Configuration variables for BDII

IMPORTANT NOTE!!: Updated documentation for the configuration of BDII is now under https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/Site-info_configuration_variables#BDII.

These are all the necessary variables to configure the site BDII and the top level BDII.

Configuration variables for site BDII

• site-info.def variables:
  • Mandatory variables: sys admins must define the following variables. They can be found in opt/glite/yaim/examples/site-info.def:
    • CE_HOST
    • SE_LIST
    • SITE_BDII_HOST
    • SITE_EMAIL
    • SITE_LAT
    • SITE_LONG
    • SITE_NAME

• site BDII specific variables
  • Mandatory variables: sys admins must define the following variables. They can be found in /opt/glite/yaim/examples/services/glite-bdii_site:

Variable Name	Description	Value type	Version
BDII_REGIONS	List of node types publishing information to the BDII. For each item listed in the BDII_REGIONS variable you need to create a BDII_<node-type>_URL variable	node-type name	3.0.1-0
BDII_<node-type>_URL	URL of the information producer (e.g. BDII_CE_URL="URL of the CE information producer", BDII_SE_URL="URL of the SE information producer")	URL(*)	3.0.1-0
SITE_DESC	Long format Name of your site	"A long format name of your site"	glite-yaim-bdii 4.0.4-2
SITE_LOC	Location of the site BDII	"City, Country"	3.0.1-0
SITE_OTHER_*	For more details, please visit https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/MAN01	SITE_OTHER_GRID="WLCG|EGEE"	glite-yaim-bdii 4.0.4-2
SITE_SECURITY_EMAIL	Contact email for security	e-mail address	glite-yaim-bdii 4.0.4-2
SITE_SUPPORT_EMAIL	The site user support e-mail address as published by the information system	e-mail address	3.0.1-0
SITE_SUPPORT_SITE	Support entry point. Unique Id for the site in the GOC DB and information system	my-bigger-site.their-domain	Deleted >= glite-yaim-bdii 4.0.4-2
SITE_TIER	Site tier	URL	Deleted >= glite-yaim-bdii 4.0.4-2
SITE_WEB	Site web site	TIER 1 or TIER 2	3.0.1-0

(*) The URL for services using MDS is ldap://information_producer_host_name:2135/mds-vo-name=local,o=grid and for services using BDII is ldap://information_producer_host_name:2170/mds-vo-name=resource,o=grid.

Configuration variables for top level BDII

• site-info.def variables:
  • Mandatory variables: sys admins must define the following variables. They can be found in opt/glite/yaim/examples/site-info.def:
    • BDII_HOST
    • SITE_NAME

• top level BDII specific variables
  • Default variables: sys admins don't need to worry about these variables provided by YAIM in /opt/glite/yaim/defaults/glite-bdii_top.pre, unless they need to change the value for their site needs by re-defining the variable in the site-info.def:

Variable Name	Description	Value type	Default Value	Version
BDII_HTTP_URL	URL pointing to the BDII configuration file	URL	http://lcg-bdii-conf.cern.ch/bdii-conf/bdii.conf	4.0.4-3
BDII_FCR	The Freedom of Choice of Resources service allows a top-level BDII to be instructed to remove VO-specific access control lines for resources that do not meet the VO requirements	URL	http://lcg-fcr.cern.ch:8083/fcr-data/exclude.ldif	4.0.4-3

-- MariaALANDESPRADILLO - 17 Jan 2008