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= Introduction  =
 
 
 
'''Individual researchers'''
 
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= Introduction  =
<br> '''Groups of researchers'''


The EGI User Start Guide provides a list of instructions how to start and use EGI Infrastructure.
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If the reader is new to the Grid and its concepts and wants to get started with understanding, writing and running jobs as quickly and efficiently as possible, it is strongly recommended that the chapters are followed in sequence, as they appear on the Table.  
<br> If the reader is new to the Grid and its concepts and wants to get started with understanding, writing and running jobs as quickly and efficiently as possible, it is strongly recommended that the chapters are followed in sequence, as they appear on the Table.  


Chapters from 1 to 9 go through all the basics for setting up the user to be ready to use the Grid. Chapters from 10 to 18 are for advanced users and feature detailed, in-depth information on more complex concepts and operations. The last chapters (from 19 to 22) describe some particular Life Sciences community use cases about Data Management facilities.
Chapters from 1 to 9 go through all the basics for setting up the user to be ready to use the Grid. <br>


= Assumptions  =
= Assumptions  =
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A basic familiarity with the Unix OS commands are presumed, since all commands will be done from a Unix-based console. This includes Grid commands as well as local machine commands.  
A basic familiarity with the Unix OS commands are presumed, since all commands will be done from a Unix-based console. This includes Grid commands as well as local machine commands.  


<br>  
<br> [[Regional User Documentation]]


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|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
| '''1'''  
| '''1'''  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/Acronyms.html Acronym Reference Page]  
| '''[[USG Acronyms|Acronyms]]'''
| The EGI [[Operations Manuals]] are technical prescriptive documents that provide guidelines
| A list of the principal acronyms for terms that are used in this Guide.
|- style="background-color: darkgray;"
| All
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
| '''2'''  
| '''2'''  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/GetCertificate.html Getting a Certificate]  
| '''[[USG Getting Certificate|Getting Certificate]]'''
| EGI [[Operations Procedures]] are presc
| How to apply for and install a certificate to gain access to the Grid.
| gLite
|- style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% lightgray;"
|- style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% lightgray;"
| '''3'''  
| '''3'''  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/JoinVO.html Registering with a Virtual Organisation]  
| '''[[USG Join VO|Registering with a Virtual Organisation]]'''
| A collection of Training Guides relevant to Operations.
| What a Virtual Organisation is, how to find which one is appropriate for the user's application area, and how to apply for membership.  
|- style="background-color: darkgray;"
| gLite
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
| '''4'''  
| '''4'''  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/ProxyCerts.html Proxy Certificates]  
| '''[[USG Proxy Certificates|Proxy Certificates]]'''
|  
| What proxy certificates are, what information they contain, and how to create them to access the grid infrastructure.
*[https://documents.egi.eu/document/31 Resource Centre (RC) Operational Level Agreement] ([[Resource Centre OLA: Release Notes|release notes]])
| gLite
 
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
| '''5'''  
| '''5'''  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/ProxyRenewal.html Proxy Renewal with MyProxy]  
| '''[[USG Proxy Renewal with MyProxy|Proxy Renewal with MyProxy]]'''
| How to create long-term proxy, how to use the proxy renewal services.
|  
|  
*Information about DTEAM and OPS VOs, standards relevant to operations
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
 
|- style="background-color: darkgray;"
| '''6'''  
| '''6'''  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/UserInterfaceAccount.html Getting an Account on a User Interface]  
| '''[[USG User Interface Account|Getting an Account on a User Interface]]'''
| How to obtain an account and use a machine that contains the tools and configuration to use the Gri.
|  
|  
*Grid middleware [[SVG:Advisories|advisories]] (SVG)<br>
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
| '''7'''<br>  
| '''7'''<br>  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/SetupUIEnv.html Setting up the UI Environment]  
| '''[[USG Setting up the UI Environment|Setting up the UI Environment]]'''
| How to configure the files, permissions and paths of the UI Environment.
|  
|  
*Information about DTEAM and OPS VOs, standards relevant to operations
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
 
|- style="background-color: darkgray;"
| '''8'''<br>  
| '''8'''<br>  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/SimpleJobCycle.html Simple Job Cycle]  
| '''[[USG Simple Job Cycle|Simple Job Cycle]]'''
| How to use the job management commands to prepare and submit a simple job, monitor its status and retrieve the output.
|  
|  
*Grid middleware [[SVG:Advisories|advisories]] (SVG)
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
| '''9'''<br>  
| '''9'''<br>  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/BasicDataMgt.html Basic Data Management]  
| '''[[USG Basic Data Management|Basic Data Management]]'''
| How to use the data management command-line tools to store, copy and delete file.
|  
|  
*Information about DTEAM and OPS VOs, standards relevant to operations
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
 
|- style="background-color: darkgray;"
| '''10'''<br>  
| '''10'''<br>  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/QueryingInfoSystem.html Querying the Information System]  
| '''[[USG Querying the Information System|Querying the Information System]]'''
| How to query the Information System in order to get an up-to-date view of the resources available on the Grid.
|  
|  
*Grid middleware [[SVG:Advisories|advisories]] (SVG)<br>
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
| '''11'''<br>  
| '''13'''<br>  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/ServiceDiscovery.html Service Discovery]
| '''[[USG VO Software Installation|VO Software Installation]]'''  
|
| Methods for installing application-specific software on the grid.  
*Information about DTEAM and OPS VOs, standards relevant to operations
 
|- style="background-color: darkgray;"
| '''12'''<br>
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/InstallUI.html Installing a gLite User Interface]
|  
|  
*Grid middleware [[SVG:Advisories|advisories]] (SVG)<br>
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
| '''13'''<br>
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/SWInstallation.html VO Software Installation]
|
*Information about DTEAM and OPS VOs, standards relevant to operati
|- style="background-color: darkgray;"
| '''14'''<br>  
| '''14'''<br>  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/MPIJobs.html MPI Jobs]  
| '''[[USG MPI Jobs|MPI Jobs]]'''
| How to compile and run a simple Message Passing Interface job on the grid.
|  
|  
*Grid middleware [[SVG:Advisories|advisories]] (SV
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
| '''15'''<br>
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/MonitWithRGMA.html Job Monitoring (via R-GMA)]
|
*Information about DTEAM and OPS VOs, standards relevant to operatio
|- style="background-color: darkgray;"
| '''16'''<br>  
| '''16'''<br>  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/UsingAMGA.html Using AMGA Metadata Catalog]  
| '''[[USG Using AMGA Metadata Catalog|Using AMGA Metadata Catalog]]'''
| Basic information on the usage of the AMGA Metadata Catalog.
|  
|  
*Grid middleware [[SVG:Advisories|advisories]] (SVG)
*Security [[EGI CSIRT:Alerts|alerts/advisories]] (EGI CSIRT)
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
| '''17'''<br>  
| '''17'''<br>  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/Advancedldapsearch.html Using LDAP Search]  
| '''[[USG Using LDAP Search|Using LDAP Search]]'''
| How to use the ldapsearch command to perform complex queries of the EGI information system.
|  
|  
*Information about DTEAM and OPS VOs, standards relevant to operation
|}


|- style="background-color: darkgray;"
<br>  
| '''18'''<br>  
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/MedicalDataManagement.html The Medical Data Management]
|
*Grid middleware [[SVG:Advisories|advisories]] (SVG)


|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
'''Authors''': Marco Bencivenni, Enrico Fattibene
| '''19'''<br>
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/Wisdom.html Wisdom Data Manager]
|
*Information about DTEAM and OPS VOs, standards relevant to operation
 
|- style="background-color: darkgray;"
| '''20'''<br>
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/Bioinformatics.html The Bioinformatics Data Management]
|
*Grid middleware [[SVG:Advisories|advisories]] (SVG)
 
|- style="background-color: lightgray;"
| '''21'''
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/Pilotjobs.html Pilot Jobs]
|
*Information about DTEAM and OPS VOs, standards relevant to operations
 
|- style="background-color: darkgray;"
| '''22'''<br>
| [http://www.eu-egee.org/fileadmin/documents/UseCases/Astrophysics.html Astrophysics: analysis of CMB data]
|
*Grid middleware [[SVG:Advisories|advisories]] (SVG)
 
|}


[[Category:Operations_Documentation]]
[[Category:Operations_Manuals]]

Latest revision as of 04:06, 12 January 2013

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Documentation menu: Home Manuals Procedures Training Other Contact For: VO managers Administrators


Introduction

Individual researchers

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Groups of researchers

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If the reader is new to the Grid and its concepts and wants to get started with understanding, writing and running jobs as quickly and efficiently as possible, it is strongly recommended that the chapters are followed in sequence, as they appear on the Table.

Chapters from 1 to 9 go through all the basics for setting up the user to be ready to use the Grid.

Assumptions

A basic familiarity with the Unix OS commands are presumed, since all commands will be done from a Unix-based console. This includes Grid commands as well as local machine commands.


Regional User Documentation

1 Acronyms A list of the principal acronyms for terms that are used in this Guide. All
2 Getting Certificate How to apply for and install a certificate to gain access to the Grid. gLite
3 Registering with a Virtual Organisation What a Virtual Organisation is, how to find which one is appropriate for the user's application area, and how to apply for membership. gLite
4 Proxy Certificates What proxy certificates are, what information they contain, and how to create them to access the grid infrastructure. gLite
5 Proxy Renewal with MyProxy How to create long-term proxy, how to use the proxy renewal services.
6 Getting an Account on a User Interface How to obtain an account and use a machine that contains the tools and configuration to use the Gri.
7
Setting up the UI Environment How to configure the files, permissions and paths of the UI Environment.
8
Simple Job Cycle How to use the job management commands to prepare and submit a simple job, monitor its status and retrieve the output.
9
Basic Data Management How to use the data management command-line tools to store, copy and delete file.
10
Querying the Information System How to query the Information System in order to get an up-to-date view of the resources available on the Grid.
13
VO Software Installation Methods for installing application-specific software on the grid.
14
MPI Jobs How to compile and run a simple Message Passing Interface job on the grid.
16
Using AMGA Metadata Catalog Basic information on the usage of the AMGA Metadata Catalog.
17
Using LDAP Search How to use the ldapsearch command to perform complex queries of the EGI information system.


Authors: Marco Bencivenni, Enrico Fattibene