SIGs/Grid Computing

Fedora Grid Computing SIG

The goal of the Fedora Grid Computing Special Interest group is to gather people interested in packaging grid software within Fedora.

Grid computing can mean different things to different people, it is certainly distributed computing with a security infrastructure. Relevant software can include:

• Data management software
• Batch Systems
• Information Systems
• Job Submission Systems
• Security, authentication, authorization software
• Messaging Software

Group Aims

• Link to other related groups. MPI, clouds.
• Create a yum group of grid client tools.
• Document some of the basic setup of grid software as provided within Fedora.

Packagers/Reviewers/People

• Mattias Ellert
• Steve Traylen
• Lev Shamardin
• Lee Mitchell

Communication

• A mailing has been set up for discussion, package requests, comments: grid-computing mailing list.

Packages already in Fedora and Fedora/EPEL

Software	Package DB Entry	Notes
ActiveMQ CPP	activemq-cpp	Messaging Lib
Boinc Client	boinc
ClassAds	classads	Condor job descriptions, Fedora only
CGSI gSOAP	CGSI-gSOAP	GSI plugin for gSOAP
dCache access protocol	dcap
fetch-crl	fetch-crl	Downloads CRLs e.g. from igtf.
gridsite	gridsite	GSI security extension to apache's httpd.
gLite GSI trustmanager	util-java, trustmanager	Java GSI Stuff.
GLUE Schema	glue-schema	Grid ldif schema
Grid Packaging Tools	grid-packaging-tools	GPT
gsoap	gsoap	SOAP/XML Web Services
Globus Toolkit	globus-*, more than 50 packages	globus packaging guidelines.
Sun Grid Engine	gridengine	Batch system
LCG Data Management	lcgdm	Disk Pool Manager and LCG file catalogue, ie DPM and LFC
MyProxy	myproxy	Credential Management
OpenSAML	opensaml	Security Markup Language
PyActiveMQ	pyactivemq	Python message API
Torque	torque	Batch system
VO Membership Services	voms, voms-mysql
UberFTP	uberftp	GSI gridftp client

Packages under Review

• BDII - Grid Information System - #576839
• shibboleth #567131
• globus-gram-job-manager-setup-fork #516537
• globus-gram-job-manager-setup-condor #516538
• globus-gram-job-manager-setup-lsf #516539
• globus-gram-job-manager-setup-pbs #516540
• globus-gram-job-manager-setup-sge #563822
• nordugrid-arc-nox #530684
• arcjobtool #599414
• xrootd #602791

Package Wishlist

• Add classads to EPEL #599144, now in testing repos.
• Add condor to EPEL mail thread, #569598
  • Package condor's chirp_client library #602861
• Add voms-admin. Requires struts2 which requires myfaces-tobago which requires myfaces which requires...
• Add gridway
• Add grifi