lecture EMBRACE-EGEE Tutorial
Date/Time: from Monday, 9 October 2006 (12:00) to Friday, 13 October 2006 (18:30) (Europe/Zurich)
Location: CLERMONT-FERRAND
Chairperson: Florence Jacq
Description: This tutorial aims to train system administrators in order to give them skills to install, configure and manage a complete Grid node using gLite 3.x. This tutorial is first open for EMBRACE project's sys admin but is also open to other projects.
In order to better appreciate the arguments covered in this tutorial basic knowledge of Linux user environment (Shell, SSH) are requested by each trainee. Basic knowledge of grid elements, job submission and basic data management is not mandatory but appreciated.

To register or for any enquiries you could have, please send an email to Florence Jacq (fjacq@clermont.in2p3.fr)
Monday, 9 October 2006 12:00 ->18:30 Introduction and overview    
Monday, 9 October 2006 15:30 ->18:30 UI Installation and Configuration / Hands on    
Monday, 9 October 2006 19:00 ->21:30 Social Event : Lunch to Le Caveau    
Tuesday, 10 October 2006 08:30 ->14:00 Automatic installation tools    
Tuesday, 10 October 2006 14:00 ->18:30 Authorization and authentication    
Wednesday, 11 October 2006 08:30 ->22:30 Grid Elements    
Wednesday, 11 October 2006 19:00 ->23:30 Social Event : Lunch to Puy-de-dôme    
Thursday, 12 October 2006 08:30 ->18:30 Central Elements    
Friday, 13 October 2006 08:30 ->18:30 Autonomous session    

 
 Monday, 9 October 2006
Introduction and overview (12:00 ->18:30 )
Chairperson:
12:00  Welcome & Light Lunch (1h0')
 13:00
Introduction (15')    
 13:15
Overview of the gLite middleware (45')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   La Rocca, G. (INFN - Catania)  
 14:00
Authorization and Authentication in gLite (1h0')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   La Rocca, G. (INFN - Catania)  
15:00  Coffee break (30')

UI Installation and Configuration / Hands on (15:30 ->18:30 )
Chairperson:
 15:30
UI installation, configuration and testing (1h30')   more information unknown type file   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   La Rocca, G. (INFN - Catania)  
Setup the default VO and the default WMProxy Server.
 17:00
Set up of a User Interface by each trainee (1h30')   All (INFN - Catania)  

Social Event : Lunch to Le Caveau (19:00 ->21:30 )
Chairperson:


 
 Tuesday, 10 October 2006
Automatic installation tools (08:30 ->14:00 )
Chairperson:
 08:30
Yam / Hands-on (2h0')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   Platania, G. (INFN - Catania)  
Creation of a APT Repository.
10:30  Coffee break (30')
 11:00
Yaim / Hands-on (2h0')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   Platania, G. (INFN - Catania)  
HowTo about to install and configure a grid node using the YAIM tool.
13:00  Lunch (1h0')

Authorization and authentication (14:00 ->18:30 )
Chairperson:
 14:00
VOMS installation, configuration and testing (1h0')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   La Rocca, G. (INFN - Catania)  
 15:00
Set up of a VOMS Server by each trainee (1h0')   All (INFN - Catania)  
16:00  Coffee break (30')
 16:30
My Proxy Server installation, configuration and testing (1h0')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   La Rocca, G. (INFN - Catania)  
 17:30
Set up of a MyProxy Server by each trainee (1h0')   All (INFN - Catania)  


 
 Wednesday, 11 October 2006
Grid Elements (08:30 ->22:30 )
Chairperson:
 08:30
Computing Element installation, configuration and testing (1h30')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   Platania, G. (INFN - Catania)  
qsub, pbsnodes, globus-job-run, edg-job-submit
 10:00
Worker Node installation, configuration and testing (1h0')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   Platania, G. (INFN - Catania)  
11:00  Coffee break (11h30')
 11:30
Set up of a Computing Element by each trainee (1h0')   All (INFN - Catania)  
 12:00
Set up of a Worker Node by each trainee (1h0')   All (INFN - Catania)  
13:00  Lunch (1h0')
 14:00
DPM installation, configuration and testing (2h0')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   Ricciardi, G. M. (INFN - Catania)  
File system generic tests, globus-url-copy, lcg-*
 15:00
Set up of a DPM by each trainee (1h0')   All (INFN - Catania)  
16:00  Coffee break (30')
 16:30
LFC File catalog installation, configuration and testing (1h0')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   Ricciardi, G. M. (INFN - Catania)  
Test lfc-* and lcg-* commands
 17:30
Set up of a LFC File Catalogt by each trainee (1h0')    

Social Event : Lunch to Puy-de-dôme (19:00 ->23:30 )
Chairperson:


 
 Thursday, 12 October 2006
Central Elements (08:30 ->18:30 )
Chairperson:
 08:30
Information System: installation, configuration and testing (1h0')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   Platania, G. (INFN - Catania)  
Testing using ldapsearch, lcg-info and lcg-infosites commands
 09:30
Set up of a Information System by each trainee (1h0')   All (INFN - Catania)  
10:30  Coffee break (30')
 11:00
FTS (File Transfer System) Server + testing (1h0')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   Ricciardi, G. M. (INFN - Catania)  
Channel configuration and testing
 12:00
Set up of a FTS Server by each trainee (1h0')   All (INFN - Catania)  
13:00  Lunch (1h0')
 14:00
MON Box installation + testing (30')   transparencies powerpoint file   Ricciardi, G. M. (INFN - Catania)  
 14:30
Set up of a MON Box by each trainee (30')    
15:30  Coffee break (30')
 16:00
WMS installation, configuration and testing (1h30')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   La Rocca, G. (INFN - Catania)  
edg-job-submit, log files, Sandbox dir, troubleshooting
 17:30
Set up of a WMS by each trainee (1h0')   All (INFN - Catania)  


 
 Friday, 13 October 2006
Autonomous session (08:30 ->18:30 )
Chairperson:
 08:30
Final Exercise (2h0')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   All (INFN - Catania)  
10:30  Coffee Break (30')
 11:00
Set up of a grid node with Yaim by each trainee (2h0')   All (INFN - Catania)  
13:00  Lunch (1h0')
 14:00
Further handson session about howto install and configure a grid-node (4h0')   All (INFN - Catania)  
16:00  Coffee Break (30')