Thaks a lot . I really appreciate your help. I am using VIRTUAL BOX for virtual machines. Yes, it is really easy to do things on virtual machines. I think I should clean all the things and start it again. Once again bundle of thanks for your pieces of advices and specially for your cheat sheet.
Regards Kaasim Saeed. On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Roy, Kevin (LNG-SEA) < [email protected]> wrote: > You probably why not like this suggestion… I am using VMWare machines so > it is fairly easy for me to do. > > > > I found that if I messed something up, it was easier to recreate on a clean > machine. > > > > I found the QuickStart for 5.0 works well if followed exactly. Pay close > attention to the machine name and the user name. Even though the QuickStart > has links to explain what is going on when I followed them and performed > some steps it actually caused problems for me. I found this to be true > especially for the authentication. I believe that my problems were that I > had overlapping security or I would create things by the wrong user and so > the permissions conflicted. Following the QuickStart exactly without > following other links works on Ubuntu 10.04 and Globus 5.0.2 on a clean > machine. I have done it dozens of times. > > > > No one likes to do a reinstall but if possible start clean. The following > is a list of everything I do with VMWare to install Globus. Here is my > cheat sheet. > > > > If you have a ‘real’ Ubuntu machine and not a Virtual Machine. You might > consider downloading VMWare Player it is free. And before you go home for > the night create bunch of VMs. This way you have multiple clean slates to > use. After you setup globus on these clean machine than go back and try to > figure out what went wrong. > > > > Many people have come to me to help figure out problems (with other > products), they never like to hear it but starting clean is the easiest > way. If you make a mistake, go to a new machine and start over… > > > > - Install Ubuntu 10.10 on VmPlayer > > - Install updates from Update Manager > > > > - Install addition tools (screens, mice) > > - VMWare > > - choose to install VMWare Tools and setup > to do so automatically. > > > > - Install Windows share dir. > > - from 'Virtual Machine Settings' (c:\share, share) > > - sudo vi /etc/rc.local > > ln -s /mnt/hgfs/share /share > > > > - verify hostname is correct - add domain (create a bogus name, as this is > a virtual it doesn’t matter. BTW www.grid.com is not bogus and using it > will cause you problems) > > - sudo vi /etc/hostname > > - sudo vi /etc/hosts - add ip address and hostname of machines in > grid > > > > - To open virtual machine from windows using //hostname > > - change Network tools to include machine name > > - Configure eth0 in Network Device > > - edit Auto eth0 > > - Change DHCP Client ID to hostname in IPv4 > Settings > > > > - Change Remote Desktops - to allow others to connect > > > > - Share directories between virtual machines > > - Install Samba > > - sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf - add "usershare owner only = > false" to [Global] > > - sudo mkdir /hostname > > - sudo chmod 777 /hostname > > - Share Folder /hostname in 'Places' > > > > - Setup Globus > > - sudo adduser globus > > - sudo adduser globus admin > > - sudo mkdir /usr/globus > > - sudo chown globus:globus /usr/globus > > - sudo vi ~root/.bashrc > > . /home/globus/.bashrc > > - sudo vi ~globus/.bashrc > > export GLOBUS_LOCATION=/usr/globus > > export G=$GLOBUS_LOCATION > > export GPT_LOCATION=$G > > export PATH=.:$G/bin:$PATH > > . $G/etc/globus-user-env.sh > > > > - Ubuntu considers poor security but Globus assumes this in some scripts > (an active root account) > > - sudo passwd root > > > > - Globus > > - sudo apt-get install libssl-dev xinetd g++ openssh-server > > - download globus and untar > > - verify tar, sed, make, gcc, g++, openssl, zlib (--version > or dpkg --list | grep ssl) > > - configure --prefix=$G (ensure that you sourced the > additions to the .bashrc) > > - make > > - make install > > - Follow the QuickStart directions > > > Kevin > > *From:* kasim saeed [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, January 07, 2011 10:28 AM > *To:* Roy, Kevin (LNG-SEA); [email protected]; Lukasz Lacinski; > [email protected] > *Cc:* Dr. Farrukh Nadeem > *Subject:* Re: [gt-user] Globus installation error > > > > Hi all > > > I am new to Globus ToolKit and need it to install for my academic purposes. > I am using " * > http://www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/4.0/admin/docbook/quickstart.html* " > link for installation. > > OS : Ubuntu 10.04 > Globus Toolkit : 5.0.2 > > I am naive in this filed so i am using *GT 4 quick** start *as it is more > detailed but the version of toolkit i am using is *5.0.2*. > > Everything is going fine until I gave the following command > > *grid-ca-sign -in /etc/grid-security/hostcert_request.pem -out hostsigned.pem* > > > > > > ERROR:grid-ca-sign: command not found. > > > I tried it with both users (root and globus) but the error is same. > > I really appreciate the efforts of this list in helping me. > > Please Help. > > Regards > Kaasim Saeed. > > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Roy, Kevin (LNG-SEA) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > You may have one of two problems. > > > > 1. I run the script as root. I know Ubuntu you should not need to. > But sudo’ing the script isn’t smooth. > > 2. I think if you tried to run the script a second type there is a > question asking if you want to overwrite something. Simply type y and hit > return your script will return shortly. > > > > Kevin > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *kasim saeed > *Sent:* Thursday, January 06, 2011 11:39 PM > *To:* [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > *Cc:* Dr. Farrukh Nadeem > *Subject:* [gt-user] Globus installation error > > > > Hi all > I am new to Globus toolkit and need to install it for my academic purposes. > I am following "* > http://www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/5.0/5.0.2/admin/quickstart/#quickstart*"; > link for its installation. > > OS: Ubuntu 10.04 > GT version: 5.0.2 > > > > The problem is that when i give > > *perl gt-server-ca.pl -y* command > > > > > > > > > It shows me following. > > *Setting up /sandbox/globus/globus-5.0.2/ > > * > > *Please enter a password of at least four characters for the CA: > > * > > * > > * > > * * > > *Confirm password: > > * > > *Creating a new simpleCA, logging to gt-server-ca.log... > > * > > *Running setup-gsi... > > * > > *Your CA hash is: b906298a > > * > > *It is located at /sandbox/globus/globus-5.0.2//share/certificates/b906298a.0* > > > Nothing happens after that , processing is continuing. I have waited more > than 1 hour , but the process continues. It is supposed to show following > lines after showing the previous lines. > > > > > > *Your host DN is > /O=Grid/OU=GlobusTest/OU=simpleCA-elephant.globus.org/CN=host/elephant.globus.org > > > * > > * * > > * * > > *The hostcert is located at /sandbox/globus/globus-5.0.2//etc/hostcert.pem* > > > > > > > > Please Help. > > Regards > Kaasim Saeed. > > >
