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How to publish the OS name (Draft)

Policy

It has been decided that the 3 fields

GlueHostOperatingSystemName
GlueHostOperatingSystemRelease
GlueHostOperatingSystemVersion 

should be parsed from the output of /usr/bin/lsb_release, like this:

GlueHostOperatingSystemName : `lsb_release -i | cut -f2`
GlueHostOperatingSystemRelease : `lsb_release -r | cut -f2`
GlueHostOperatingSystemVersion : `lsb_release -c | cut -f2`

yielding values like

GlueHostOperatingSystemName : ScientificSL
GlueHostOperatingSystemRelease : 5.5
GlueHostOperatingSystemVersion : Boron

This has been tested on various Linux flavors and should work on every serious GNU/Linux distro :).

For Scientific Linux 6 and 5.8 operating system : Use the value "ScientificSL" instead of the output of `lsb_release -i | cut -f2` ("Scientific")for CE_OS in siteinfo.def.

If you managed to run a middleware on other *NIX, *BSD, (or even on MS Windows ?), then feel free to provide any information you desire.

Setup with YAIM

Edit the site-info.def of your Computing Element, and correct these variables before running the configure_node script:

• CE_OS
• CE_OS_RELEASE
• CE_OS_VERSION

A correct example is:

CE_OS="ScientificSL"
CE_OS_RELEASE=5.5
CE_OS_VERSION="Boron"

Results

For different operating systems please run the above commands and enter the values as returned. The lsb_release column indicates as to if lsb_release was used to give the values. If lsb_release is not available or returns complete rubbish then enter a sensible value indicating that lsb_release was not used. In particular the early Scientific Linux releases had a broken lsb_release which has been corrected in subsequent versions.

Operating System	lsb_release used?	SystemName	SystemRelease	SystemVersion
CentOS 3.5	Yes	CentOS	3.5	Final
CentOS 3.6	Yes	CentOS	3.6	Final
CentOS 3.7	Yes	CentOS	3.7	Final
CentOS 3.8	Yes	CentOS	3.8	Final
CentOS 4.4	Yes	CentOS	4.4	Final
CentOS 4.5	Yes	CentOS	4.5	Final
CentOS 4.6	Yes	CentOS	4.6	Final
CentOS 4.7	Yes	CentOS	4.7	Final
CentOS 4.8	Yes	CentOS	4.8	Final
CentOS 5.0	Yes	CentOS	5.0	Final
CentOS 5.1	Yes	CentOS	5.1	Final
CentOS 5.2	Yes	CentOS	5.2	Final
CentOS 5.3	Yes	CentOS	5.3	Final
CentOS 5.4	Yes	CentOS	5.4	Final
CentOS 5.5	Yes	CentOS	5.5	Final
Debian etch	Yes	Debian	4.0	etch
Debian lenny	Yes	Debian	5.0.3	lenny
Gentoo 2006.0	No	Gentoo	2006.0	n/a
RHEL AS4 Nahant Update 3	Yes	RedHatEnterpriseAS	4	NahantUpdate3
RHEL 5.5 Tikanga	Yes	RedHatEnterpriseServer	5.5	Tikanga
ScientificLinux 4.4	Yes	ScientificSL	4.4	Beryllium
ScientificLinux 4.5	Yes	ScientificSL	4.5	Beryllium
ScientificLinux 4.6	Yes	ScientificSL	4.6	Beryllium
ScientificLinux 4.7	Yes	ScientificSL	4.7	Beryllium
Scientific Linux SL 4.8	Yes	ScientificSL	4.8	Beryllium
ScientificLinux 5.0	Yes	ScientificSL	5.0	Boron
ScientificLinux 5.1	Yes	ScientificSL	5.1	Boron
ScientificLinux 5.2	Yes	ScientificSL	5.2	Boron
ScientificLinux 5.3	Yes	ScientificSL	5.3	Boron
ScientificLinux 5.4	Yes	ScientificSL	5.4	Boron
ScientificLinux 5.5	Yes	ScientificSL	5.5	Boron
ScientificLinux 5.8	No	ScientificSL	5.8	Boron
ScientificLinux 6.*	No	ScientificSL	6.*	Carbon
ScientificLinuxCern 3.0.8	No	Scientific Linux CERN	3.0.8	SL
ScientificLinuxCern 4.4	Yes	ScientificCERNSLC	4.4	Beryllium
ScientificLinuxCern 4.5	Yes	ScientificCERNSLC	4.5	Beryllium
ScientificLinuxCern 4.6	Yes	ScientificCERNSLC	4.6	Beryllium
ScientificLinuxCern 4.7	Yes	ScientificCERNSLC	4.7	Beryllium
ScientificLinuxCern 4.8	Yes	ScientificCERNSLC	4.8	Beryllium
ScientificLinuxCern 5.2	Yes	ScientificCERNSLC	5.2	Boron
ScientificLinuxCern 5.3	Yes	ScientificCERNSLC	5.3	Boron
ScientificLinuxCern 5.4	Yes	ScientificCERNSLC	5.4	Boron
ScientificLinuxCern 5.5	Yes	ScientificCERNSLC	5.5	Boron
ScientificLinuxCern 6.*	No	ScientificCERNSLC	6.*	Carbon
ScientificLinuxFermi 5.0	Yes	ScientificSLF	5.0	Lederman
ScientificLinuxFermi 5.1	Yes	ScientificSLF	5.1	Lederman
ScientificLinuxFermi 5.2	Yes	ScientificSLF	5.2	Lederman
ScientificLinuxFermi 5.3	Yes	ScientificSLF	5.3	Lederman
Suse 9	Yes	SUSE LINUX	9	n/a
Suse 9.3	Yes	SUSE LINUX	9.3	n/a
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (ia64)	Yes	SUSE LINUX	10	n/a
openSuse 10.2	Yes	SUSE LINUX	10.2	n/a
Ubuntu 5.10	Yes	Ubuntu	5.10	breezy
Ubuntu 6.06	Yes	Ubuntu	6.06	dapper
Ubuntu 8.04	Yes	Ubuntu	8.04	hardy
Ubuntu 8.10	Yes	Ubuntu	8.10	intrepid
AIX 5.2	No	AIX	5.2	AIX
Windows XP	No	Microsoft WINDOWS	XP Professional	SP2
Fedora 20	Yes	Fedora	20	Heisenbug

• GStat will use this list to check OS Name, so please add your OS and open a GGUS ticket.

Matching to an Operating System in Your JDL

Microsoft Windows

Requirements = GlueHostOperatingSystemName == "Microsoft WINDOWS"  ;

AIX Unix

Requirements = GlueHostOperatingSystemName == "AIX" ;

RHEL 3 Binary Compatible with {edg|glite}-job-{wms}-{submit|list-match}

Requirements = (( other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "CentOS" ||
                  other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "RedHatEnterpriseAS"
                ) &&
                ( other.GlueHostOperatingSystemRelease >= 3.0 &&
                  other.GlueHostOperatingSystemRelease < 4.0
                )
               ) ||
               (( other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "Scientific Linux" ||
                  other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "Scientific Linux CERN"
                )
               ) ;

RHEL 4 Binary Compatible with {edg|glite}-job-{wms}-{submit|list-match}

Requirements = ( other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "CentOS" ||
                 other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "RedHatEnterpriseAS"  ||
                 other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "ScientificSL" ||
                 other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "ScientificCERNSLC"
               ) &&
               ( other.GlueHostOperatingSystemRelease >= 4.0 &&
                 other.GlueHostOperatingSystemRelease < 5.0
               ) ;

RHEL 3 Binary Compatible with gLite WMS >= 3.1 and glite-wms-job-{submit|list-match}

If you are using a newer gLite WMS then the following match is better in the sense it makes less assumptions about what is out there and it can be assigned to a variable which makes it easier to use. The previous two matches still work though.

RHEL3 = (( other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "CentOS" ||
           other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "RedHatEnterpriseAS"
         ) &&
         ( other.GlueHostOperatingSystemRelease >= 3.0 &&
           other.GlueHostOperatingSystemRelease < 4.0
         )
        ) ||
        (( other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "Scientific Linux" ||
           other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "Scientific Linux CERN"
         ) &&
         ( RegExp("3\.[0-9]\.[0-9]",other.GlueHostOperatingSystemRelease)
         )
        ) ;
Requirements = RHEL3 ;

RHEL 4 Binary Compatable with Glite WMS >= 3.1 and glite-wms-job-{submit|list-match}

If you are using a newer gLite WMS then the following match is better in the sense it makes less assumptions about what is out there and it can be assigned to a variable which makes it easier to use.

RHEL4 = (  other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "CentOS" ||
           other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "RedHatEnterpriseAS"  ||
           other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "ScientificSL" ||
           other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName  == "ScientificCERNSLC"
        ) &&
        ( other.GlueHostOperatingSystemRelease >= 4.0 &&
          other.GlueHostOperatingSystemRelease < 5.0
        ) ;
Requirements = RHEL4 ;

or

SN    = other.GlueHostOperatingSystemName ;
SR    = other.GlueHostOperatingSystemRelease ;
RHEL4 = ( SN  == "CentOS" || SN == "RedHatEnterpriseAS"  ||
          SN  == "ScientificSL" || SN  == "ScientificCERNSLC"
        ) &&
        ( SR >= 4.0 && SR < 5.0
        ) ;
Requirements = RHEL4 ;