cluster:Interactive/3/node

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Contents

Interactive/3/node

Prepare

Operating system
Scientific Linux version 5.6 64 bit

Optimizing the configuration:


Use minimal operating system installation without firewall. To verify installed packages use the command

  • rpm -qa | grep package_name

Install the following additional packages:

  • yum -y install wget yum rpm make gcc gcc-c++ tar sed zlib openssl

After the installation is complete, turn off any unnecessary services (like gpm, sendmail, cups, haldaemon, messagebus, pcmcia, anacron, atd) with the following command:

  • chkconfig <SERVICE> off

Configure the following settings for the server:

Additional software
  • java SDK >=1.6.0 (java-1_6_0-sun or java-1_6_0-ibm)
  • Perl version >= 5.8.8 (with XML::PARSER)
  • UMD repo
  • Host certificate
  • Worker node packages


Install

  • Install server component gsi-openssh.x86_64 and client component ige-meta-globus-gsissh with yum from UMD repo

Configure

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Please check the grid certificates allocation before to proceed.
  • Change port in gsisshd config file /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  • Disable UsePAM

WARNING: Grid-mapfile: The grid-mapfile located in the directory /etc/grid-security/ is necessary for the successful launch of the Globus container. If you have none of it, an empty file with the name grid-mapfile should be created.

To configure gsissh do the following:

Proceed

  • Start gsisshd

Initial test

  • Connect to server with gsissh client software
  • Grid user initialization
  • Try to connect with gsissh to interactive node with 2222 port