[AG-TECH] Assistance configuring 2.4 Venue/Bridge Server on RHEL5 x86_64.

Wed May 21 09:10:33 CDT 2008

Hello,
	I apologize if this has been addressed else where.  I searched the 
archive and didn't find the answer.  My group is in the process of 
upgrading to 3.1 from 2.4.  For various political reasons I've been 
asked to keep a 2.4 server running for the near future.  I've had a 
2.3/2.4 Venue/Bridge server operational under RHEL3 for over 3 years now 
and am quite comfortable with setting up and maintaining 2.X AG.
	We've acquired new hardware for the 3.1 Venue/Bridge setup running 
RHEL5 and I wanted to run both the 2.X and 3.X servers on the same box 
to make my administrative life easier.  Using the docs from:

http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/research/accessgrid/software/rhel/

I installed all the AG3.1 RPM's (and pre-requirements) as well as the 
2.4 compatibility set.   I have the new 2.4 Venue Server up and 
operational and working fine from 2.X clients, but I can not get the 
bridge server to connect to the new Venue Server correctly.

Logs on the new bridge server when it connects to the new venue server show:

05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 Toolkit     Toolkit.py:709 INFO 
Service init: have profile None
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 Toolkit     Config.py:214 DEBUG System 
hostname of bridge3.renci.org is valid
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 CertificateManager 
CertificateManager.py:269 DEBUG Opened repository 
/opt/ag/.AccessGrid/Config/certRepo
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 Toolkit     Toolkit.py:738 INFO 
Initialized cert mgmt.
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 Toolkit     Toolkit.py:753 INFO  Loaded 
profile and configured with it.
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 CertificateManager 
CertificateManager.py:759 DEBUG Configuring standard environment
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 CertificateManager 
CertificateManager.py:827 DEBUG Using default identity /O=Access 
Grid/OU=agdev-ca.mcs.anl.gov/CN=VenueServer/venues.renci.org
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 CertificateManager 
CertificateManager.py:1083 DEBUG Initializing environment with 
unencrypted cert /O=Access 
Grid/OU=agdev-ca.mcs.anl.gov/CN=VenueServer/venues.renci.org
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 CertificateManager 
CertificateManager.py:1572 DEBUG done, success=1
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 Toolkit     Toolkit.py:764 INFO 
Initialized Globus.
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 Toolkit     Toolkit.py:782 INFO 
Service Initialization Complete.
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 Toolkit     BridgeServer24:157 INFO 
BridgeFactory.SetPortMin 30000
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 Toolkit     BridgeServer24:161 INFO 
BridgeFactory.SetPortMax 30999
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 Toolkit     BridgeServer24:259 INFO 
AddVenueServer: url = https://venues.renci.org:9000/VenueServer
05/21/08 09:43:33 46912496258912 Toolkit     BridgeServer24:274 INFO 
AddVenue: url = 
https://venues3.renci.org:9000/Venues/00000102403861290098001300a80081d1e
05/21/08 09:43:34 46912496258912 EventClient     EventClient.py:158 
DEBUG Have callback handle _303002b4aa2a0000_p_callbackStruct
05/21/08 09:43:34 1115699520 Toolkit     BridgeServer24:612 INFO  Method 
Venue.RunQueueThread called
05/21/08 09:43:34 46912496258912 Toolkit     BridgeServer24:274 INFO 
AddVenue: url = 
https://venues3.renci.org:9000/Venues/00000102403832e40098001300a8008150a
05/21/08 09:43:35 46912496258912 EventClient     EventClient.py:158 
DEBUG Have callback handle _30c5be1900000000_p_callbackStruct
05/21/08 09:43:35 1147169088 Toolkit     BridgeServer24:612 INFO  Method 
Venue.RunQueueThread called
05/21/08 09:43:35 46912496258912 Toolkit     BridgeServer24:274 INFO 
AddVenue: url = 
https://venues3.renci.org:9000/Venues/000001024035bd6c0098001300a80081bfc
05/21/08 09:43:36 46912496258912 EventClient     EventClient.py:158 
DEBUG Have callback handle _d0c2c21900000000_p_callbackStruct
05/21/08 09:43:36 1178638656 Toolkit     BridgeServer24:612 INFO  Method 
Venue.RunQueueThread called
05/21/08 09:43:36 46912496258912 Toolkit     BridgeServer24:274 INFO 
AddVenue: url = 
https://venues3.renci.org:9000/Venues/000001024037fb040098001300a80081610
05/21/08 09:43:37 46912496258912 EventClient     EventClient.py:158 
DEBUG Have callback handle _50c101b4aa2a0000_p_callbackStruct
05/21/08 09:43:37 1210108224 Toolkit     BridgeServer24:612 INFO  Method 
Venue.RunQueueThread called
05/21/08 09:43:37 46912496258912 Toolkit     BridgeServer24:274 INFO 
AddVenue: url = 
https://venues3.renci.org:9000/Venues/000001024a6692130098001300a80081582
05/21/08 09:43:38 46912496258912 EventClient     EventClient.py:158 
DEBUG Have callback handle _20b800b4aa2a0000_p_callbackStruct
05/21/08 09:43:38 1241577792 Toolkit     BridgeServer24:612 INFO  Method 
Venue.RunQueueThread called

	The configuration file for the Bridge Server is:

[BridgeServer]
name = RENCI3
location = EUROPA
qbexec = /usr/bin/QuickBridge
portMin = 30000
portMax = 30999

[https://venues3.renci.org:9000/VenueServer]
type = VenueServer

	Everything looks correct, the bridge connects to the server, gets all 
the Venues, but QuickBridge never starts up.  If I point this same 
bridge server at my old 2.4 server (under RHEL3), it establishes a 
connection, and will serve Unicast just fine, so I don't think its the 
bridge server.  I already dropped the firewall on both the Venue and 
Bridge server just to be sure it wasn't a port issue.
	I have 2 things I think it could be:

1) conflict with certificate name.  I am using the certificate from my 
old server (venues.renci.org) on this test server (venues3.renci.org). 
Thinking it might be a naming conflict, I renamed the new server 
"venues.renci.org" and that didn't solve the problem, and I see no 
complaints in the logs about certificate issues.

2) The newer wxPython (2.8.7.1) and associated pre-requirements for AG 
3.1 (downloaded from EPEL) are too new to correctly work with the AG 2.4 
setup.  I ran into a couple of issues trying to start the 2.4 Client, 
problems with wxPython compatability, but nothing on the server side, 
and everything else on the 2.4 Venue Server is working fine as far as 
Multicast (I can connect from a 2.4 clients and have sessions just 
fine), its just the Unicast bridge won't connect and start the 
QuickBridge for any of the Venues.

	Before I spend the time to rebuild the software stack myself using 
older code on RHEL5 (wxPython 2.5.x, etc), I thought I would ask if 
anyone has experienced this before, and knows of a quick solution or can 
offer a direction for me to look in.

	Thanks,
		-Brad Viviano