Schedwg ctss kit notes

From TeraGrid Wiki

The best place to get started on creating a CTSS kit is to look at the overview of the process provided on the page The_CTSS_Process.

The first step is to define the capabilities in a CTSS kit. So far, we have defined:

• Advance Reservation Capability Kit definition

• Co-Scheduling Capability Kit definition

The next step is to specify an implementation plan for each kit. So far, we have specified:

• Implementation plan for the Advance Reservation Capability Kit

As part of the implementation and deployment of a kit, several things need to be done:

• A build process needs to be defined including who will perform it. This process defines how "binaries" are created that can be used on TeraGrid systems. This process could be a build from source (for software written in languages where this applies) on each TG system, but this is not typical.

• The software needs to be packaged for deployment by RPs. The recommended way to do this is using Pacman. A decent tutorial is available there. (Link to a good TeraGrid package or two).

• Inca tests must be created to test the software. See the Inca wiki page for sys admins

• Documentation must be created and provided to the TeraGrid documentation team for posting on the TeraGrid web site. (Process for this?)

• A test/beta deployment that includes all of the above is highly recommended.