InstallDcache

Installation of a dCache v1.9.5 headnode

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Installation of the machine

• Installed a base machine
  • It is a virtual machine on dom04.wn.iihe.ac.be with 2 CPUs and 2GB of RAM

dcache2-shadow.iihe.ac.be

• • The name was not chosen maite due to quattor configuration issues.
  • How to install a VM: VirtWithKVM1
  • This machine was installed not with a file image but with a physical disk for hosting the UI
  • The XML for the machine is InstallDcache_VMXML

Configuration

• This page overviews the steps for setting up a new headnode with dCache 1.9.5
  • it imports the pnfs database from maite.iihe.ac.be running 1.8.0

These are preliminary tests to upgrade to 1.9.5 first.

install dcache

get it from: http://www.dcache.org/downloads/1.9/index.shtml

get config from old maite

replace /opt/d-cache/etc

       /opt/d-cache/config

with the ones on a production machine
/opt/d-cache/install/upgrade_space_manager_schema.sh -jdbcUrl=jdbc:postgresql://localhost/dcache -jdbcDriver=org.postgresql.Driver -dbUser=postgres -dbPass=

Install phpPgadmin

fetch the tar ball from http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/doku.php?id=download and install it.
to do this, untar the thing, mv it to /var/www/html/phpPgAdmin and point the browser to

localhost/phpPgAdmin

Next, edit /var/www/html/phpPgAdmin/conf/config.inc.php
and put extra_login_security to false
Then, login as postgres with no password.

Operating and monitoring the dcache headnode

• The dcache is operated with

/opt/d-cache/bin/dcache [status|start|restart|stop]

• In case of troubles config files for all Cells are in

/var/log/<CELLNAME>.log

• A web interface is available here

localhost:2288
localhost:8080

• • Install a browser on the machine

yum install firefox

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