Difference between revisions of "Guide to Ganga"
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| − | Before you start using Ganga (assuming you want to use it to submit jobs to the grid), there are a few steps you need to go through: | + | Before you start using Ganga (assuming you want to use it to submit jobs to the grid rather than just for local batch system submission), there are a few steps you need to go through: |
* Go through the Grid User guide (https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/wiki/Grid_user_crash_course) to get a grid certificate and become a member of a VO | * Go through the Grid User guide (https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/wiki/Grid_user_crash_course) to get a grid certificate and become a member of a VO | ||
* Sign up to the GridPP DIRAC server and install the client (https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/wiki/Quick_Guide_to_Dirac) | * Sign up to the GridPP DIRAC server and install the client (https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/wiki/Quick_Guide_to_Dirac) | ||
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=Installation and Configuration= | =Installation and Configuration= | ||
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| + | Here are the steps to download and configure Ganga: | ||
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| + | * Download the install script from the Ganga website and make it executable: | ||
| + | wget http://ganga.web.cern.ch/ganga/download/ganga-install | ||
| + | chmod +x ganga-install | ||
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| + | * Run the script with the external plugins you want to include to download and install Ganga at ~/Ganga. Generally, this will be the GangaDirac plugin: | ||
| + | ./ganga-install --extern=GangaDirac | ||
Revision as of 13:19, 1 December 2014
Introduction
This is a guide to installing and configuring the Ganga Job Management tool for use with both local batch systems and the DIRAC workload management system. It's maintained by Mark Slater (mws<AT>hep.ph.bh.bham.ac.uk) - please email if you have any comments/problems!
For more info and more in depth user guides, please visit the main Ganga website http://ganga.web.cern.ch/ganga/
Requirements
Before you start using Ganga (assuming you want to use it to submit jobs to the grid rather than just for local batch system submission), there are a few steps you need to go through:
- Go through the Grid User guide (https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/wiki/Grid_user_crash_course) to get a grid certificate and become a member of a VO
- Sign up to the GridPP DIRAC server and install the client (https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/wiki/Quick_Guide_to_Dirac)
Installation and Configuration
Here are the steps to download and configure Ganga:
- Download the install script from the Ganga website and make it executable:
wget http://ganga.web.cern.ch/ganga/download/ganga-install chmod +x ganga-install
- Run the script with the external plugins you want to include to download and install Ganga at ~/Ganga. Generally, this will be the GangaDirac plugin:
./ganga-install --extern=GangaDirac
