GOC Services Update - Tuesday, January 27th, 2015 at 13:00 UTC

The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning Tuesday, January 27th, 2015 at 13:00 UTC.
The GOC reserves 8 hours in the unlikely event that unexpected problems are encountered.

MyOSG 2.32
* meshconfig / removing GOC to WLCG meshconfig redirection. GOC's meshconfigs are now considered authoritative mesh config for perfsonar instances. ?new parameter is no longer needed to disable redirection.
* Removed various pages pointing to old datastore (perfsonar matrix, perfsonar host status, and perfsonar VO matrix page). These pages are to be replaced by the new version of datastore (pfds), MaDDash, and OMD display soon.
* (patched) Fixed the issue where disabled tests show up on auto mesh config
* (patched) Added disable flag filtering for auto mesh config

GOC Ticket 1.86
* Minor bug fix for search result page

Glidein
* Upgrade OS to RHEL6 (pending ITB testing)

All Services
* Operating system updates; reboots will be required. The usual HA mechanisms will be used, but some services will experience brief outages.

Announcing OSG Software versions 3.2.19 and 3.1.43

We are pleased to announce OSG Software versions 3.2.19 and 3.1.43.

OSG 3.2.19 contains:
* Several HTCondor CE fixes and improvements (see release notes)
* HTCondor 8.2.6 with a backport of the user-specific config file feature
* HTCondor 8.3.2 in the upcoming repository
* Update to VOMS 2.0.12
* Added an XRootD security module
* Introduced an RSV perfSONAR probe (primarily for the GOC)
* Improved TLS support in MyProxy
* Added TLS support to globus-gram-client and edg-mkgridmap
* Improved support for multiple frontier-squid servers on a single machine
* Several other minor bug fixes

At this time, OSG 3.1 receives critical updates only and
will be completely unsupported after April 30th, 2015.

OSG 3.1.43 contains:
* Improved TLS support in MyProxy
* Added TLS support to globus-gram-client

Release notes and pointers to more documentation can be found at:

https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release3219
https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release3143

Need help? Let us know:

https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/HelpProcedure

We welcome feedback on this release!

GOC Services Update - January 13th, 2015 at 13:00 UTC

The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 at 13:00 UTC. The GOC reserves 8 hours in the unlikely event that unexpected problems are encountered.

MyOSG 2.31
meshconfig / Added capability to override read_url (pfds)
(patched) moved traceroute service from latency to bandwidth service - per Shawn's request

GratiaWeb
Added new FOS queries (GRATIAWEB-67).

GOC Ticket
Fixed the issue where empty ticket type causes DataTable filtering to malfunction (TICKET-114)
Adding ticket type to Solr index and made all security ticket to be indexed by Solr. Added filtering code to hide security and/or security_notification from the search result (TICKET-112)
Added a few more character for allowed html url replace characters (TICKET-60)
Hidden email addresses in ticket descriptions for guest user (TICKET-108)

OIM 3.39
Added clear_cache internal rest API used by WLCG Loader used by Perfsonar Mesh config admin
Fixed the user/host certificate detail page table header issue.
Fixed invalid link inside GridAdmin/RA agreement text.
Replaced deprecated DivRep function calls inside CertificateRequestUserServlet.
Fixed an issue where googlemap's zoom control bar is missing (OIM-116)
Improved the refreshing mechanism for status indicator for user/host cert reqests (OIM-115)
Perfsonar Endpoint Crawler / updated use null instead of empty MA result (empty MA could be a valid mas list)

TWiki
Applied security patch to deal with http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2014-9367

Holliday Greetings from OSG Operations

Dear OSG Collaborators,

OSG Operations would like to wish you a happy holiday season and joyous new year!

We’d like to thank the OSG resource providers and users worldwide that have helped us provide over 780M hours of compute time this calendar year. There is a good possibility we will cap the 800M mark by year end! OSG Operations will continue to provide round the clock holiday coverage in case of operational emergencies over the holiday season. You can continue to open tickets at https://ticket.grid.iu.edu/goc/open, send us mail at goc@openscinecegrid.org, of call us at +1 (317)-274-9699. However, we will be operating on holiday procedures beginning on Wednesday the 24th and resuming regular staffing on Friday, January 2nd. During this time non-emergency issues will be handled on a best-effort basis.

Operations Weekly Calls will resume on Jan 5.

Thanks to everyone for another successful year! We look forward to working with everyone in 2015!

2015 OSG All-hands meeting: Registration now Open!

The 2015 Open Science Grid all-hands meeting is now open for registration! Please visit http://sites.northwestern.edu/osg-ahm2015/register/ to sign up.

The meeting will be held from Monday, March 23 to Friday, March 27, 2015 at Northwestern University’s Evanston Campus, Illinois. Please visit our website for more information about the format of the meeting and what is included in registration: http://sites.northwestern.edu/osg-ahm2015. If you have any questions, please contact Pamela Villalovoz at pmv@northwestern.edu.

The program will be based on the successful format from previous years, and details will be available in early 2015 https://indico.fnal.gov/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=8580. If you would be interested in participating in the planning process or the program itself, please do not hesitate to contact us as osg-contact@opensciencegrid.org.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Announcing OSG Software versions 3.2.18 and 3.1.42

We are pleased to announce OSG Software versions 3.2.18 and 3.1.42.

In addition to the items below, this release contains a rebuild of the OSG
MyProxy package for both OSG 3.1 and 3.2. It avoids installation and update
problems that started occurring December 5th and that are due to a change in
another repository (EPEL). Although this update was required to make Yum work
correctly, no action is required on your part.

OSG 3.2.18 contains:
* Several HTCondor CE fixes and improvements (see release notes)
* HTCondor 8.2.4 with patches (see release notes)
* GUMS 1.4.1 - Spruce up "Ban Users" UI
* Gratia probe updates - dCache probe keeps up, report proper VOName
* VO Package v58 - Remove old CERN VOMS addresses, Fermilab Analysis Role
* CA Certificate update to IGTF 1.61
* HTCondor 8.3.1 in the upcoming repository (with known issues)
* Several other minor bug fixes

OSG 3.1.42 contains:
* VO Package v58 - Remove old CERN VOMS addresses, Fermilab Analysis Role
* CA Certificate update to IGTF 1.61

Release notes and pointers to more documentation can be found at:

https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release3218
https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release3142

Need help? Let us know:

https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/HelpProcedure

We welcome feedback on this release!

GOC Services Update - Tuesday, December 9th at 13:00 UTC

The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 at 13:00 UTC. The GOC reserves 8 hours in the unlikely event that unexpected problems are encountered.

All Services
Operating system updates; reboots will be required. The usual HA mechanisms will be used but there will be short outages.

TWiki
Upgrading virtual machine to 2G RAM.

OASIS
Installing awstats on oasis and oasis-replica for monitoring purposes.

GOC Ticket 1.84
Added new ticket types (user/host cert request) and added type column under ticket list (OIM-113)
Another attempt to fix the url/email formatter (TICKET-60)

MyOSG 2.30
Regrouped the oasis manager contact information by contact_id and show list of DNs for each contact.
(released) meshconfig / Fixed a bug caused by duplicate service registration with identical hostnames.

RSV Process
Rebuilding rsvprocess1/2 instances to RHEL6

GOC-TX 1.43
Added handling of SNOW’s resolution note (https://ticket.grid.iu.edu/22547)

GratiaWeb
Upgrading graphtool to version 0.6.6-21.osg32.el6