Important note on automatic updates 
List of updates
Update 13 (17.02.2012)
The Update contains:
- minor releases of BDII core v.1.2.0, BDII site v.1.1.0, FTS v. 2.2.8
- revision release of StoRM v. 1.8.2
BDII core v. 1.2.0, task #25342
What's new
- This is a patch release of the bdii package which addresses a recently reported security vulnerability. An update to YAIM has also been done so that the delayed delete functionality of the BDII can be controlled. By default this is set to 12 hours. A new version of the service provider has also been released which includes support for ARGUS.
Installation and configuration
- These packages need to be installed and the BDII restarted. If the delayed delete functionality is required, YAIM should be re-run. The delete delay can be controlled with the YAIM attribute BDII_DELETE_DELAY.
Known issues
- BDII_DELETE_DELAY default value is missing for services other than BDII site & top.
- Workaround - add to your site-info.def "BDII_DELETE_DELAY=0"
Updated Artefacts
BDII site v. 1.1.0, task #25616
What's new
- This is a minor update to enable OpenLDAP 2.4 for the site BDII.
Installation and configuration
- Upgrading bdii-config-site will install OpenLDAP 2.4. On restarting the BDII, OpenLDAP 2.4 will be used.
Known issues
- None
Updated Artefacts
| Binary |
|---|
| bdii-config-site-1.0.5-2.el5.noarch.rpm |
| Binary tarball |
| bdii-config-site-1.0.5.tgz |
| Sources RPM |
| bdii-config-site-1.0.5-2.el5.src.rpm |
| Sources tarball |
| bdii-config-site-1.0.5.src.tgz |
FTS v. 2.2.8, task #26061
What's new
- nagios probes for FTS
- support FTS monitoring messages
- change FTS file overwrite logic
- support for gridftp endpoints
- Oracle 11g integration
Installation and configuration
- FTS installation and configuration is implemented using yum tool and yaim scripts accordingly
Known issues
- Oracle instant client libraries/packages must installed manually
Updated Artefacts
StoRM SE v. 1.8.2, task #25353
StoRM service is composed by 5 sub-components (4 servers: BE, FE, GridFTP, GridHTTPS, Checksummer and 1 client), which are deployable in distinguished hosts. This release represents the fourth of StoRM-SE in EMI-1 and regards the following components: BE, FE and YAIM.The other components are the same of the previous version v1.8.1: Client, GridFTP and GHTTPS. Checksummer service will be released soon.
StoRM-BackEnd-Server
What's new
- Server version is 1.8.2-2. It is a revision update (only bug fixes)
- Fixed bugs:
- Bug @195: logrotate and cron.d task
- Bug @209: The authorization rest service can erroneously deny autorization
- Bug @227: Error in database password loaded usage
- Bug @228: Null pointer in DAO usage
- Bug @231: BE restart sometimes fail
Installation and configuration
- To install storm-backend-server, install its metapackage RPM: emi-storm-backend-server-mp
- To configure storm-backend-server use yaim on the node se_storm_backend.
- The System Administration guide contains any useful information about installation and configuration. Moreover, a good explanation of the required YAIM variable is available in /opt/glite/yaim/examples/siteinfo/services/se_storm_backend
- If you configure other services with yaim on the same host always specify also se_storm_backend node
- To upgrade storm-backend-server:
- stop the backend service,
- yum update storm-backend-server
- service storm-backend-server restart.
- restart all the other storm services (not required, but recommended)
Known issues
- None
StoRM-FrontEnd-Server
What's new
- Server version is 1.7.3-1. It is a revision update (only bug fixes).
- Fixed bugs:
- Bug @196: logrotate and cron.d task
Installation and configuration
- To install storm-frontend-server install its metapackage RPM: emi-storm-frontend-server-mp
- To configure storm-frontend-server use yaim on node se_storm_frontend. A good explanation of the required YAIM variable is available in /opt/glite/yaim/examples/siteinfo/services/se_storm_frontend.
- The service uses ports 8444 (inbound), 8080 (outbound to BE host), 3306 (outbound to MySQL host), so open them on your firewall.
- The service needs to be installed on a machine on which storm file system is mounted.
- To upgrade torm-gridhttps-server:
- stop the service,
- yum update storm-frontend-server
- service storm-frontend-server restart.
- restart all the other storm services (not required, but recommended)
Known issues
- None
emi.storm.yaim-storm
What's new
- YAIM-StoRM version is 4.1.8-1. It is a revisione update.
- Fixed bugs:
- Bug @207: Attributes not valued should be not published
- Bug @208: GLUE2EndpointCapability (multiple?) is/are wrong
Installation and configuration
- This component is installed as a dependency of the other StoRM components (FE, FE, GHTTP, GFTP). You should not install it by yourself.
Known issues
- None
Documentation
- What's new
- Documentation is updated with the new release 1.8.2 (changes regard only the version number)
- Documentation is available at http://storm.forge.cnaf.infn.it/documentation/