gLite Logging & Bookkeeping Server

1. Release Description

This release contains the gLite Logging & Bookkeeping Server module v. 2.0.2. 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. For information about installing and using the gLite Logging & Bookkeeping Server, please refer to the gLite Installation and User Guides.

2. Changes in this release

2.1. Changes in functionality

The mysql database can now be protected with a root password. The mysql root password can be set in the configuration file.

2.2. Changes in Configuration

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

 

Parameter name

Default value

Description

mysql.root.password

<changeme>

The mysql root password

 

The following parameters have been changed in the glite-security-utils.cfg.xml file:

 

Parameter name

Old value

New value

Description

 

The following new parameters have been removed from the glite-security-utils.cfg.xml file:

 

Parameter name

Comment

lb.database.name

The LB database name cannot be configured internally, therefore this parameter was ignored

lb.database.username

The LB database user cannot be configured internally, therefore this parameter was ignored

 

3. Release contents

3.1. Glite sub-deployment modules

The gLite Logging and Bookkeeping module requires the following sub-modules:

 

-          gLite Security Utilities

-          gLite R-GMA Servicetool

 

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

3.2. Glite RPMS

The gLite Logging & Bookkeeping Server v. 2.0.2 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-1.4.2-1.noarch.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-lb-config

gLite Logging and Bookkeeping node configuration files

2.0.1

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

glite-lb-logger

L&B local logger

1.1.2

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-lb-logger-1.1.2-1.i386.rpm

glite-lb-server

L&B bookkeeping server

1.2.5

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-lb-server-1.2.5-1.i386.rpm

glite-lb-server-bones

L&B server bones

2.0.0

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

glite-lb-ws-interface

 

2.0.0

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

R-GMA service tool

4.1.19

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-rgma-servicetool-4.1.19-3.noarch.rpm

glite-rgma-servicetool-config

gLite R-GMA servicetool installation

5.1.0

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-rgma-servicetool-config-5.1.0-1.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-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

1.0.4

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/noarch/RPMS/glite-security-utils-config-1.0.4-1.noarch.rpm

glite-security-voms-api-c

 

1.6.3

../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/R1.4/R20050916/bin/rhel30/i386/RPMS/glite-security-voms-api-c-1.6.3-0.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

 

4. Dependencies

The gLite Logging & Bookkeeping Server v. 2.0.2 module has the following dependencies:

 

Component name

Version

RPM file name

GPT

VDT 1.2.2

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

VDT Globus Essentials

VDT 1.2.2

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

MySQL-server

4.1.11

H../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/MySQL-server-4.0.20-0.i386.rpmH

MySQL-client

4.1.11

H../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/MySQL-client-4.0.20-0.i386.rpmH

ares

1.1.1

H../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/ares-1.1.1-EGEE.i386.rpmH

myproxy

1.14

H../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/myproxy-1.14-EGEE.i386.rpmH

perl-Expect.pm

1.01

H../../../../../../../glite-web/egee/packages/externals/bin/rhel30/RPMS/per-Expect.pm-1.01-9.i386.rpmH

Java SDK/JRE

1.4.2

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

 

5. Known bugs and issues

This release has the following bugs and issues. Bug numbers refer to the gLite Bug Tracking system database hosted on the CERN Savannah system at Hhttps://savannah.cern.ch/bugs/?group=jra1mdwH .

 

 

Known open bugs:

 

Bug number

Description

 

 #7324

lb-bkserver is running with no pid 

 

 #9148

Job stays 'Submitted' forever 

 

 #9701

erroneous rpath in several shared objects 

 

 #9777

unable to get logging-info -2 info for 1000 jobs 

 

 #10781

Missing the timestamps of 'Scheduled' and 'Running' status 

 

 

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

 

Bug number

Description

 

 #7053

LB configuration fails if the mysql root pwd is set 

 

 #7300

update of the lb instructions at the end of the installer script  

 

 #7305

lb.database.username paramenter in config file 

 

 #7307

lb config script does _not_ fail if mysql root password is set 

 

#7237

Intermittent errors with job submission 

 

 #7910

Duplicate apostroph in MySQL calls 

 

 #8630

EDG_WL_* variables in LB library 

 

 #9135

The interlogd has problem sending event to the LB server 

 

 #9183

Broken connections in LB contect connection pool 

 

 

6. Bugs closed since last release

This release fixes the following bugs and issues. Bug numbers refer to the gLite Bug Tracking system database hosted on the CERN Savannah system at Hhttps://savannah.cern.ch/bugs/?group=jra1mdwH  

 

Bug number

Description

 

 #6722

glite-job-status -all doesn't work 

 

 #7151

There are conflicts when installing WMS and LB on the same node 

 

 #7180

Logging & Bookkeping UI  

 

 #7389

LB server and WMS local logger related issues 

 

 #7884

local header files distributed in RPMs.  

 

 #9861

@ext.gpt.rpm.platform@ strings in glite-lb_installer.sh