CTA Dev Meeting

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513/R-068 (CERN)

513/R-068

CERN

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Michael Davis (CERN)
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CTA Dev Meeting
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CTA Dev Meeting
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Michael Davis
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    • 15:00 15:10
      CTA Release Workflow 10m
    • 15:10 15:20
      CTA Release Roadmap 10m

      See CTA Release Roadmap

      Release 4.7.8-1 [Catalogue v11]

      Release 4.7.9-2

      • Milestones link
      • Release date: 08 Aug 2022
      • Pre-prod deployment date: 09 Aug 2022
      • Prod deployment date: 10 Aug 2022
      • v4.7.9-1 had to be replaced by v4.7.9-2 due to a packaging bug

      Release 4.8.0-1

      • Milestones link
      • Release date: End of Aug 2022
      • Pre-prod deployment date: End of Aug 2022
      • Prod deployment date: Sep 2022
      • v4.8.0-0.rc1 has been released and deployed in preproduction for testing purposes: #ops-842

      Future releases (4.7.x)

      Public Release

      • Remaining tasks
      • Release date: Sep 2022 (delayed)
      • Include Xrootd 5
      • Versioning same as internal release, but with v5 (v5.Y.Z).

      Releases with EOS-5

      • EOS instances (for physics, not public) are already using using the new EOS-5 versions.
      • Therefore, we can start moving our CTA-EOS deployments to version 5.
      • TODO: Refactor our puppet hostgroups and modules to use EOS-5
    • 15:20 15:30
      Collaborations 10m

      CTA read support for non-native tape formats (OSM/dCache and Enstore)

      • Project roadmap: #2
      • [Jorge]: Handling of the non-native formats by the CleanerSession: #122

      cta-frontend-grpc integration for CTA

      • Project roadmap: #38
      • Protobuf change discussion: #63

      CTA read support for non-native tape formats (OSM/dCache and Enstore)

      • Jorge and Jacek agreed on having a unit-test that replicates the error found on cleaner session. To be provided by Jacek.
      • A possible solution is to have an MHVTL tape formatted the same way as dCache tape, that allows the error to be replicated.

      cta-frontend-grpc integration for CTA

      • Michael will be working on refactoring the code of both SSI and Grpc implementations, so that there is no duplication of functionality (this making a future transition to Grpc easier).
    • 15:30 15:40
      HTTP REST API, Activities and Priorities 10m
      • [Julien]: Specification document status and remarks.
    • 15:40 15:50
      CTA dev topics 10m

      Tape drive states

      • [Vova]: Project status overview.

      PostgreSQL scheduler DB

      • [David]: Project status overview.

      REPACKING tape state and queue cleanup

      • [Joao]: Project status overview.

      EOS report logs

      • [Joao]: Project status overview.

      cta-admin wrapper

      • [Vlado]: Guillaume project feedback.
      • Can/should the project be improved/finished by someone?
      • Should we handle this renaming in cta-admin-ops? #120

      Move subdirectories from CTA dev repo into new repos

      • [All]: Project status. Any feedback
      • Known hickups: #110

      cta-admin build for CentOS Stream-8, and other CI changes

      • [Jorge]: Project status overview #72

      "needs discussion" topics

      Tape drive states

      • Vova found a solution for the error that he was facing in the unit-tests and will be working on implementing it.

      PostgreSQL scheduler DB

      • David will be working on understanding the current object store logic.

      REPACKING tape state and queue cleanup

      • v4.8.0-0.rc1 test version has been released, and is in the process of being tested by Vlado and Julien.
      • Vlado has already identified some issues on: https://gitlab.cern.ch/cta/CTA/-/issues/83 These need to be fixed and/or discussed.

      cta-admin wrapper

      • Lasse will be working on this as one of his first tasks. He is free to re-write the original code as he sees fit.
      • The objective is to produce a workable version, free of the existing bugs.

      Move subdirectories from CTA dev repo into new repos

      • No more meaningful issues found. Remove from next weeks agenda.

      cta-admin build for CentOS Stream-8, and other CI changes

      • There is some remaining work to do:
      • Restructure the repo for centos7 and centos stream-8
      • Prepare installation in aiadm. Jorge will work on this with Julien, to see how the corresponding puppet module can be configured.
      • It needs to be tested. Jorge will use a centos stream-8 container.
      • There needs to be a trigger from the main CTA repo to this centos stream-8 release repo.

      Overall, Jorge and Julien need to check this: 

      1. How to trigger cta-admin release for centos stream-8 
      2. Where to put in the repo
      3. How to test cta-admin before deploying

      Rename ArchiveForUser and ArchiveForRepack

      • We decided to go for a simple fix, since renaming the names in CTA code might cause even more inconsistencies. This will be re-evaluated lated, once Postgres queues are available.
      • In the meanwhile, Lasse will add support for field renaming in the "cta-admin-ops" tool.

      Experiment with test release tags

      • We discussed the possibility of having a "release" branch, where all the release commits are merged and tagged. This would provide a clean history of all releases, separate from the normal development workflow.
      • The feasibility of this approach (with some possible changes, up to discussion) needs to be evaluated by Joao. 
      • Check with Elvin/Michal to see how this is done in xrootd releases.
    • 15:50 16:00
      AOB 10m

      Meeting Rooms

      • Room 513/R-068 is booked every week, until the EOY, for the CTA dev meeting.