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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
OSG announcement: Executive Director
Dear all,
Click here to read the latest OSG newsletter! Among other articles, you can read a message from Lothar Bauerdick on stepping down as the OSG Executive Director, and a message (re-)introducing the new Executive Director, Frank Würthwein.
If you would like to sign up to the OSG newsletter. Please email osg-contact@opensciencegrid.org.
Best wishes,
Clemmie Jones
Click here to read the latest OSG newsletter! Among other articles, you can read a message from Lothar Bauerdick on stepping down as the OSG Executive Director, and a message (re-)introducing the new Executive Director, Frank Würthwein.
If you would like to sign up to the OSG newsletter. Please email osg-contact@opensciencegrid.org.
Best wishes,
Clemmie Jones
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Announcing OSG Software versions 3.2.20 and 3.1.44
We are pleased to announce OSG Software versions 3.2.20 and 3.1.44.
OSG 3.2.20 contains:
* GIP now produces information about the HTCondor-CE for BDII
(See release notes for a manual configuration step)
* HTCondor 8.2.7
* GlideinWMS 3.2.8 (improved monitoring and bug fixes)
* Based on request of OSG VOs, a subset of EGI.EU CVMFS repositories
are now accessible by default with the oasis-config RPM
* Several updates to osg-configure
* Security fixes for HTCondor 8.3.2 in upcoming
At this time, OSG 3.1 receives critical updates only and
will be completely unsupported after April 30th, 2015.
OSG 3.1.44 contains:
* Added TLS support to edg-mkgridmap
* Security fixes for HTCondor 7.8.8
JAVA UPDATE AND OSG SOFTWARE: Around January 20th, OpenJDK 7u75 was released;
this update to OSG’s preferred Java implementation was notable in that it
disabled SSL communication by default, thereby relying on TLS for all secure
connections. This change caused edg-mkgridmap 4.0.0 and earlier fail to connect
to VOMS Admin, because it lacked TLS support. OSG 3.2 already contained
edg-mkgridmap 4.0.1 with TLS support, and with today’s release of edg-mkgridmap
4.0.1 in OSG 3.1, we believe that all OSG software in Java or uses Java services
is ready for TLS. As always, if you find issues with OSG software, due to SSL or
other causes, please email us at.
Release notes and pointers to more documentation can be found at:
https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release3220
https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release3144
Need help? Let us know:
https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/HelpProcedure
We welcome feedback on this release!
OSG 3.2.20 contains:
* GIP now produces information about the HTCondor-CE for BDII
(See release notes for a manual configuration step)
* HTCondor 8.2.7
* GlideinWMS 3.2.8 (improved monitoring and bug fixes)
* Based on request of OSG VOs, a subset of EGI.EU CVMFS repositories
are now accessible by default with the oasis-config RPM
* Several updates to osg-configure
* Security fixes for HTCondor 8.3.2 in upcoming
At this time, OSG 3.1 receives critical updates only and
will be completely unsupported after April 30th, 2015.
OSG 3.1.44 contains:
* Added TLS support to edg-mkgridmap
* Security fixes for HTCondor 7.8.8
JAVA UPDATE AND OSG SOFTWARE: Around January 20th, OpenJDK 7u75 was released;
this update to OSG’s preferred Java implementation was notable in that it
disabled SSL communication by default, thereby relying on TLS for all secure
connections. This change caused edg-mkgridmap 4.0.0 and earlier fail to connect
to VOMS Admin, because it lacked TLS support. OSG 3.2 already contained
edg-mkgridmap 4.0.1 with TLS support, and with today’s release of edg-mkgridmap
4.0.1 in OSG 3.1, we believe that all OSG software in Java or uses Java services
is ready for TLS. As always, if you find issues with OSG software, due to SSL or
other causes, please email us at
Release notes and pointers to more documentation can be found at:
https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release3220
https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release3144
Need help? Let us know:
https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/HelpProcedure
We welcome feedback on this release!
Monday, February 9, 2015
2015 OSG All-Hands Meeting
Registration for the 2015 Open Science Grid all-hands meeting closes a month from today on Monday, March 9. Register now to secure your place! http://sites.northwestern.edu/osg-ahm2015/register/
Remember, you can sign up for the whole week or in daily increments, depending on how long you can attend. The draft agenda is available here: https://indico.fnal.gov/conferenceTimeTable.py?confId=8580#20150323
If you have any questions or suggestions for the agenda, please do not hesitate to contact us (mailto:osg-contact@opensciencegrid.org).
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!
Remember, you can sign up for the whole week or in daily increments, depending on how long you can attend. The draft agenda is available here: https://indico.fnal.gov/conferenceTimeTable.py?confId=8580#20150323
If you have any questions or suggestions for the agenda, please do not hesitate to contact us (mailto:osg-contact@opensciencegrid.org).
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
GOC Services Update - Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 at 14:00 UTC
The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 at 14:00 UTC.
The GOC reserves 8 hours in the unlikely event that unexpected problems are encountered.
GOC Ticket 1.87
* Fixed the issue where EventNotifier sometimes doesn't set proper submitter name (TICKET-115)
GOC-TX 1.44
* Added url to error message used for getnextassignee in case of error.
* Improved exception handling for test class.
* Updated Footprints accessor to set ticket-type by default (GOCTX-31)
Glidein Factory
* As happened with the ITB Glidein factory on January 20, the production Glidein factory will be upgraded to RHEL 6 by request of the Glidein group.
The GOC reserves 8 hours in the unlikely event that unexpected problems are encountered.
GOC Ticket 1.87
* Fixed the issue where EventNotifier sometimes doesn't set proper submitter name (TICKET-115)
GOC-TX 1.44
* Added url to error message used for getnextassignee in case of error.
* Improved exception handling for test class.
* Updated Footprints accessor to set ticket-type by default (GOCTX-31)
Glidein Factory
* As happened with the ITB Glidein factory on January 20, the production Glidein factory will be upgraded to RHEL 6 by request of the Glidein group.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Save the Date March 17-19, 2015 Clemson University
Advancing Research Computing on Campuses: Best Practices Workshop
Professionals involved in operating and supporting campus shared research computing infrastructure are invited to participate in this sharing of experience and expertise. Proposed topics include:
· Best practices in advanced computing resources
· The condo model
· Business models
· Collaboration with researchers
· Return on investment
· Interactions with national data centers and infrastructures
In Partnership with Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Research and Education Facilitators (ACI-REF) and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
If you are interested in giving a lightening talk on your current practices and issues facing your research computing infrastructure please submit an abstract using the form located on the workshop registration page: http://citi.clemson.edu/arcc/register.html.
For more information on the workshop, hotels, and registration, please visit our website http://citi.clemson.edu/arcc/.
Barr von Oehsen: joehsen@clemson.edu
Professionals involved in operating and supporting campus shared research computing infrastructure are invited to participate in this sharing of experience and expertise. Proposed topics include:
· Best practices in advanced computing resources
· The condo model
· Business models
· Collaboration with researchers
· Return on investment
· Interactions with national data centers and infrastructures
In Partnership with Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Research and Education Facilitators (ACI-REF) and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
If you are interested in giving a lightening talk on your current practices and issues facing your research computing infrastructure please submit an abstract using the form located on the workshop registration page: http://citi.clemson.edu/arcc/register.html.
For more information on the workshop, hotels, and registration, please visit our website http://citi.clemson.edu/arcc/.
Barr von Oehsen: joehsen@clemson.edu
perfSONAR Infrastructure Monitoring and 3.4.1 Update Reminder
Dear All,
This is a reminder to all WLCG sites to reinstall or upgrade their perfSONAR instances to version 3.4.1 if they haven't done so already. The deadline for sites to upgrade is 16th of February. We'd like to stress, that after updating, it's very important to reconfigure your instances following the instructions at https://twiki.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/InstallUpdatePS
We'd also like to ask ALL sites to reboot their instances in order to ensure that the latest security updates are applied and to check if you have correctly whitelisted the OSG subnet, which is now hosting the core infrastructure for WLCG perfSONAR.
Finally, we would like to announce availability of the perfSONAR infrastructure monitoring at: http://pfomd.grid.iu.edu
To access it, you will need to have your personal certificate loaded in the browser. You can check status of your perfSONAR instances by typing hostname (or just domain) in the quick search bar. Detailed information on the metrics and troubleshooting is available at https://twiki.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/TroubleFAQPS
For any issues, please open GGUS ticket for WLCG perfSONAR Support or contact wlcg-perfsonar-support@cern.ch.
Best regards,
perfSONAR Support Team
This is a reminder to all WLCG sites to reinstall or upgrade their perfSONAR instances to version 3.4.1 if they haven't done so already. The deadline for sites to upgrade is 16th of February. We'd like to stress, that after updating, it's very important to reconfigure your instances following the instructions at https://twiki.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/InstallUpdatePS
We'd also like to ask ALL sites to reboot their instances in order to ensure that the latest security updates are applied and to check if you have correctly whitelisted the OSG subnet, which is now hosting the core infrastructure for WLCG perfSONAR.
Finally, we would like to announce availability of the perfSONAR infrastructure monitoring at: http://pfomd.grid.iu.edu
To access it, you will need to have your personal certificate loaded in the browser. You can check status of your perfSONAR instances by typing hostname (or just domain) in the quick search bar. Detailed information on the metrics and troubleshooting is available at https://twiki.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/TroubleFAQPS
For any issues, please open GGUS ticket for WLCG perfSONAR Support or contact wlcg-perfsonar-support@cern.ch.
Best regards,
perfSONAR Support Team
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