RAL Tier1 File Transfer Service

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Table of contents

1 Introduction 2 Service Endpoints 3 Basic Usage 3.1 Prerequisites 3.2 Job Submission 3.3 Job Monitoring 4 Service Monitoring 5 Local Deployment Information 6 See Also 7 Other Resources

Introduction

The File Transfer Service can be used to transfer files between SRMs. The source and destination SURLs must correspond to a configured channel, otherwise the transfer will fail.

The FTS does not interact with the LCG File Catalog.

Service Endpoints

• https://lcgfts.gridpp.rl.ac.uk:8443/glite-data-transfer-fts/services/FileTransfer
• https://lcgfts.gridpp.rl.ac.uk:8443/glite-data-transfer-fts/services/ChannelManagement

Basic Usage

Prerequisites

• unset GLOBUS_TCP_PORT_RANGE (bash syntax) or unsetenv GLOBUS_TCP_PORT_RANGE (csh syntax).
• A valid Grid proxy certificate (use grid-proxy-init).
• A valid MyProxy certificate with DN as username (use myproxy-init -d). By default, the FTS uses the lcgrbp01.gridpp.rl.ac.uk MyProxy server.
• A channel connecting the two SRMs that you wish to transfer files between.

Job Submission

Jobs are submitted with glite-transfer-submit <source SURL> <dest SURL>. To specify a MyProxy server other than the default, use the -m option.

Job Monitoring

Jobs can be monitored with glite-transfer-status <job ID>, where job ID is that given by glite-transfer-submit. Use the --verbose option for detailed information and the -l option for information about the source/destination pairs.

Service Monitoring

• Agent Log Files
  • http://lcgwww.gridpp.rl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fts-mon/fts-mon.pl?q=agents
• Ganglia
  • Usage metrics (http://ganglia.gridpp.rl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ganglia-fts/fts-page.pl?r=day&v=All+%28VO+Totals%29)
  • Agents
    • system metrics (lcgfts01) (http://ganglia.gridpp.rl.ac.uk/ganglia/?r=day&c=Services_Grid&h=lcgfts01.gridpp.rl.ac.uk)
  • Web Service
    • system metrics (lcgfts0421) (http://ganglia.gridpp.rl.ac.uk/ganglia/?r=day&c=Services_Grid&h=lcgfts0421.gridpp.rl.ac.uk)
    • system metrics (lcgfts0422) (http://ganglia.gridpp.rl.ac.uk/ganglia/?r=day&c=Services_Grid&h=lcgfts0422.gridpp.rl.ac.uk)
    • system metrics (lcgfts0423) (http://ganglia.gridpp.rl.ac.uk/ganglia/?r=day&c=Services_Grid&h=lcgfts0423.gridpp.rl.ac.uk)
    • system metrics (lcgfts0424) (http://ganglia.gridpp.rl.ac.uk/ganglia/?r=day&c=Services_Grid&h=lcgfts0424.gridpp.rl.ac.uk)

Local Deployment Information

The FTS server is at release 2.1.

Note that the /opt/glite/etc/services.xml file on client machines (e.g., third-party UIs), should look like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

<services>

  <service name="glite-data-transfer-fts_lcgfts.gridpp.rl.ac.uk_org.glite.FileTransfer">
    <parameters>
      <endpoint>https://lcgfts.gridpp.rl.ac.uk:8443/glite-data-transfer-fts/services/FileTransfer</endpoint>
      <type>org.glite.FileTransfer</type>
      <version>3.3.0</version>
    </parameters>
  </service>

  <service name="glite-data-transfer-fts_lcgfts.gridpp.rl.ac.uk_org.glite.ChannelManagement">
    <parameters>
      <endpoint>https://lcgfts.gridpp.rl.ac.uk:8443/glite-data-transfer-fts/services/ChannelManagement</endpoint>
      <type>org.glite.ChannelManagement</type>
      <version>3.3.0</version>
    </parameters>
  </service>

  <service name="glite-data-transfer-fts_lcgfts.gridpp.rl.ac.uk_org.glite.Delegation">
    <parameters>
      <endpoint>https://lcgfts.gridpp.rl.ac.uk:8443/glite-data-transfer-fts/services/gridsite-delegation</endpoint>
      <type>org.glite.Delegation</type>
      <version>3.3.0</version>
    </parameters>
  </service>

</services>

See Also

• RAL Tier1 File Transfer Service Configuration
• gLite File Transfer Service
• FTS Client

Other Resources