[AG-TECH] RE: Installing the Venues Server

[Ivan R. Judson]

I thought you were going home :)

--Ivan

PS -- yeah, cc ag-tech

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Daw [mailto:mike.daw at man.ac.uk] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:07 AM
> To: Ti Leggett; judson at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: RE: Installing the Venues Server
> 
> 
> These are the things holding me up on my installation:
> 
> 1. The certificate request procedure says I should receive my 
> certificate within 2 days. It's about 2.5(!). Any news?
> 
> 2. Ivan's point 4 below says, "Get the AccessGrid Python 
> Module installed". Do I take it that this is setup.py? Also, 
> how do I install it? I've been trying stuff in 
> http://www.python.org/doc/tut/ with no luck. (You need to 
> know I've never used python before...) I'd consult the 
> documentation, but I'm supposed to be writing it...
> 
> --Mike
> 
> PS Is this the kind of thing you want cc-ed to ag-tech? If 
> so, feel free to cc it on your reply and I'll do so in future.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ivan R. Judson [mailto:judson at mcs.anl.gov]
> > Sent: 10 February 2003 12:33
> > To: 'Michael Daw'; 'Robert Olson'; 'Ti Leggett'
> > Cc: 'Jennifer Teig von Hoffman'
> > Subject: RE: Installing the Venues Server
> >
> >
> >
> > Hey Michael;
> >
> > I've been running a venue server by hand each time I've 
> been testing. 
> > It should be fairly simple to do.
> >
> > Here are the steps starting at the beginning:
> >
> > 1) Get GT2.0 installed
> > 2) Get pyGlobus installed
> > 3) Get your certificates installed
> > 4) Get the AccessGrid Python Module installed
> > 5) cd AccessGrid/bin and run VenueServer.py (if permissions 
> aren't set 
> > right you might have to run python VenueServer.py).
> > 6) in AccessGrid/bin run VenueManagement.py
> > 	in the address bar type in 
> https://<host>:8000/VenueServer and press
> > go.
> > 	the <host> should be the host you ran the VenueServer 
> on, and *if*
> > you 	changed the default port for the server you'll 
> have to change the
> > 8000 to 	your port. Then you should be able to add, 
> remove and modify
> > venues.
> >
> > *** one of the changes to the venue management ui last 
> Friday was the 
> > ability to Put exits that go from venues on one server to 
> venues on a
> > different server,
> > this might be interesting to you ***
> >
> > If this doesn't work, can you send me the output?  I'd like to see 
> > what's happening.  You might also want to get the latest copy from 
> > CVS, there have been moderate changes to everything (Hold 
> on to your 
> > Hats, this is the breezy part! :-).
> >
> > --Ivan
> >
> > PS -- Don't be shy; push on it. We're not going to bite. We should 
> > probably also have this discussion on AG-tech so others can benefit 
> > (although agdp'ing it will help a lot)
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Michael Daw [mailto:mike.daw at man.ac.uk]
> > > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 6:23 AM
> > > To: Robert Olson; Ivan R. Judson; Ti Leggett
> > > Cc: Jennifer Teig von Hoffman
> > > Subject: Installing the Venues Server
> > >
> > >
> > > Bob / Ivan / Ti,
> > >
> > > As you probably know, I'm trying to install the AG2.0 
> Venues Server. 
> > > I kind of got the impression from the last Town Hall 
> meeting that it 
> > > was ready for a user such as me to do this and start 
> playing around 
> > > with it, but now I'm thinking I may be wrong.
> > >
> > > Please either:
> > >
> > > 1. Tell me to back off because you're still working on it 
> and it'll 
> > > never get done if people like me keep hassling you(!).
> > >
> > > 2. Give me some guidance on installation. There's no installation 
> > > document on the web and the AccessGrid/INSTALL file on 
> CVS is empty. 
> > > I've had a look around, but it's difficult to know where 
> to start. 
> > > (I've installed all the prerequisite software and 
> requested a Globus 
> > > certificate, so I need help with the AGTk bits that come 
> > > afterwards.)
> > >
> > > If you want to fire off instructions to me the best you can (e.g. 
> > > e-mails/whatever), I don't mind using them to write a pretty 
> > > installation / setup document so that people who will 
> follow me on 
> > > this path are well-served. I don't mind getting my hands dirty.
> > >
> > > But feel free to do option 1 above! (Although it might be 
> useful to 
> > > know when I *can* start - my primary motivation for this is SC 
> > > Global...).
> > >
> > > --Mike
> > >
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> > >
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