Extended Release Notes for WMS 3.5.0
1) Supported platforms
2) Major changes
3) Known Issues
1) Supported platforms
Scientific Linux 5.x x86_64
Scientific Linux 6.x x86_64
2) Major changes
Enabled Argus-based access control using the glite-CE/WN profile
Integrated EMIR-SERP with existing service configuration and deployment on the server side. The WMS is able to register to an EMIR instance specified by configuration.
Ceased distribution of WMProxy Java API, UI C++ API, UI Java API
Support for StorageAccessProtocols has been added in the GLUE2.0 information provider
Restructuring of the build structure and artefacts
A relevant number of components has been unified. This does not immediately affects performance nor introduces new features, but it greatly helps sustainability and consolidation.
- Nagios probes are distributed with the release. The same suggestions valid for CREAM apply:
https://wiki.italiangrid.it/twiki/bin/view/CREAM/NagiosProbes
Configuration Changes
To enable publication of service records to the EMI service registry, set in the site_info.def the following variables:
BDII_EMIR_ENABLE=yes
BDII_EMIR_SERP_PERIOD=1 # refresh rate in hours
BDII_EMIR_SERP_VALIDITY=2 # validity of the records in hours
BDII_EMIR_HOST=http://somehost:someport
and run:
/opt/glite/yaim/bin/yaim -r -f config_emir_serp -s siteinfo_/site-info.def
Already introduced with EMI WMS 3.4.0:
USE_ARGUS=no
ARGUS_PEPD_ENDPOINTS="https://emitestbed30.cnaf.infn.it:8154/authz"
3) Known issues
To enable submission to the ARC CE using GRAM, a version of HTCondor >= 7.8.6 is needed. The EMI-3 release of the WMS ships with Condor-emi 7.8.0.
HTCondor 7.8.6 has been verified to be binary compatible with 7.8.0. Just upgrade to 7.8.6 and submission to ARC will be enabled.
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MarcoCecchi - 2012-06-22