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arc.conf Template for SMSCG Sites

Below arc.conf template can be downloaded from https://repo.smscg.ch/smscg/arc.conf.

Color codes:

• green:  configuration block
• red: configuration part you may have to adapt
• gray: comments of configuration options
• blue: links to SMSCG documentation
• NEW/CHANGED in ARC1

arc.conf

[common]
pbs_bin_path="/usr/bin"
pbs_log_path="/var/spool/pbs/server_logs"
hostname="bacchus.switch.ch"
lrms="fork"

globus_tcp_port_range="9000,12000"
globus_udp_port_range="9000,12000"
# About Certificates
x509_user_key="/etc/grid-security/hostkey.pem"
x509_user_cert="/etc/grid-security/hostcert.pem"
x509_cert_dir="/etc/grid-security/certificates"
gridmap="/etc/grid-security/grid-mapfile"


#about enabling/disabling VOs in general 
[vo]
id="vo0"
vo="smscg"
file="/etc/grid-security/grid-mapfile"
source="file:///etc/grid-security/local_users"

[vo]
id="vo1"
vo="smscg_life"
source="vomss://voms.smscg.ch:8443/voms/life"
file="/etc/grid-security/grid-mapfile"
mapped_unixid="life001"

[vo]
id="vo2"
vo="smscg_crypto"
source="vomss://voms.smscg.ch:8443/voms/crypto"
file="/etc/grid-security/grid-mapfile"
mapped_unixid="crypto001"

# VO tutor (how to enable/disable)
#[vo]
#id="vo3"
#vo="smscg_tutor"
#source="vomss://voms.smscg.ch:8443/voms/tutor"
#file="/etc/grid-security/grid-mapfile"
#mapped_unixid="tutor001"

[vo]
id="vo4"
vo="smscg_earth"
source="vomss://voms.smscg.ch:8443/voms/earth"
file="/etc/grid-security/grid-mapfile"
mapped_unixid="earth001"

[vo]
id="vo5"
vo="smscg"
source="vomss://voms.smscg.ch:8443/voms/smscg"
file="/etc/grid-security/grid-mapfile"
mapped_unixid="smscg001" 

[vo]
id="vo6"
vo="smscg"
source="vomss://voms.smscg.ch:8443/voms/atlas"
file="/etc/grid-security/grid-mapfile"
mapped_unixid="atlas001"


[group/banned]
file="/etc/grid-security/banned_users"

[group/locals]
file="/etc/grid-security/local_users"

[group/life_auth]
# syntax: voms="<vo_name> <vo_group>, <vo_role>, <vo_Capability> 
# notice, that vo_Capability is obsoleted since long
voms="life /life * *"

[group/crypto_auth]
voms="crypto /crypto * *"

[group/tutor_auth]
voms="tutor /tutor * *"

[group/earth_auth]
voms="earth /earth * *"

[group/smscg_auth]
voms="smscg /smscg * *"


[grid-manager]
#pidfile="/var/run/grid-manager.pid"
tmpdir="/var/spool/nordugrid/jobstatus"
controldir="/var/spool/nordugrid/jobstatus"
sessiondir="/nordugrid/scratch/grid"
runtimedir="/nordugrid/SOFTWARE/runtime"
# detailed info on caching and stageing [pdf]
cachedir="/nordugrid/scratch/cache"
cachesize="80 70"
cachelifetime="30d"

localtransfer="no"
debug="4"
logfile="/var/log/smscg/grid-manager.log"
logsize="100000 2"
gnu_time="/usr/bin/time"
shared_filesystem="yes"
mail="grid@switch.ch"
joblog="/var/log/smscg/gm-jobs.log"

wakeupperiod="60"
securetransfer="no"
passivetransfer="no"
speedcontrol="0 300 0 300"
norootpower="yes"
maxrerun="5" 
maxtransfertries="10"

# accouting with SGAS
authplugin="FINISHED timeout=30,onfailure=pass /usr/libexec/arc/arc-ur-logger %C %I %S %U"

#fair shares and job rate configuration 
# maxjobs number1 number2 - specifies maximum allowed number of jobs.  
# number1 - jobs which are not in FINISHED state (jobs tracked in RAM)  
# number2 - jobs being run (SUBMITTING, INLRMS states)  
# Missing number or -1 means no limit.
maxjobs="10000 10" 
# maxload number1 number2 number3 - specifies maximum allowed number of jobs.  
# number1 - jobs being processed on frontend (PREPARING, FINISHING states)  
# number2 - additional reserved number of jobs being processed on frontend 
# number3 - number of files being transfered simultaneously by job in  
# PREPARING and FINISHING states. Missing number or -1 means no limit.
maxload="10 2 5" 
# defaultttl [ttl [ttr]] - ttl is the time in seconds for how long a session  
# directory will survive after job execution has finished. If not specified  
# the default is 1 week. ttr is how long information about a job will be kept.  
# If not specified, the ttr default is one month.
defaultttl="259200"   


[gridftpd]
debug="4"
logfile="/var/log/smscg/gridftpd.log"
logsize="100000 2"
pidfile="/var/run/gridftpd.pid"
port="2811"
pluginpath="/usr/lib/arc" # OR # pluginpath="/usr/lib64/arc"
encryption="no"
allowunknown="no"
maxconnections="200"
unixgroup="banned mapfile /etc/grid-security/banned_users"
unixgroup="locals mapfile /etc/grid-security/local_users"
unixgroup="life_auth simplepool /etc/grid-security/gridmapdir/life"
#unixgroup="tutor_auth simplepool /etc/grid-security/gridmapdir/tutor"
#unixgroup="crypto_auth simplepool /etc/grid-security/gridmapdir/crypto"
#unixgroup="earth_auth simplepool /etc/grid-security/gridmapdir/earth"
unixgroup="smscg_auth simplepool /etc/grid-security/gridmapdir/smscg"
unixmap="terminator:grid all" 



[gridftpd/filedir]
plugin="fileplugin.so"
groupcfg="locals smscg_auth life_auth"
# detailed info on caching and stageing [pdf]
path="/stage"
mount="/nordugrid/scratch/stagedir"
dir="/ read cd dirlist delete create *:* 600:600 mkdir *:* 700:700"
dir="/smscg read cd dirlist delete create *:* 660:660"


[gridftpd/gacldir]
# detailed info on caching and stageing [pdf]
plugin="gaclplugin.so"
groupcfg="locals smscg_auth life_auth"
path="/gacl"
mount="/nordugrid/scratch/GACL"
gacl="<gacl><entry><person><dn>$subject</dn></person><allow><list/><read/><write/><admin/></allow></entry></gacl>"


[gridftpd/jobs]
path="/jobs"
plugin="jobplugin.so"
groupcfg="locals smscg_auth life_auth"
# planning a scheduled downtime
#allownew=no 
allownew="yes"
maxjobdesc="5242880"


Please check entire [infosys blob for changes]
[infosys]
overwrite_config="yes"
oldconfsuffix=".oldconfig"
hostname="bacchus.switch.ch"
port="2135"
debug="2"
slapd_loglevel="1"
slapd_hostnamebind="*"
threads="128"
timelimit="1800"
registrationlog="/var/log/arc/inforegistration.log"
providerlog="/var/log/arc/infoprovider.log"
provider_loglevel="2"
user="root"
infosys_debug="disable"
#infosys_compat=enable
infosys_nordugrid="enable"
infosys_glue12="disable"
infosys_glue2_ldap="disable"
bdii_location="/usr"
#o="local"
bdii_tmp_dir="/var/tmp/bdii"
bdii_var_dir="/var/run/bdii"
bdii_log_dir="/var/log/arc"
bdii_cmd="/etc/init.d/bdii"
bdii_update_cmd="/usr/sbin/bdii-update"
[infosys/cluster/registration/clustertosmscg]
targethostname="idgc3grid06.uzh.ch"
targetport="2135"
targetsuffix="mds-vo-name=Switzerland,o=grid"
registrantport="2135"
regperiod="50"

[infosys/cluster/registration/clustertoSMSCG]
targethostname="giis.smscg.ch"
targetport="2135"
targetsuffix="mds-vo-name=Switzerland,o=grid"
regperiod="30"


[cluster]
hostname="bacchus.switch.ch"
cluster_alias="SWITCH SMSCG TEST"
comment="This cluster is a toy 'cluster' for middleware testing"
cluster_location="Zurich"
cluster_owner="SWITCH"
clustersupport="grid@switch.ch"
lrmsconfig="single job per processor"
homogeneity="True"
architecture="adotf"
opsys="Debian 6.0"
middleware="SMSCG"
nodeaccess="inbound"
nodeaccess="outbound"

[queue/short]
name="short"
comment="This queue is nothing more than a test pbs pool"
totalcpus="1"
cachetime="30"
timelimit="30"
sizelimit="5000"
# nodememory - this is the amount of memory (specified in MB) on the node 
# which can be guaranteed to be available for the application. Please note 
# in most cases it is less than the physical memory installed in the nodes.
# Do NOT set this attribute on cluster level if the NODES are inhomogeneous
# with respect to their memories, instead arrange the nodes into homogeneous
# groups assigned to a queue and use queue-level attributes. 
nodememory="512"

[logger]
# accouting with SGAS
log_all="https://sgas.smscg.ch:6143/sgas"
log_dir=/var/spool/nordugrid/usagerecords/