URT:Agenda-02-03-2015

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UMD releases status

Status of the products verification/staged rollout

Released

• UMD 3 update 11 released on *16.02.2015:
  • APEL v. 1.3.1
  • APEL-SSM v. 2.1.5
  • BLAH 1.20.7
  • CGSI-gSOAP v. 1.3.7
  • CREAM v. 1.16.4
  • CREAM-torque v. 2.1.4
  • CREAM-ge v. 2.3.0
  • DPM 1.8.9
  • F.SQUID v. 2.7.19-21
  • FTS3 v. 3.2.30
  • Davix v. 0.4.0
  • DPM 1.8.9
  • DMlite 0.7.2
  • Gfal2 v. 2.7.8
  • Gfal-util v. 1.1.0
  • Gfal2-python 1.6.0.
  • srm-ifce v. 1.21.4
  • PX v. 1.3.36
  • WMS-ice v. 3.5.4
  • Frontier SQUID v. 2.7.19-21
  • Voms Admin v. 2.0.12/3.3.1
  • VOMS clients v. 3.0.5/3.0.6
  • UNICORE 7.2.0 (tsi, registry, gateway, xuudb, unicore-x)
  • QCG-computing-3.4.0 (only SL6)
  • QCG-notifications-3.4.0 (only SL6)
  • Globus 6.0.0 products: Gridftp, Globus-Default-Security, Gram5, MyProxy;

Under Staged Rollout

• voms-admin-server 3.3.3

In Verification

• argus-ees v. 0.2.1

Ready to be released:

N/A

Rejected

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Timeline for the next UMD updates

• ASAP - Emergency CA update
• End May

Updates from the product teams

This section is directly contributed by the product teams. Please, add under your section the scheduled releases with a short comment about the updates introduced and where they are going to be released (EMI repositories, EPEL, private repositories ecc), linking external pages with these information is ok, but please add at least the expected date of the next release. It is important to discuss, within the URT, changes that may affect directly or indirectly other products. The text will be copied into the agenda of the next URT meeting, PT will just need to check that all the information are up to date. Please, feel free to alter the template if it doesn't feet with your needs.

APEL

• Release version 1.4.0 Released: 2013-02-16
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
    • detailed release note are available at APEL 1.4.0 Changelog
  • Other information:

ARC

• Release version 5.0.0 Expected: 2015-02-yy
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
    • Removal of old components:
      • arc-ur-logger (replaced with Jura)
      • LFC DMC
      • DQ2 DMC
      • old data staging
      • Confusa (abandoned prototype)
      • arcmigrate cli tool
      • arcslcs
      • SAML service
      • gridsite dependency
  • Other information:

Argus

• ARGUS PAP v. 1.6.2
  • Released on: 2015-02-09
  • Main changes: fix for "SSL authentication errors for the pap-admin client after the upgrade to the latest JRE"

dCache

• Release version 2.6.42 Expected: next UMD release
  • Main changes: see appdb
  • Other information:

BDII

• Release version x.y.z Expected: 2013-xx-yy
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
  • Other information:

DPM/LFC

• DPM
  • DPM-Xrootd 3.5.2 is in EPEL stable
  • this is the first version of the component compatible with xrootd4

GFAL2/gfal2-utils (was GFAL/lcg_utils)

• The CERN Data Management Clients publish their releases here: http://dmc.web.cern.ch/releases
• A new page with all releases and they status is available at https://dmc-docs.web.cern.ch/dmc-docs/
• New versions in EPEL
  • gfal2 2.8.1
  • gfal2-python 1.7.0
  • srm-ifce 1.22.1
  • CGSI-gSOAP 1.3.7-2

FTS

• FTS3 - v. 3.2.30 in EPEL-stable

Frontier-Squid

• Release version: 2.7STABLE9-21.1; Released: 2014-12-03 -
  • Main changes: http://frontier.cern.ch/dist/rpms/frontier-squidRELEASE_NOTES
    • Mainly improves multiple squid support, increasing max from 4 to 16 squids and limiting each squid to a share of available file descriptors
  • Other information (repository): http://frontier.cern.ch/dist/rpms

EMIR

• Release version: ; Expected:
  • Main changes:
  • Other information:

UNICORE

(expected in the course of 2015 that we will publish packages for UMD via AppDB at https://appdb.egi.eu/store/software/unicore

For now, packages for UNICORE 7.2.0 can be downloaded from

Debian: http://unicore-dev.zam.kfa-juelich.de/release-candidates/core/7.2.0-packages/deb

RPM: http://unicore-dev.zam.kfa-juelich.de/release-candidates/core/7.2.0-packages/rpm

RPM packages were tested on Centos 6, so SL6 will be fine. SL5 is NOT supported any more.

Changes are listed with respect to the last UNICORE version available in UMD which is 6.6.0

• UNICORE/X 7.2.0 (expected on: 2015-01-21)
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
    • Product name is "unicore-unicorex"
    • New web services stack based on Apache CXF and Apache HTTPClient 4
    • RESTful API in addition to the SOAP/WS API
    • Many performance improvements
    • Many fixes for bugs and some security vulnerabilities (e.g. SSL POODLE)
    • For a full, detailed list of changes please refer to http://unicore.eu/changes/server.html
  • Other information:
    • This is a major update. We recommend uninstalling any older (6.6) version that you may have, and re-install from scratch.
    • UNICORE 7 is backwards compatible with UNICORE 6
    • HTML doc http://unicore.eu/documentation/manuals/unicore6/files/unicorex/unicorex-manual.html
    • PDF doc http://unicore.eu/documentation/manuals/unicore6/files/unicorex/unicorex-manual.pdf

• TSI 7.2.0 (expected on: 2015-01-21)
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
    • There are now individual packages for the different supported batch systems
    • Product names are "unicore-tsi-nobatch", "unicore-tsi-torque", "unicore-tsi-lsf", "unicore-tsi-sge" and "unicore-tsi-slurm"
    • Several bug fixes
    • Improved support for SSL (e.g. when using IPv6, better error messages)
    • For a full, detailed list of changes please refer to http://unicore.eu/changes/server.html
  • Other information:
    • This is a major update. We recommend uninstalling any older (6.6) version that you may have, and re-install from scratch.
    • UNICORE 7 is backwards compatible with UNICORE 6
    • HTML doc http://unicore.eu/documentation/manuals/unicore6/files/tsi/tsi-manual.html
    • PDF doc http://unicore.eu/documentation/manuals/unicore6/files/tsi/tsi-manual.pdf

• Gateway 7.2.0 (expected on: 2015-01-21)
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
    • Now based on Apache HTTPClient 4
    • Many fixes for bugs and some security vulnerabilities (e.g. SSL POODLE)
    • For a full, detailed list of changes please refer to http://unicore.eu/changes/server.html
  • Other information:
    • This is a major update. We recommend uninstalling any older (6.6) version that you may have, and re-install from scratch.
    • UNICORE 7 is backwards compatible with UNICORE 6
    • HTML doc http://unicore.eu/documentation/manuals/unicore6/files/gateway/manual.html
    • PDF doc http://unicore.eu/documentation/manuals/unicore6/files/gateway/manual.pdf

• Registry 7.2.0 (expected on: 2015-01-21)
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
    • New web services stack based on Apache CXF and Apache HTTPClient 4
    • Fix for the SSL POODLE security vulnerability
    • For a full, detailed list of changes please refer to http://unicore.eu/changes/server.html
  • Other information:
    • This is a major update. We recommend uninstalling any older (6.6) version that you may have, and re-install from scratch.
    • UNICORE 7 is backwards compatible with UNICORE 6
    • HTML doc http://unicore.eu/documentation/manuals/unicore6/files/registry/registry-manual.html
    • PDF doc http://unicore.eu/documentation/manuals/unicore6/files/registry/registry-manual.pdf

• XUUDB 7.2.0 (expected on: 2015-01-21)
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
    • New web services stack based on Apache CXF and Apache HTTPClient 4
    • Fix for the SSL POODLE security vulnerability
    • For a full, detailed list of changes please refer to http://unicore.eu/changes/server.html
  • Other information:
    • This is a major update. We recommend uninstalling any older (6.6) version that you may have, and re-install from scratch.
    • UNICORE 7 is backwards compatible with UNICORE 6
    • HTML doc http://unicore.eu/documentation/manuals/unicore6/files/xuudb/manual.html
    • PDF doc http://unicore.eu/documentation/manuals/unicore6/files/xuudb/manual.pdf

• UCC 7.x Expected on: TBD
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
  • Other information:

LB

• Release version x.y.z Expected: 2013-xx-yy
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
  • Other information:

Gridsite

• Release version x.y.z Expected: 2013-xx-yy
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
  • Other information:

Proxyrenewal

• Release version x.y.z Expected: 2013-xx-yy
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
  • Other information:

CANL

• Release version x.y.z Expected: 2013-xx-yy
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
  • Other information:

gLite-security

• Release version w.k.j Expected on: 2013-xx-yy
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
  • Other information:

gLExec-wn

• LCMAPS-plugins-C-PEP & EES(+xacml library)
• Release version x.y.z Expected: 2013-xx-yy
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
  • Other information:

CREAM

• BLAH
• Release version x.y.z Expected: 2013-xx-yy
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
  • Other information:

• CREAM
• Release version 1.16.5 Released: 2015-02-16
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
    • CREAM 1.16.5 fixes & new features
  • Other information:

CREAM GE utils

• Release version X.Y.Z Expected: 2015-XX-YY
  • Main changes:
  • Other information:

STORM

• Release version 1.11.5 - 07.01.2015
  • Release notes can be found at: - http://italiangrid.github.io/storm/release-notes/StoRM-v1.11.5.html
• Release version 1.11.6 - 21.01.2015 - emergency
  • Release notes can be found at: - http://italiangrid.github.io/storm/release-notes/StoRM-v1.11.6.html
• Release version 1.11.7 - 09.02.2015
  • Release notes can be found at: - http://italiangrid.github.io/storm/release-notes/StoRM-v1.11.7.html

VOMS

• Release versions:
  • VOMS Admin server v. 3.3.
  • VOMS Clients v. , VOMS API Java v.
  • VOMS C APIs, native clients and server v.
• Released version - VOMS Admin server v. 3.3.2 - released: 28.01.2015
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
    • VOMS Admin server 3.3.2 with the "skip_ca" fix - http://italiangrid.github.io/voms/release-notes/voms-admin-server/3.3.2/
  • Other information:

WMS

• Release version x.y.z Expected: 2013-xx-yy
  • Main changes: (including other products affected)
  • Other information:

Globus

Two updates in EPEL testing:

• Fix for GGUS 105158, 109089 and 109576. Some feedback indicates that the fix for GGUS 109089/109576 is incomplete. The feedback has been forwarded to the developers. No feedback reveived regarding GGUS 105158.
• Fix for RHBZ 1193992. Positive karma received.

History of Globus updates in EPEL (since GT 6.0)

• EPEL 5 EPEL 6 EPEL 7 testing: 2014-09-20, updated: 2014-09-21, 2014-09-30, 2014-10-01, stable: 2014-10-21
• EPEL 5 EPEL 6 EPEL 7 testing: 2014-10-30, stable: 2014-11-14
• EPEL 5 EPEL 6 EPEL 7 testing: 2014-11-15, stable: 2014-11-30
• EPEL 5 EPEL 6 EPEL 7 testing: 2014-11-19, stable: 2014-12-04 (myproxy only)
• EPEL 5 EPEL 6 EPEL 7 testing: 2014-12-12, stable: 2014-12-27
• EPEL 5 EPEL 6 EPEL 7 testing: 2014-12-18, stable: 2015-01-02 (myproxy only)
• EPEL 5 EPEL 6 EPEL 7 testing: 2015-01-08, stable: 2015-01-23
• EPEL 5 EPEL 6 EPEL 7 testing: 2015-01-28, stable: 2015-02-14 (updates all packages due to new packaging guidelines making all previous updates listed above obsolete)
• EPEL 5 EPEL 6 EPEL 7 testing: 2015-02-17, stable: TBD (GGUS 105158, 109089 and 109576)
• EPEL 5 EPEL 6 EPEL 7 testing: 2015-02-19, stable: TBD (RHBZ 1193992)

QCG

Next Release is planned in March. (to be included in UMD update in May).

• Due to missing elements in GLUE2 schema (reported many times long time ago) some warnings are still reported by glue-validator:
  • W037 Description: Wrong type
  • W037 Affected attribute: GLUE2ServiceType
  • W037 Published value: ['org.qcg.notification']
  • W037 Description: Wrong type
  • W037 Affected attribute: GLUE2EndpointInterfaceName
  • W037 Published value: ['org.oasis.notification']
  • W037 Description: Wrong type
  • W037 Affected attribute: GLUE2ServiceType
  • W037 Published value: ['org.qcg.computing']

• In preparation for the subsequent udpate:
  • several updates of the packages, including new versions of QCG-Broker (support for voms) and QCG-Computing services.

Report from WLCG MW Officer

• open verifications are available at https://its.cern.ch/jira/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=15100

• products ( part of UMD) verified since the last meeting ( which are part of UMD)
  • Storm 1.11.6
  • DPM-Xrootd 3.5.2

• under verification:
  • Storm 1.11.7

• tests under configuration:
  • ARC-CE 5.0.0
  • CREAM CE 1.16.5

Other topics

XROOTD v.3 vs XROOTD v. 4

• xrootd 4.1.1 and xrootd-compat 3.3.6 were pushed to EPEL 5 and 6 stable on 2015-02-16:
  • https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2014-4648 (EPEL 5)
  • https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2014-4636 (EPEL 6)
• The updated dpm-xrootd packages were pushed to stable at the same time:
  • https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dpm-xrootd-3.5.2-1.el5
  • https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dpm-xrootd-3.5.2-1.el6

Actions (done and in progress)

Java 7

• Java 7 - as dependency of released products/components - Please have a look and send comments, especially TP missing

EPEL 7

• Status of support of EPEL 7, together with SL7 or CentOS7 - Please have a look and send comments, especially TP missing

SL5 & MySQL 5.0 vs. MySQL 5.X, x>=1

• For more details see Middleware support of MySQL v. 5.x, x>=1

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