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As described in the official documentation, CVMFS provides a scalable and reliable software distribution service. It is implemented as a POSIX read-only file system in user space, where files and directories are hosted on standard web servers as single source of data, and mounted in the universal namespace /cvmfs.
 
As described in the official documentation, CVMFS provides a scalable and reliable software distribution service. It is implemented as a POSIX read-only file system in user space, where files and directories are hosted on standard web servers as single source of data, and mounted in the universal namespace /cvmfs.
  
The STFC Scientific Computing Department at RAL maintains one of these single sources of data, or Stratum-0, for some communities:
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The STFC Scientific Computing Department at RAL maintains one of these single sources of data, or Stratum-0, for several communities:
 
* GridPP
 
* GridPP
 
* EGI
 
* EGI

Revision as of 08:59, 22 June 2021

This page is about the CVMFS service at RAL.


As described in the official documentation, CVMFS provides a scalable and reliable software distribution service. It is implemented as a POSIX read-only file system in user space, where files and directories are hosted on standard web servers as single source of data, and mounted in the universal namespace /cvmfs.

The STFC Scientific Computing Department at RAL maintains one of these single sources of data, or Stratum-0, for several communities:

  • GridPP
  • EGI
  • IRIS

This documentation is for the VO content managers.

Official CVMFS pages

Onboarding

Steps for a new VO Content Manager to be granted access to the Stratum-0 at RAL.

Request access

Request access to the service sending an email to cvmfs-support@gridpp.rl.ac.uk In the email, include the following information:

  • Name of the VO or CVMFS repository.
  • Distinguish Name (DN) from your X509 grid certificate.

Mailing list

All VO content managers should join the CVMFS-UPLOADER-USERS mailing list in JISCMAIL.

Relevant documents

Read these documents:

  • [foo PRIVACY NOTICE]
  • [foo Acceptable Use Policy]