gLite Worker Node

1. Release Description

This release contains the gLite Worker Node module v. 2.2.1. The following sections provide additional information about the release content, the module dependencies, the know bugs and issues and a list of bugs closed since the previous release. The gLite Standard Worker Node is a suite of several gLite clients. Please refer to the individual gLite clients release notes for additional information. For information about installing and using the gLite Worker Node, please refer to the gLite Installation and User Guides.

2. Changes in this release

2.1. Changes in functionality

2.2. Changes in Configuration

The following new parameters have been added to the glite-wn.cfg.xml file:

 

Parameter name

Default value

Description

custom.environment

<empty>

The entries specified in this array parameter are added to the glite environment file as additional export or setenv statements. The format of each entry must be key[space]value [Example: MY_EXTRA_OPTION newvalue] [Type: 'string']

 

The following parameters have been changed in the glite-io-client.cfg.xml file:

 

Parameter name

Old value

New value

Description

 

The following parameters have been removed from the glite-io-client.cfg.xml file:

 

Parameter name

Comment

 

A file-based service discovery instance template for the SE Index service has been added to the gLite WN configuration file template. The instance has to be used if file-based service discovery is required, otherwise it can be removed if R-GMA or BD-II service discovery is used.

3. Release contents

3.1. Glite sub-deployment modules

The gLite I/O WN module includes the following sub-modules:

 

-          gLite Security Utilities

-          gLite Service Discovery

-          gLite R-GMA Client

-          gLite DGAS Client

-          gLite File Transfer Service Client

-          gLite I/O Client

-          WMProxy Client, VOMS clients and APIs

 

The sub-modules are automatically installed with the WN module unless differently specified. For more information about these sub-modules please refer to the specific release notes and installation instructions.

3.2. Glite RPMS

The gLite Worker Node v. 2.2.1 is composed of the following gLite components:

 

Component name

Description

Version

File

glite-config

gLite configuration scripts

1.4.5

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-config-1.4.5-1.noarch.rpm

glite-data-api-perl

GLite::HTTPS

1.1.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-data-api-perl-1.1.1-1.noarch.rpm

glite-data-catalog-api-c

gLite Data Catalogs C/C++ API

2.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-data-catalog-api-c-2.0.0-3.i386.rpm

glite-data-catalog-api-java

GLite Catalog Services Java client

2.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-data-catalog-api-java-2.0.0-6.noarch.rpm

glite-data-catalog-api-perl

gLite datamanagement Perl API for catalogs

2.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-data-catalog-api-perl-2.0.0-3.noarch.rpm

glite-data-catalog-cli

Data Catalog CLI

1.7.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-data-catalog-cli-1.7.1-2.i386.rpm

glite-data-catalog-interface

gLite Catalog Interfaces

2.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-data-catalog-interface-2.0.0-6.noarch.rpm

glite-data-config-service

GLite Data Config Service

1.2.2

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-data-config-service-1.2.2-2.i386.rpm

glite-data-globus-rls-api-perl

Perl API for Globus RLS

1.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-data-globus-rls-api-perl-1.0.0-3.i386.rpm

glite-data-io-base

GLite Data IO Base

1.3.2

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-data-io-base-1.3.2-1.i386.rpm

glite-data-io-client

GLite Data IO Client APIs

1.4.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-data-io-client-1.4.0-2.i386.rpm

glite-data-io-gss-auth

GLite Data IO GSS Authentication QUANTA Plugin

1.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-data-io-gss-auth-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm

glite-data-io-quanta

GLite Data IO Quanta Transport Layer

1.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-data-io-quanta-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm

glite-data-srm-api-c

gLite Data SRM C/C++ API

1.1.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-data-srm-api-c-1.1.0-1.i386.rpm

glite-data-srm-api-perl

Perl API for SRM

1.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-data-srm-api-perl-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm

glite-data-transfer-api-c

GLite Data Transfer C/C++ API

3.1.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-data-transfer-api-c-3.1.0-1.i386.rpm

glite-data-transfer-cli

Data Transfer CLI

3.1.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-data-transfer-cli-3.1.0-3.i386.rpm

glite-data-transfer-interface

gLite Transfer Interfaces

3.1.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-data-transfer-interface-3.1.0-3.noarch.rpm

glite-data-util-c

Data C util libraries

1.1.4

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-data-util-c-1.1.4-1.i386.rpm

glite-dgas-client-config

gLite dgas client node  configuration files

1.0.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-dgas-client-config-1.0.1-1.noarch.rpm

glite-dgas-common

DGAS common

1.1.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-dgas-common-1.1.1-1.i386.rpm

glite-dgas-hlr-clients

DGAS HLR clients

1.1.11

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-dgas-hlr-clients-1.1.11-1.i386.rpm

glite-file-transfer-service-client-config

gLite File Transfer Service client installation

1.1.2

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-file-transfer-service-client-config-1.1.2-1.noarch.rpm

glite-io-client-config

gLite I/O Client configuration files

2.1.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-io-client-config-2.1.1-1.noarch.rpm

glite-lb-client

L&B client API and tools

2.0.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-lb-client-2.0.1-1.i386.rpm

glite-lb-client-interface

L&B client library header files

2.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-lb-client-interface-2.0.0-1.i386.rpm

glite-lb-common

L&B common subroutines library

2.0.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-lb-common-2.0.1-1.i386.rpm

glite-rgma-api-c

C API for R-GMA

4.1.13

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-rgma-api-c-4.1.13-1.i386.rpm

glite-rgma-api-cpp

C++ API for R-GMA

4.1.15

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-rgma-api-cpp-4.1.15-1.i386.rpm

glite-rgma-api-java

Java API for R-GMA

4.1.5

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-rgma-api-java-4.1.5-1.noarch.rpm

glite-rgma-api-python

Python API for R-GMA

4.1.15

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-rgma-api-python-4.1.15-1.i386.rpm

glite-rgma-base

R-GMA basic configuration and documentation

4.1.19

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-rgma-base-4.1.19-1.noarch.rpm

glite-rgma-client-config

gLite R-GMA client installation

5.1.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-rgma-client-config-5.1.1-1.noarch.rpm

glite-rgma-command-line

R-GMA command line

4.1.13

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-rgma-command-line-4.1.13-1.noarch.rpm

glite-rgma-common-config

gLite rgma common configuration items installation

5.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-rgma-common-config-5.0.0-1.noarch.rpm

glite-rgma-log4cpp

log4cpp appender for R-GMA

4.1.4

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-rgma-log4cpp-4.1.4-0.i386.rpm

glite-rgma-log4j

R-GMA log4j tool

4.1.5

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-rgma-log4j-4.1.5-1.noarch.rpm

glite-rgma-stubs-servlet-java

Java client implementation stubs for R-GMA

4.1.13

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-rgma-stubs-servlet-java-4.1.13-1.noarch.rpm

glite-rgma-system-tests

System tests for R-GMA

4.1.8

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-rgma-system-tests-4.1.8-1.i386.rpm

glite-security-gsoap-plugin

gSOAP plugin and gss libraries

1.1.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-security-gsoap-plugin-1.1.1-0.i386.rpm

glite-security-trustmanager

The java certificate path checkin for proxy certs in SSL with plugins for tomcat and axis.

1.7.3

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-security-trustmanager-1.7.3-1.noarch.rpm

glite-security-util-java

The java utilities library for security

1.1.2

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-security-util-java-1.1.2-2.noarch.rpm

glite-security-utils-config

gLite Security Utilities configuration files

1.0.6

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-security-utils-config-1.0.6-1.noarch.rpm

glite-security-voms-api

 

1.6.5

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-security-voms-api-1.6.5-0.i386.rpm

glite-security-voms-api-c

 

1.6.5

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-security-voms-api-c-1.6.5-0.i386.rpm

glite-security-voms-api-cpp

 

1.6.5

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-security-voms-api-cpp-1.6.5-0.i386.rpm

glite-security-voms-clients

 

1.6.5

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-security-voms-clients-1.6.5-0.i386.rpm

glite-service-discovery-api-c

C API for Service Discovery.

2.0.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-service-discovery-api-c-2.0.1-0.i386.rpm

glite-service-discovery-api-java

 

2.0.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-service-discovery-api-java-2.0.1-1.noarch.rpm

glite-service-discovery-bdii-c

BDII based Service Discovery

2.0.2

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-service-discovery-bdii-c-2.0.2-1.i386.rpm

glite-service-discovery-cli

Service Discovery CLI

2.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-service-discovery-cli-2.0.0-1.i386.rpm

glite-service-discovery-config

gLite Service Discovery installation

1.1.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-service-discovery-config-1.1.0-1.noarch.rpm

glite-service-discovery-file-c

File based Service Discovery

2.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-service-discovery-file-c-2.0.0-1.i386.rpm

glite-service-discovery-rgma-c

C API for Service Discovery.

2.0.2

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-service-discovery-rgma-c-2.0.2-0.i386.rpm

glite-service-discovery-rgma-java

 

2.0.2

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-service-discovery-rgma-java-2.0.2-1.noarch.rpm

glite-wms-brokerinfo-access

"files for gLite wms brokerinfo-access"

1.1.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-wms-brokerinfo-access-1.1.1-1.i386.rpm

glite-wms-checkpointing

WMS checkpointing module

1.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-wms-checkpointing-1.0.0-2.i386.rpm

glite-wms-common

"files for gLite wms common"

1.1.11

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-wms-common-1.1.11-1.i386.rpm

glite-wms-utils-exception

 

1.0.2

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-wms-utils-exception-1.0.2-1.i386.rpm

glite-wms-utils-jobid

 

1.0.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-wms-utils-jobid-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm

glite-wms-utils-tls

 

1.0.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-wms-utils-tls-1.0.1-1.i386.rpm

glite-wn-config

gLite Worker Node configuration files

2.2.1

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-wn-config-2.2.1-1.noarch.rpm

 

4. Dependencies

The gLite Standard Worker Node v. 2.1.0 module has the following dependencies:

 

Component name

Version

RPM file name

GPT

VDT 1.2.2

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/gpt-VDT1.2.2rh9-1.i386.rpm

VDT Globus Essentials

VDT 1.2.2

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/vdt_globus_essentials-VDT1.2.2rh9-1.i386.rpm

CGSI_gSOAP_2.6

1.1.8

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/CGSI_gSOAP_2.6-1.1.8-2.slc3.i386.rpm

perl-Expect.pm

1.01

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/perl-Expect.pm-1.01-9.i386.rpm

perl-Authen-SASL

2.08

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/perl-Authen-SASL-2.08-1.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm

perl-Digest-HMAC

1.01

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/perl-Digest-HMAC-1.01-11.1.noarch.rpm

perl-MIME-Lite

2.117

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/perl-MIME-Lite-2.117-2.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm

perl-Net-Jabber

2.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/perl-Net-Jabber-2.0-1.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm

perl-Net-XMPP

1.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/perl-Net-XMPP-1.0-1.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm

perl-SOAP-Lite

0.60a

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/perl-SOAP-Lite-0.60a-1.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm

perl-XML-Stream

1.22

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/perl-XML-Stream-1.22-1.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm

 

5. Known bugs and issues

This release has the following known bugs and issues. The lists refer to generic worker node issues. Additional information can be found on the individual release notes of the services and clients installed on the worker node (I/O Client, R-GMA Client and User Interface APIs and Clients, FTS client, DGAS client, Service Discovery APIs). Bug numbers refer to the gLite Bug Tracking system database hosted on the CERN Savannah system at https://savannah.cern.ch/bugs/?group=jra1mdw .

 

Known open bugs:

 

Bug number

Description

 

 #9651

GLITE_SD_VO env var is no updated in the WN 

 

 

Bugs fixed in this or previous releases, but not yet tested:

 

Bug number

Description

 

 #7911

environment on the WN (X509_USER_PROXY) 

 

 #7931

glite-catalogue does not from a WN 

 

 #9209

WN: installation by apt-get fails 

 

 #10266

glite-env.sh bootstrap protection 

 

 #10843

WN:feature to configure "custom" environment variables  

 

 

6. Bugs closed since last release

This release fixes the following bugs and issues. Additional information can be found on the individual release notes of the Worker Node services and clients. Bug numbers refer to the gLite Bug Tracking system database hosted on the CERN Savannah system at https://savannah.cern.ch/bugs/?group=jra1mdw  

 

Bug number

Description

 

 #6775

/etc/profile.d/glite-dirty-hack-env.[c]sh scripts on the WNs should be removed 

 

 #7015

we should foresee a minimal, bare WN deployment module 

 

 #9810

Using old config setup for WN gives wierd error: `/opt/glite/etc/config/scripts/g-config.py script cannot be found` 

 

 #9969

Java and Perl FTS APIs not installed in WN 

 

 #10193

data.services still in WN chapter 

 

 #10260

glite-wn-config.py --help expects a valid url before giving any hint on the use itself