INFSO-RI-508833 Enabling Grids for E-sciencE User Information Group report David Fergusson

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Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

www.eu-egee.org

User Information Group report David Fergusson

e-Learning Requirement, Service Options and Plan EGEE 3rd Conference


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Start

• Need to coordinate EGEE documentation and improve access for users was identified at den Haag.

• NA2/NA3/NA4/SA1 Got together to form group to address this– Joanne Barnett, David Fergusson, Roberto Barbera, Torsten

Antoni

• As the activity has progressed others have joined

• Subsequently the need was underlined by external reviewers of EGEE



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Identifying what needs to be done

• Single point of entry for EGEE documentation

• User focus in documentation



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UIG Work plan

1. That the main goal of the group is to have an entry point to EGEE which meets the needs of all user communities. The quality of this is also dependent on the appropriateness of the material it exposes.

2. In order to achieve this we must (not necessarily in this order):

a - Identify the user groups we are aiming at b - Codify their needs so that we can meet them c - Identify and assess our existing assets d - Identify what material is missing e - Develop a user-centric interface for the existing assets f - Update existing material in the light of the above where necessary g - Develop materials to 'plug gaps'

{NB The assumption here is that we are creating a general access point for all rather than one(s) targeted at individual user communities}



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UIG Workplan II

The initial task is to identify what information is available and where (not a trivial task as was highlighted at den Haag). This will be split into 3 areas and assigned to the following:

Users (Joanne Barnett (NA2)/Jim Buddin (NA2)/David Fergusson (NA3)) Applications Developers (David Fergusson (NA3) /Florence Jacq (NA4)) Operations Personnel (Torsten Antoni (SA1))

Once these have been identified it is possible to ensure the material is clearly presented on the public website and indeed throughout the technical pages. It should also identify any "holes" in the information which can be addressed with the individual activities and assistance of other members in the group.

In order to facilitate this work, the group has produced a 'psuedo deliverable' TOC (attached) which will act as a framework for organising the information collated and its analysis.

The group has agreed to suggest initial deadline of 1st PEB in April(7th) for having a lsit of the existing EGEE documentation for each of the areas identified

above.

A second deadline of last PEB in May (26th) for delivering a first draft of the attached document.



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Document framework

Table of Contents: EGEE User Information Group Action Plan.Introduction

Purpose of documentNature of the problemScope of the User Information GroupComposition of User Information GroupEGEE cooperation between activities

Types of user communitiesUsers

Grid/distributed computing naive usersGrid aware usersUse case models

DevelopersGrid/distributed computing naive DevelopersGrid aware DevelopersUse case models

Advanced users/Operations staffEGEE Operations staffExternal operations staffUse case models

EGEE PortalsExternalInternal



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Document framework IIEGEE Documentation

UsersQuick start guidesManualsSecurity information

DevelopersQuick start guidesAPI reference documentation

Advanced users/OperationsOrganisational reference (management documentation)Technical reference documentationSecurity information

Group resourcesTimeline, goals and achievability

Short term actionsUsersDevelopersAdvanced users/Operations

Medium term actionsUsersDevelopersAdvanced users/Operations

Long term actionsUsersDevelopersAdvanced users/Operations



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User results



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Application Developer results

Scientific Linuxhttps://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/30x/installing/overview.installhttp://www.brunel.ac.uk/~eesridr/extlinux.htmlhttps://www.scientificlinux.org/news/sl301.sd.net.releasehttp://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/scientific3/docs/netboot/UserGuide.htmlhttp://www-oss.fnal.gov/projects/fermilinux/common/making.install.floppies.htmlgLitegLite WSDLs :http://egee-jra1-data.web.cern.ch/egee-jra1-data/glite-data_branch_1_1_1_RC1/Documentation on LCG API’sLCG-2 APIDocumentation with InstallationLCG-2 The LCG-2 User Manual

http://egee.itep.ru/User_Guide.htmlhttps://edms.cern.ch/file/454439/https://gus.fzk.de/pages/docu.php



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The LCG-2 User Scenario

https://edms.cern.ch/document/498081

https://gus.fzk.de/pages/docu.php

Guide to LCG Application, Middleware & Network Security

https://edms.cern.ch/document/452128

The LCG-2 FAQ

https://edms.cern.ch/document/495216/

https://gus.fzk.de/pages/docu.php

Datagrid: WP1 – WMS Software Administrator and User Guide

http://server11.infn.it/workload-grid/docs/DataGrid-01-TEN-0118-1_2.pdf

Grid Experience using EDG2 and LCG-1

http://www.bo.infn.it/alice/DownLoad/edg2.pdf

JDL



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Datagrid: JDL Attributeshttp://server11.infn.it/workload-grid/docs/DataGrid-01-TEN-0142-0_1.pdf

The GLUE Schemahttp://www.cnaf.infn.it/~sergio/datatag/glue/index.htm

EGEE Specific SupportNA4 Application support Wikihttp://wiki.nesc.ac.uk/read/egee-elearning/NA3 Training Materials Repositoryhttp://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk/trgmat/index.htmlNA3 Training Schedule web pagehttp://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk/schedreg/index.htmlNA3/SA1 (EIS) Tutorials

Local Grid GuidesUser Guide for CCIN2P3http://atlas-france.in2p3.fr/Activites/Informatique/UserGuide/Grid PPhttp://www.gridpp.ac.uk/deployment/users/http://grid.tcs.tifr.res.in/lcg2-userguide.html



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Operations results

GGUS documentation page: https://gus.fzk.de/pages/docu.php

The Grid Dictionary If you are confused by all Grid acronyms, you can search this grid dictionary for an explanation v1.2 INFN doc ID: INFNGRID20030615-1800

PDF, HTML, TXT The LCG-2 User Scenario explains step-by-step how to submit your job and handle your data on the

LCG-2 Grid. v1.0 CERN EDMS doc no. 498081 PDF, PS, HTML LCG 2 Tar Distribution This document describes how to install and configure a WN or UI using the tar

ball distribution. LCG 2 Tar Distribution, LCG-2 User Guide is the primary source of information for the LCG-2 user. It describes the architecture

and services of LCG-2 and presents the commands and tools that are available to the user. It extends the information provided by the User Scenario regarding the steps a user must follow to successfully work in the Grid. v2.1 CERN EDMS doc no. 454439

PDF, PS, HTML The LCG-2 Frequently Asked Questions is a list of frequently asked questions about LCG-2 Grid usage

compiled by the LCG Experiment Integration and Support Team. v1.0 CERN EDMS doc no. 495216 PDF, PS, HTML The LCG-2 Middleware Overview contains an overview of the main LCG-2 services and functionality

provided by the middleware to Grid Users. v0.1 CERN EDMS doc no. 498079 PDF The Experiment Software Installation on LCG-2 describes the user and administrative requirements for

an application software installation tool. It also gives details on the current toolkit available with the LCG-2 middleware, its limitations and future developments. v0.1 CERN EDMS doc no. 498080

PDF, PS



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Operations results II

The UI on lxplus document describes how to have access to an LCG-2 Grid User Interface when logged on the CERN lxplus service. version of 13 January 2005. Doc Id missing

HTML The LCG-2 User Registration document describes how to register as an LCG-2 Grid User: which is your

Certification Authority, how to ask for a certificate, how to register in a Virtual Organization, etc. version of 25 January 2005. Doc Id missing

HTML

Documentation for VO Users:LCG Experiment Integration and Support http://grid-deployment.web.cern.ch/grid-deployment/cgi-bin/index.cgi?var=eis/homepage, EIS e-mailing list: [email protected] (web archive) The LCG EIS Documentation and tools repository web page contains useful documentation and a

repository of useful tools for information system handling, data management, etc. http://grid-deployment.web.cern.ch/grid-deployment/cgi-bin/index.cgi?var=eis/homepage Experiment Computing Sites, including Documentation Atlas Atlas CMS CMS ALICE ALICE LHCB LHCB BaBar BaBar CDF CDF Compass Compass D0 D0 A list of VOs supported by EIS can be found here List of VOs



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UIG relation to ESC

• UIG cross activity

• ESC SA1 only

• UIG provides passive support for general access

• ESC provides active support to VOs/users

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INFSO-RI-508833 Enabling Grids for E-sciencE User Information Group report David Fergusson