1. TeraGrid User Portal and Online Presence David Hart, SDSC Area Director, User-Facing Projects and Core Services TeraGrid Annual Review April 6, 2009

2. The Starting Point for TeraGrid Users Enhanced user access –Access RP resources and special multi-site services Information sharing & RP integration –Current, up-to-date information about TG environment Accounting and monitoring –Manage and monitor progress via common tools User information and presentation –First line of support for users 2

3. Enhanced User Access TeraGrid provides an environment that spans RP sites to simplify access to resources. TeraGrid User Portal (TGUP) is primary common access point for TeraGrid users. –https://portal.teragrid.org/ Includes single-sign-on (SSO) capabilities to all TG resources. –Login to TGUP, one-click GSI-SSH to TG systems 3

4. Enhanced User Access (2) Portal-to-POPS authentication –Reduces need to remember POPS login (Oct 08) User management, allocation monitoring –‘Checkbox’ move/remove users for PIs (Mar 09) Batch queue prediction service (UCSB) –For 12 HPC systems, including Ranger Cross-site file manager –Leverages SSO, GridFTP (Sept 08) –Can connect to Amazon S3 Remote Vis on Spur –formerly Maverick (Oct 08) 4

5. Information Sharing & RP Integration A suite of tools with centralized information about a dynamic resource environment Catalogs of resource information –Resource catalog –CTSS catalog –3 rd party software catalogs TeraGrid-wide News Service –RSS feeds, maintenance/event calendar new in 2008 –Re-designed in 2008 to permit Inca to adjust results during system outages 5

6. Information Sharing & RP Integration (2) TGUP System Monitor brings many pieces together… –Integration with TeraGrid IIS, Inca, User News Up/Down Status from Inca System Load, Queues from IIS User News about Outage Inca test results re: access 6

7. Accounting and Monitoring TeraGrid Central Database (TGCDB) –Cornerstone of TG accounting and account management –Key for many UFP/CS functions Failover system being deployed in Q2 09 –RPs communicate with TGCDB via AMIE 2.3M packets in 2008 New AMIE code base with 10x performance increase –Source of info for TGUP, tgusage, IIS, monitoring tools 7 TGCDB IIS Staff monitoring tools POPS TGUP + UFP TGUP + UFP RP 1 RP n … AMIE

8. Accounting and Monitoring (2) Monitoring tools –tgusage, TGUP for users –Web interface forWeb interface TG help desk TeraGrid management, reporting 8

9. User Information & Presentation Documentation and Knowledgebase teams provide information about central TeraGrid capabilities –Major 2008 efforts included allocations, gateway documentation –Docs, KB accessible from Web site and TGUP ~35,000 hits per month Web, wiki, portal operations ensure users have access to information and resources –750,000 hits and 8,000 visitors each month 9 Hits Visitors

10. UFP in Early 2009 TGUP user-initiated password reset (Mar 09) New access tools –TGUP job submission, metascheduling planned –$SHARE file space for portal users Resource Description Repository –Consolidate resource info for UFP, core services, IIS –Improve consistency of info for users –Simplify tasks for RPs 10

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12. UFP Plans for PY5 (2) Customization & personalization –Personalized TGUP home page –Domain views –User discussion forums Migrate to integrated backend for Portal, Web, and Wiki –Migrate existing and add new capabilities –More monitoring, measurement for users IIS-based Software Catalog –Combining CTSS/3 rd -party software information 12