Agenda-06-10-2014

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1. Middleware releases and staged rollout

1.1 News from URT

Recent, or future planned, releases from the product teams:

• APEL
  • APEL SSM v. 2.1.3
  • APEL v.1.2.2 - Fixed being unable to parse uncompressed accounting logs, GGUS #107571, BROADCAST "Bug in APEL 1.2.1 - Upgrade"
    • contains fixes provided by APEL Parsers, v. 2.3.0 & APEL publiser 4.2.0 (APEL 1.2.1-1)
• ARC v 13.11u2
  • Nordugrid ARC to 4.2.0
  • Nordugrid ARC doc to 1.5.0
  • Nagios probes for ARC CE to 1.8.1
• BDII core
  • Minor release containing a set of new features and minor fixes to the following packages:
    • bdii 5.2.23-1
    • glue-validator:
      • glue-validator 2.0.25-1 - fix for (GGUS:108556).
      • glue-validator 2.0.24-1
    • glue-schema 2.0.11-1
    • glite-info-provider-service 1.13.4-1
• BLAH v. 1.20.7
  • Other info:
    • Wrong condor_status renaming in postinst
    • BUpdate interval does not work with GE
• CREAM v. 1.16.4
  • Other info:
    • Use VOMS/CanL APIs instead of VOMS UI
    • Broken link for LB java client
    • Transfer to CREAM failed due to exception: not constant expression found
• caNl
  • canl-java v. 1.3.3
• dCache server v. 2.6.31 and dCache srmclient v. 2.2.27
• DMC - DataManagementClients:
  • davix 0.3.6 : http://dmc.web.cern.ch/release/davix-036
  • gfal2 2.6.8 : http://dmc.web.cern.ch/release/gfal-2.6.8
  • srm-ifce 1.20.1 : http://dmc.web.cern.ch/release/srm-ifce-1201
  • gfal2-python 1.5 : http://dmc.web.cern.ch/release/gfal2-python-15
  • gfal2-util 1.0 : http://dmc.web.cern.ch/release/gfal2-util-10
  • CGSI-gSOAP 1.3.6 : http://dmc.web.cern.ch/release/cgsi-gsoap-136
  • gfalFS 1.5 : http://dmc.web.cern.ch/release/gfalfs-15
• EMI-UI/WN
  • v. 3.1.0 - adding dependencies on gfal2-util and ginfo
• FTS3 - 3.2.26
• Globus Toolkit 6.0, MyProxy 6.0 - now in EPEL-testing
  • http://toolkit.globus.org/toolkit/docs/6.0/
• QCG v. 3.4.0
  • qcg-broker-3.4.0-9 - http://www.qoscosgrid.org/trac/qcg-broker/wiki/qcg-broker-release_notes
  • qcg-broker-client-3.4.0-7 - http://www.qoscosgrid.org/trac/qcg-broker/wiki/qcg-broker-client_release_notes
  • qcg-broker-egi-is-provider-3.4.0-3 - http://www.qoscosgrid.org/trac/qcg/wiki/QCG-BDII_release_notes
  • qcg-egi-is-conf-3.4.0-3
• STORM
  • Fixes in 1.11.5
  • Fixes in 1.11.6
• VOMS
  • VOMS Admin server v. 3.3.0
  • VOMS Clients v. 3.0.5, VOMS API Java v. 3.0.4
  • VOMS C APIs, native clients and server v. 2.0.12
• WMS
  • WMS Server v. 3.6.6
  • WMS UI 3.6.2

1.2 UMD release

UMD 3.8.0 released on 24.07.2014 : http://repository.egi.eu/2014/07/24/release-umd-3-8-0/

1.3 Staged rollout updates

• ARC v. 4.2.0 (13.11.2)
• bdii-core 1.6.0 & Glue-validator 2.0.24
• qcg-broker-3.4.0
• qcg-broker-client-3.4.0
• qcg-broker-egi-is-provider-3.4.0
• qcg-egi-is-conf-3.4.0

In Verification

• canl v. 2.2.3
• cream-ge v. 2.2.0
• cream-lsf v. 2.0.4
• cream-slurm v. 1.0.2
• cream-torque v. 2.1.4
• dcache v. 2.6.31
• dcache-srm-client v. 2.6.12
• cgsi-gsoap v. 1.3.6
• emi-wn v. 3.1.0
• emi-ui v. 3.1.0
• srm-ifce v. 1.20.1
• bdii-core v. 1.6.0
• wms v. 3.6.6
• apel v. 1.2.2

New Products

• cvmfs v. 2.1.19
• squid v. 2.7.19
• fts3 v. 3.2.27
• gfal2 v. 2.6.8
• gfal2-python v. 1.5.0
• gfalfs v. 1.5.0
• gfal2-utils v. 1.0.0
• davix v. 0.3.6

Ready to be released:

• qcg-computing-3.4.0
• qcg-notifications-3.4.0

UMD 3 EA

• Some sites have the contact points for the EA adopters outdated so please check in table if all contacts and products are still correct and send me email if you need to add / remove some contacts (SSO account mandatory): (full site list)

New Products

FTS3, SQUID and CVMFS will soon be include in UMD and it is important to have some early adopters for this components. So if you anyone interested please contact me or cristina to be included in the early adopter list.

1.4 Next releases

• End of October
• Mid of Dicember

2. Operational issues

2.1 Report from DMSU

ARGUS/WMS Certificate Chain Mixups

• Affecting several sites, where WMS is unable to make SSL connection to ARGUS.
• With all probability this is a combination of using curl from the SL6 distribution, which in built with NSS SSL rather than OpenSSL and, as such, does not really support proxy certificates, and a bug in Java, hopefully fixed since Java 7 Update 60.
• Related issues:
  • https://ggus.eu/index.php?mode=ticket_info&ticket_id=101486
• This issue is already being investigated at 3rd level but PTs cannot decide who is responsible ant DMSU is overseeing.

CREAM CLI/GridSite SegFaults at Long-Lived Proxies

• glite-ce-job-submit crashes if the user's proxy certificate has a lifetime exceeding 240 hours (10 days)
• 2 issues:
  • one in GridSite for the segfault, forwarded to the GridSite PT to fix - UPDATE - fix provided wih GridSite v. 2.2.5 (issues #15)
  • one in caNL-c - UPDATE - fix provided with caNL-c v. 2.1.5, issue #6
• Related issue:
  • https://ggus.eu/?mode=ticket_info&ticket_id=104009
  • https://ggus.eu/?mode=ticket_info&ticket_id=105893

L&B & CREAM Update Issues - on EMI repositories

• UPDATE
  • EMI 3 Update 18 solves some of the issues introduced with the previous update:
    • L&B v. 4.1.2

2.2 EMI-2 decommissioning

• Probes are running in midmon: Documentation.
  • All products but dCache are being retired as previously announced. dCache extended the support for the 2.2.x versions until July 2014 - We are starting planning the decommissioning of 2.2.X version
  • Important Notes:
    • APEL is one of the UMD 2/EMI 2 services no more supported - but there are still sites (23 sites as of 15.06.2014) publishing accounting information using UMD 2/EMI 2 APEL clients - see list available at: APEL consumer
      • Tutorial on how to migrate APEL clients from EMI 2 to EMI 3 - available at APEL @ EGI CF 2014
      • Following-up with sites publishing using the UMD2 APEL clients - - GGUS "Sites using UMD2 APEL clients"

• Following up with COD - GGUS #106354
• NGIs with UMD2/EMI2 services: - issue escaladed to EGI Operations
  • AsiaPacific
    • TW-eScience, Taiwan-LCG2 - GGUS #106427

• ALL SITES PROVIDING UMD 2/EMI 2 services MUST BE IN DOWNTIME or SUSPENDED
• UMD2 (and UMD1) repositories are "frozen", and the possibility to automatically use (through yum and apt-get) them IS disabled.

2.3 dCache 2.2.X decommissioning

• presented in the OMB meeting, 18.09.2014 - https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/OMB#9.2014.2F11
• Campaign started on 22.09.2014 - to be ended on 31.10.2014
• Broadcast on 2014-09-23
• dCache Retirement Calendar - More details
  • SAM probe, eu.egi.sec.dCache-2.2, raising alarms
  • - SAM results:
    • NGI_DE - FZJ, DESY-ZN, GoeGrid, UNI-FREIBURG,
    • NGI_NL - BEgrid-ULB-VUB
    • ROC_Russia - JINR-T1
    • ROC_Canada - CA-TRIUMF-T2K

2.4 MySQL 5.0 EOL

• discussed during URT meeting, 29.09.2014
• MySQL versions available:
• SL5:
  • mysql-*5.0.95* -> MySQL 5.0
  • mysql51-*5.1.70* -> MySQl 5.1
  • mysql55-*5.5.32* -> MySQL 5.5
• SL6:
  • mysql-*5.1.71 -> MySQL 5.1

• Middleware dependancy on 'mysql-server':
  • VOMS - emi-voms-mysql
    • PT confirms no pb on SL5 using v.5.1, as on SL6
  • CREAM - emi-cream-ce
    • configuration only works for v. 5.0 (GGUS #106250), PT is planing an update
  • DPM - no clear dependancy on "mysql-server"
    • PT confirms no pb on SL5 using v.5.1, as on SL6
  • STORM - storm-backend-server
    • PT confirms no pb on SL5 using v.5.1, as on SL6
  • L&B - glite-lb-server, under investigation
  • WMS - emi-wms, under investigation

• Recommendation - site-admins must be made aware to avoid using MySQL v. 5.0, where possible.

2.5 classads "retired" from EPEL repos

• during an EPEL "cleaning" process hte classads-* packages were retired from all EPEL & Fedora repositories
  • problems installing new services like CREAM, UI, WN, WMS, L&B

• Short term-solution
  • classads-* packages were added the EMI-3 third-party repositories & soon to UMD3 repos
• Long-term solution
  • the process to un-retire classads-* in EPEL was started

• It remains - XERCES-c, emi-WN - to be investigated and to apply the "short-term solution"

3. AOB

3.1 SL/SLC/CentOS 5 Support Lifetime

• Scientific Linux Homepage
• SLC5
• CentOS
• support LifeTime based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle
  • January 31, 2014 - End of Production 2 phase
    • During the Production 3 Phase, Critical impact Security Advisories (RHSAs) and selected Urgent Priority Bug Fix Advisories (RHBAs) may be released as they become available.

3.2 Next meetings

• Oct. 20, 2014
• Nov. 17, 2014 (OMB on Oct. 30)

4. Minutes

• Minutes previous meeting - 08.09.2014
• Minutes 06.10.2014