics – CLARIN project: Scalable ‘British National Corpus’ service (BNCWeb) Software development – SCI-BUS project: Simulated environments for portal testing Space science – ASTRA-GAIA project: Data integration with scalable workflows Some of the cloud infrastructure pilot use cases

EGI-InSPIRE RI Services of the Collaborative platform 1: EGI Applications Database Benefits: Gives recognition to reusable scientific applications, application developer tools, portals, workflows, etc. Gives recognition to application developers (people profiles) Access through web page AND web gadget Community features such as commenting, rateing, tag-based groupings 30/05/2012

EGI-InSPIRE RI Benefits: Register & share training events, expertise, services, materials, resources, online courses, university courses Browse and search items Community features such as commenting, rating Access through web page and web gadget 30/05/2012 Services of the Collaborative platform 2: Training Marketplace

EGI-InSPIRE RI Services of the Collaborative platform 3: Requirements tracker 30/05/2012 Technology Coordination Board EGI Requirements Tracker NGIs VRCs VOs User Community Support Team of EGI.eu Technology providers projects events Input channels for community requirements EGI Helpdesk User Community Board Operations Management Board Resource centres Structured scientific communities NGIs & projects

EGI-InSPIRE RI EGI Web Gadgets: Embed EGI services into Websites! The simplest way to reuse EGI services: embed EGI gadgets into your website Benefits –Customisability –Reusability –Compatibility Existing gadgets: –Application Database –Training Marketplace –Requirement Tracker Use and develop gadgets & share them through EGI: 30/05/2012

EGI-InSPIRE RI EGI’s Strategic Focus Community & Coordination –Community building through events. Next event: EGI Community Forum: –Community networking through the NGIs –Collaboration Platform Operational Infrastructure (cloud & core) –Operate a European wide infrastructure –Offer its use to other research infrastructures –Build a federated cloud environment Virtual Research Environments (community platforms) –Enable 3 rd party integration & operation of VREs 30/05/2012

EGI-InSPIRE RI Summary EGI.eu established in Amsterdam –Supported through EGI-InSPIRE project EGI operates as a federation of national resource providers EGI works with technology providers on an open standards based architecture EGI evolves to support the needs of its current and new research communities 30/05/2012