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== Installation of a dCache v1.9.5 headnode ==
[[PageOutline]]

=== 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
<pre>
dcache2-shadow.iihe.ac.be
</pre>
**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 [[InstallDcache195scratch| 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 

<pre>
localhost/phpPgAdmin
</pre>
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
<pre>
/opt/d-cache/bin/dcache [status|start|restart|stop]
</pre>
*In case of troubles config files for all Cells are in
<pre>
/var/log/<CELLNAME>.log
</pre>
*A web interface is available here
<pre>
localhost:2288
localhost:8080
</pre>
**Install a browser on the machine
<pre>
yum install firefox
</pre>

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