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At most (with the exception of SLAC) MAs, the data is stored in /usr/local/share/pinger/data, e.g.
Code Block file: /usr/local/share/pinger/data found on dxmon3.cern.ch total 66756 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12244303 Jun 7 18:56 ping-2018-06.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 56049692 Jun 1 01:55 ping-2018-05.txt
The data from the MA is compressed and copied to a directory associated with the MA and read-write permissions set for group sf, e.g.
Code Block 169cottrell@pinger:~$ls -l /afs/slac/public/incoming/saqibali total 23277 -rw-rw-r-- 1 saqibali sf 9360738 Jun 6 20:20 ping-2018-04.txt.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 saqibali sf 12394002 Jun 6 20:20 ping-2018-05.txt.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 saqibali sf 2079565 Jun 6 20:01 ping-2018-06.txt.gz
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/nfs/slac/g/net/pinger/pingerdata/hep/data/<host>/ping-<YYYY>-<MM>-<DD>.txt.gz e.g. /nfs/slac/g/net/pinger/pingerdata/hep/data/pinger.slac.stanford.edu/ping-2018-06-04.txt.gz /nfs/slac/g/net/pinger/pingerdata/hep/data/pingergzhu.edu.cn/ping-2018-06-04.txt.gz |
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The SLAC account will need permissions to create a directory in /nfs/slac/g/net/pinger/pingerdata/hep/data/. This directory has permissions for
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user pinger and group iepm
Code Block 176cottrell@pinger:~$ls -ld /nfs/slac/g/net/pinger/pingerdata/hep/data drwxrwsr-x 220 pinger iepm 32768 May 16 00:45 /nfs/slac/g/net/pinger/pingerdata/hep/data/
To add the user to the iepm group
Code Block 178cottrell@pinger:~$ypgroup adduser -group iepm -u saqibali Jun 7 10:30:33 2018 User(s) 'saqibali' added to group 'iepm' Jun 7 10:30:33 2018 User(s) must logout/login for this to take effect. Jun 7 10:30:33 2018 Starting NIS post actions. Jun 7 10:30:33 2018 [/usr/ccs/bin/make group] copied group to /afs/slac/service/admin/NIS updated group pushed group 179cottrell@pinger:~$ypgroup exam -group iepm Group 'iepm': GID: 2087 Comment: Last modified at Jun 7 10:30:32 2018 by cottrell Owners: cottrell Members: cottrell, iepm, pinger, saqibali, ytl This is a secondary group.
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See https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/IEPM/PingER+data+flow+at+SLAC for the data flow. It might be possible to modify the current gathering script (getdata.pl) to add step 2 support (i.e. gather the data from anonymous ftp that is basically acting as a proxy). This would be done via a script run at SLAC under a SLAC account (e.g. Dansaqibali). This might be interesting since it also could be extended and a step to providing support for the Android PingER project at Amity in Delhi, India which also needs a proxy.
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