AHM 24 Sept 2003

1
Running SRB

• Ananta Manandhar

2
Pre Install Tasks

• Create SRB admin Group
• groupadd demo
• Create SRB user
• useradd d /home/srbdemo m g demo srbdemo
• passwd srbdemo

3
Download Tasks

• Download SRB (current latest ver
  2.1.2patch1patch2 )
• http//www.npaci.edu/dice/srb/tarfiles/main.html
• Download PGP decryption software (Intl. version)
• http//www.pgpi.org/products/pgp/versions/freeware
  /
• Download and install Java
• http//java.sun.com
• Use PGP to decrypt SRB tar file
• pgp SRB2_1_2_n_patch.tar
• Enter passpharse

4
Configuring Database

• Download PostgreSQL
• http//www.postgresql.org/
• Download ODBC Driver (for versions later than
  7.3)
• ftp//ftp.postgresql.org/pub/odbc/versions/src/psq
  lodbc-07.03.0100.tar.gz

5
Installing SRB using install.pl script

• This script enables a basic installation of
  Postgres enabled SRB.
• Configures postgres
• Builds Postgres, Postgres-ODBC SRB
• Initializes the Database
• Ingests MCAT tables
• Updates configuration Files
• Provides access to local disk space as an SRB
  resource
• http//www.npaci.edu/DICE/SRB/tarfiles/install.pl

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Installing SRB using install.pl script 2

• Copy PostgreSql, Postgre-ODBC, SRB tar and
  install.pl to a new directory
• cp install.pl /srb
• cp postgresql-7.3.3.tar.gz /srb
• cp psqlodbc-08.03.0100.tar.gz /srb
• cp SRB2_1_2_n_patch.tar /srb
• Edit first few lines of install.pl . This script
  will then install each package under this current
  directory as well as the storage area.
• This script can then be used to start/stop
  postgres and SRB servers and to view the list of
  running processes

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Editing install.pl

• The Variables in install.pl are matched
  accordingly
• SRB_FILE"SRB2.1.2.tar"
• SRB_FILE_ALREADY_DECRYPTED1
• SRB_DIR"SRB2"
• POSTGRES_FILE"postgresql-7.3.3.tar"
• ODBC_FILE"psqlodbc-07.03.0100.tar"
• DB_NAME"MCAT"
• YOUR_ADMIN_NAME"srbdemo"
• YOUR_ADMIN_PWsrb"
• YOUR_DOMAINallhands"
• RESOURCE_NAMEallhandsResource"
• RESOURCE_DIR"startDir/Vault"
• IP_ADDRESS_LOCALHOST130.246.143.151"

8
Starting installation

• To Start installation
• /srbusr/srb/install.pl
• Some minor issues with the script and its
  workaround
• It requires postgresql tar file as
  postgresql-7.3.3.tar without the letters base
  as it expects installation dir name to be same as
  tar file name.
• Some source files expect java to be located at
  /usr/local/apps/jdk1.4.1/bin Hence softlinks
  may need to be created
• Keep the Srb Admin name same as unix account eg
  srbusr

9
SRB Deployment Scenario
User
SRB Domain
10
Starting SRB

• To Start SRB
• Use the install.pl to start SRB, MCAT and
  Postgres database
• ./install.pl start
• To Stop SRB
• ./install.pl stop
• To View SRB processes
• ./install.pl ps

11
Using InQ

• InQ is a client windows application used to store
  and retrieve files from SRB. It can be downloaded
  from
• InQ requires certain parameters to know the MCAT
  enabled server to which it should connect.
• Name srbdemo
• Host solitaire.esc.rl.ac.uk
• Domain allhands
• Port 5544
• Authorization ENCRYPT1
• Password

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InQ Login
13
InQ (SRB Windows Client)
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Administering SRB

• To Start GUI Admin Tool
• cd install/MCAT/java
• gmake run

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• Questions ?