gLite Worker Node
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.
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.
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.
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 |
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glite-data-api-perl |
GLite::HTTPS |
1.1.1 |
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glite-data-catalog-api-c |
gLite Data Catalogs C/C++ API |
2.0.0 |
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glite-data-catalog-api-java |
GLite Catalog Services Java client |
2.0.0 |
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glite-data-catalog-api-perl |
gLite datamanagement Perl API for catalogs |
2.0.0 |
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glite-data-catalog-cli |
Data Catalog CLI |
1.7.1 |
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glite-data-catalog-interface |
gLite Catalog Interfaces |
2.0.0 |
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glite-data-config-service |
GLite Data Config Service |
1.2.2 |
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glite-data-globus-rls-api-perl |
Perl API for Globus RLS |
1.0.0 |
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glite-data-io-base |
GLite Data IO Base |
1.3.2 |
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glite-data-io-client |
GLite Data IO Client APIs |
1.4.0 |
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glite-data-io-gss-auth |
GLite Data IO GSS Authentication QUANTA Plugin |
1.0.0 |
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glite-data-io-quanta |
GLite Data IO Quanta Transport Layer |
1.0.0 |
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glite-data-srm-api-c |
gLite Data SRM C/C++ API |
1.1.0 |
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glite-data-srm-api-perl |
Perl API for SRM |
1.0.0 |
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glite-data-transfer-api-c |
GLite Data Transfer C/C++ API |
3.1.0 |
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glite-data-transfer-cli |
Data Transfer CLI |
3.1.0 |
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glite-data-transfer-interface |
gLite Transfer Interfaces |
3.1.0 |
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glite-data-util-c |
Data C util libraries |
1.1.4 |
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glite-dgas-client-config |
gLite dgas client node configuration files |
1.0.1 |
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glite-dgas-common |
DGAS common |
1.1.1 |
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glite-dgas-hlr-clients |
DGAS HLR clients |
1.1.11 |
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glite-file-transfer-service-client-config |
gLite File Transfer Service client installation |
1.1.2 |
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glite-io-client-config |
gLite I/O Client configuration files |
2.1.1 |
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glite-lb-client |
L&B client API and tools |
2.0.1 |
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glite-lb-client-interface |
L&B client library header files |
2.0.0 |
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glite-lb-common |
L&B common subroutines library |
2.0.1 |
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glite-rgma-api-c |
C API for R-GMA |
4.1.13 |
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glite-rgma-api-cpp |
C++ API for R-GMA |
4.1.15 |
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glite-rgma-api-java |
Java API for R-GMA |
4.1.5 |
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glite-rgma-api-python |
Python API for R-GMA |
4.1.15 |
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glite-rgma-base |
R-GMA basic configuration and documentation |
4.1.19 |
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glite-rgma-client-config |
gLite R-GMA client installation |
5.1.1 |
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glite-rgma-command-line |
R-GMA command line |
4.1.13 |
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glite-rgma-common-config |
gLite rgma common configuration items installation |
5.0.0 |
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glite-rgma-log4cpp |
log4cpp appender for R-GMA |
4.1.4 |
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glite-rgma-log4j |
R-GMA log4j tool |
4.1.5 |
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glite-rgma-stubs-servlet-java |
Java client implementation stubs for R-GMA |
4.1.13 |
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glite-rgma-system-tests |
System tests for R-GMA |
4.1.8 |
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glite-security-gsoap-plugin |
gSOAP plugin and gss libraries |
1.1.1 |
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glite-security-trustmanager |
The java certificate path checkin for proxy certs in SSL with plugins for tomcat and axis. |
1.7.3 |
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glite-security-util-java |
The java utilities library for security |
1.1.2 |
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glite-security-utils-config |
gLite Security Utilities configuration files |
1.0.6 |
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glite-security-voms-api |
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1.6.5 |
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glite-security-voms-api-c |
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1.6.5 |
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glite-security-voms-api-cpp |
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1.6.5 |
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glite-security-voms-clients |
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1.6.5 |
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glite-service-discovery-api-c |
C API for Service Discovery. |
2.0.1 |
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glite-service-discovery-api-java |
|
2.0.1 |
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glite-service-discovery-bdii-c |
BDII based Service Discovery |
2.0.2 |
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glite-service-discovery-cli |
Service Discovery CLI |
2.0.0 |
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glite-service-discovery-config |
gLite Service Discovery installation |
1.1.0 |
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glite-service-discovery-file-c |
File based Service Discovery |
2.0.0 |
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glite-service-discovery-rgma-c |
C API for Service Discovery. |
2.0.2 |
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glite-service-discovery-rgma-java |
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2.0.2 |
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glite-wms-brokerinfo-access |
"files for gLite wms brokerinfo-access" |
1.1.1 |
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glite-wms-checkpointing |
WMS checkpointing module |
1.0.0 |
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glite-wms-common |
"files for gLite wms common" |
1.1.11 |
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glite-wms-utils-exception |
|
1.0.2 |
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glite-wms-utils-jobid |
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1.0.0 |
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glite-wms-utils-tls |
|
1.0.1 |
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glite-wn-config |
gLite Worker Node configuration files |
2.2.1 |
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 |
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CGSI_gSOAP_2.6 |
1.1.8 |
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perl-Expect.pm |
1.01 |
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perl-Authen-SASL |
2.08 |
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perl-Digest-HMAC |
1.01 |
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perl-MIME-Lite |
2.117 |
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perl-Net-Jabber |
2.0 |
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perl-Net-XMPP |
1.0 |
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perl-SOAP-Lite |
0.60a |
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perl-XML-Stream |
1.22 |
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:
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Description |
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Bugs fixed in this or previous releases, but not yet tested:
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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 |
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/etc/profile.d/glite-dirty-hack-env.[c]sh scripts on the WNs should be removed |
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glite-wn-config.py --help expects a valid url before giving any hint on the use itself |
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