1. The INFN-GRID RLS A. Cavalli - INFN-CNAF
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22 Feb – 25 Feb. 2005
The INFN-GRID RLS A. Cavalli - INFN-CNAF
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2. The INFN-GRID RLS The service is run at CNAF
Hosted VOs: babar, bio, cdf, compchem, gridit, inaf, infngrid, ingv, lcfgt, planck, theophys, virgo
EDG RLS
RLS host: datatag2.cnaf.infn.it
Tomcat4 listening on port 8080
MySQL backend
GRIS: testbed011.cnaf.infn.it
Publishes RLS access points for each VO
It’s a dedicated GRIS, to avoid possible problems with CE or SE GRIS, down for maintenance, etc.
It’s included as stand-alone entry in the BDII lists as:
INFN-RLS-INFO ldap://testbed011.cnaf.infn.it:2135/mds-vo-name=infn-rls-info,o=grid

3. The INFN-GRID RLS (II) On http://grid-it.cnaf.infn.it :
Service information:
Contact information:
Ticketing System:
On the Information System :
Via ldap-browser or ldapsearch:
ldapsearch –x –h ibm140.cnaf.infn.it –p 2170 –b “mds-vo-name=infn-rls- info,mds-vo-name=local,o=grid”
ldapsearch –x –h testbed011.cnaf.infn.it –p 2135 –b “mds-vo-name=infn- rls-info,o=grid”
SERVICE INFO & SUPPORT
» Grid status » Grid services
» Support » Ticketing System
RLS AccessPointURLs
BDII
GRIS

4. The INFN-GRID RLS (III)

5. The INFN-GRID RLS (II) On http://grid-it.cnaf.infn.it :
Service information:
Contact information:
Ticketing System:
On the Information System :
Via ldap-browser or ldapsearch:
ldapsearch –x –h ibm140.cnaf.infn.it –p 2170 –b “mds-vo-name=infn-rls- info,mds-vo-name=local,o=grid”
ldapsearch –x –h testbed011.cnaf.infn.it –p 2135 –b “mds-vo-name=infn- rls-info,o=grid”
SERVICE INFO & SUPPORT
» Grid status » Grid services
» Support » Ticketing System
RLS AccessPointURLs
BDII
GRIS

6. The INFN-GRID RLS (IV)
» Support » Ticketing System

7. The INFN-GRID RLS (II) On http://grid-it.cnaf.infn.it :
Service information:
Contact information:
Ticketing System:
On the Information System :
Via ldap-browser or ldapsearch:
ldapsearch –x –h ibm140.cnaf.infn.it –p 2170 –b “mds-vo-name=infn-rls- info,mds-vo-name=local,o=grid”
ldapsearch –x –h testbed011.cnaf.infn.it –p 2135 –b “mds-vo-name=infn- rls-info,o=grid”
SERVICE INFO & SUPPORT
» Grid status » Grid services
» Support » Ticketing System
RLS AccessPointURLs
BDII
GRIS

8. The INFN-GRID RLS (V)
AccessPointURLs published by PlainGRIS-->BDII

9. RLS: Service Access Point URLs
GlueServiceAccessPointURL:
Published in MDS to give the access point to UI-RB-WN
Can be used to check RLS by hand with a web browser:
This message means: Tomcat up and infngrid LRC responding

10. RLS: Testing URLs
Another web interface can help to check that service is up and well configured:
Also this page means that Tomcat is alive and RMC or LRC for that VO is configured

11. RLS: testing and admin CLI (UI & WN)
$ edg-lrc-admin -i ping -h datatag2.cnaf.infn.it --vo bio
OK : schema version = 2.2.1
$ edg-rmc-admin -i ping -h datatag2.cnaf.infn.it --vo bio
edg-lrc, edg-rmc
These commands are
equivalent to the “ping”
function on the web page
These ones are to
low-level manage the
RLS LRC/RMC DB
All these java-based clients
are going to be replaced by
faster & improved ones with
the new LCG File Catalog

12. RLS: MySQL tables
The lower level to interact with the catalog: the mysql client
mysql> show databases;
| Database |
| edg_lrcdbbabar |
| edg_lrcdbbio |
| edg_lrcdbbiomed |
| edg_lrcdbcdf |
| edg_lrcdbcompchem |
| edg_lrcdbgridit |
| edg_lrcdbinaf |
| edg_lrcdbinfngrid |
| edg_lrcdbingv |
| edg_lrcdblcfgt |
| edg_lrcdbplanck |
| edg_lrcdbtheophys |
| edg_lrcdbvirgo |
| edg_rmcdbbabar |
| edg_rmcdbbio |
| edg_rmcdbbiomed |
| edg_rmcdbcdf |
| edg_rmcdbcompchem |
| edg_rmcdbgridit |
| edg_rmcdbinaf |
| edg_rmcdbinfngrid |
| edg_rmcdbingv |
| edg_rmcdblcfgt |
| edg_rmcdbplanck |
| edg_rmcdbtheophys |
| edg_rmcdbvirgo |
| mysql |
| test |
28 rows in set (0.00 sec)

13. RLS: MySQL tables (II) The RMC and LRC tables:
mysql> use edg_rmcdbinfngrid;
Database changed
mysql> show tables;
| Tables_in_edg_rmcdbinfngrid |
| alias |
| alias_attr_desc |
| alias_str_attr |
| collection |
| guid |
| guid_attr_desc |
| guid_str_attr |
| schema_version |
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> use edg_lrcdbinfngrid;
Database changed
mysql> show tables;
| Tables_in_edg_lrcdbinfngrid |
| attr_desc |
| guid |
| pfn |
| pfn_str_attr |
| rli_subscriber |
| schema_version |
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

14. RLS: MySQL tables (III)
Low level operations on mysql can be a faster solution when big cleaning/maintenance activity has to be done.
An example is the case of a broken SE which has lost all the data. The catalog has to be cleaned. SQL commands composed by pieces like this one could be used:
delete from pfn where pfn_pfn regexp '.*grid007g.cnaf.infn.it.*';
which erases all the Physical File Names related with that SE from the pfn table.
Until now this kind of problems have never happened with our RLS at Cnaf. We have just sometimes cleaned/modified single records for special reasons or small problems/tests.

15. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS
Until now the amount of registrations and general activity of the supported VOs hasn’t been so heavy to urge us to replace MySQL with Oracle
I have just started to look for MySQL “consistent backup” techniques. This seems possible with LOCKS and/or replication, although by default a dump or a backup can produce a bad copy if the DB is online and writing in.
Hope LCG File Catalog will be an improvement we can migrate easily.
Anyone who needs to set up a RLS service for any reason could take a look here: :
» Admin's Guides » Setting up a RLS service for a new VO